Stream Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Craving a new listen? Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes) is queued up for free streaming — no account needed.

At 32, he mops floors in a bakery and earns just enough to get by. Three evenings a week, he studies at a center for mentally challenged adults. But all of this is about to change for Charlie. As part of a daring experiment, doctors are going to perform surgery on Charlie’s brain. They hope the operation and special medication will increase his intelligence, just as it has for the laboratory mouse, Algernon. Meanwhile, each day Charlie keeps a diary of what is happening to him. This is his poignant record of the startling changes in his mind and his life. Flowers for Algernon was first published as a short story, but soon received wide acclaim as it appeared in anthologies, as a television special, and as an award-winning motion picture, Charly . In its final, expanded form, this lingering story won the Nebula Award for the Best Novel of the Year. Through Jeff Woodman’s narration, it now becomes an lasting audio experience. ©1966 Daniel Keyes (P)1998 Recorded Books, LLC Charlie Gordon knows that he isn’t very bright.

Audio files are hosted for direct playback so you can jump between chapters without downloading a zip.

Ready when you are: Flowers for Algernon streams free at RealAudiobooks.com.