The Clan of the Cave Bear cover art

The Clan of the Cave Bear

Earth's Children 1

 Preview
Try Premium Plus free
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

The Clan of the Cave Bear

By: Jean M. Auel
Narrated by: Rowena Cooper
Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £16.99

Buy Now for £16.99

Confirm Purchase
Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.
Cancel

About this listen

Set 25,000 years in the past, The Clan of the Cave Bear is an epic tale of love, identity and the struggle to survive.

'BEAUTIFUL, EXCITING, IMAGINATIVE' NEW YORK TIMES
'MAGIC' TELEGRAPH

When an earthquake destroys her family's camp, Ayla is left orphaned and alone in an unfamiliar and dangerous land, with death all but guaranteed.

But then she is found by a woman of the Clan, a people very different from her own. To them, Ayla looks peculiar and ugly - her blonde hair and blue eyes marking her out as one of the Others, who have recently invaded their homeland. Yet Iza, the Clan's medicine woman, cannot leave the child to die.

As Ayla learns the ways of the Clan, Iza grows to love her, and the rest of the Clan begins to accept her. Everyone, that is, except Brun, the brutal and proud youth who is destined to become their next leader. Where others see similarity, he can only see difference. And as his hatred for the strange girl of the Others deepens, Brun grows more determined to get his revenge . . .

©1980 Jean M Auel (P)1992 AudioGO Ltd Action & Adventure Ancient Fantasy Fiction Historical Historical Fiction 21st Century

Listeners also enjoyed...

 People of the Wolf cover art
The Forbidden cover art
Moctu and the Mammoth People cover art
Savage Eden cover art
Bonesetter 1 -cast out- (Bonesetter series) cover art
Sword for Hire cover art
English Knight cover art
Echoes of the Runes cover art
Blood on the Blade cover art
The Poisonwood Bible cover art
The Man with Munnari Eyes cover art
Jurassic Park cover art
The Horse Goddess cover art
Wolf Road cover art
New Spring cover art
The Oldest Living Vampire Tells All: Revised and Expanded cover art
All stars
Most relevant  
I liked the premis of the tale. The ways pf the clan are prettycool, this reminded me of the movie Avatar in subtle ways. I developed a conection to the main character, at which point there was some pretty upsetting violence, I was almost tempted to stop reading as it seemed a little unnecessary and I was effected by it. I did finish and Im glad I did. over all it was an enjoyable experience

cave bear

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Apart for some unbelievable jumps in the clans understanding, after shocks, conception etc, it was a good book. Not sure how much research was done or where the proof clans/clan gatherings etc was found, but if you can put all of that to one side you will like the book.

A good listen

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Fascinating tale with vivid descriptions. I was hooked from the start. Beautifully narrated. I have a feeling I’m going to be hearing more of Ayla’s adventures.

A real heroine!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Absolutely loved this. I read the books many years ago and loved the story of Ayla then. I have really enjoyed immersing myself in her story again in a different way. The narrator is perfect, her faultless presentation brings everything to life and her voice differentiates between the characters so well. Great pronunciation. It has been a joy to listen to this book, looking forward to book 2.

Perfect

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I am spellbound. enter the world of the clan. the story is mesmerising and all of the details accurate. if you don't believe me, then hear for yourself...

awesome!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
The characters are alive and real , you can imagine yourself as part of the 'Clan ' or as someone sat at the cave entrance looking in..

as good to listen to as it is to read yourself.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I read the series of books when I was a teenager, and have loved returning to the series in audio form. The author has done a massive amount of research into the flora and fauna of the pre-historic times, the application of how herbs could have been used, how hunting could have been developed. I do have to treat it as fantasy at times when she strays from what we have records of (unless she really does think that neanderthals did have ancestral memories) but it doesn't detract from the story for that.
The narrator, Rowena Cooper, does a great job. I find her voice, quite a BBC and 'proper' voice, fits well with the narration. I'm planning on listening to the whole series.

Clan of the Cave Bear

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
such a beautiful heart-wrenchingly sad at times novel. would definitely recommend. Read with such emotion.

wonderful

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You won't regret listening to this epic tale. To read it is one thing but to have it read to you like a kind of bedtime story for adults will have your heart pounding. You will laugh and cry all at once. Thank goodness it's the first of many in this series of prehistoric fiction.

Overwhelmingly wonderful!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I never get tired of reading or being read these stories. Amazing and well researched 😊

Clan of the cave bear a must read

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews