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Faro's Daughter

By: Georgette Heyer
Narrated by: Daphne Kouma
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Brought to you by Penguin.

Renowned gamester and the first to admit that he is entirely void of a romantic disposition, Max Ravenscar regards all eligible females with indifference and unconcern.

But when he meets the woman his young cousin Adrian is bent on marrying - the beautiful Deborah Grantham, mistress of her aunt's gaming house - he finds that none of his experience in risk and gambling has prepared him for such a worthy opponent.

©1941 Georgette Heyer (P)2021 Penguin Audio Classics Historical Historical Fiction Regency Regency Romance Romance

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"Georgette Heyer is unbeatable." (Sunday Telegraph)
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What a wild story. I couldn’t help but get frustrated with Deb with her wild decisions. But such a lovely romantic tale in the end with a lovely voice actor who made the story.

Really good narrator

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Another blinder from GH. The characters are silly as can be, apart from Deb and Ravenscar.

Fab!

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One of my favourite Heyer novels read beautifully. The narrator gets the tone and accents just right. I recommend this very much.

Lovely version

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Over years I’ve collected all the previous ‘generation’ of Georgette Heyer’s regency audiobooks, nearly all brilliantly brought to life by narrators who knew how to pronounce her language. I’m glad of that as this new issue, mainly young narrators, are often tripped up by words that aren’t familiar to them, and the editors/producers apparently don’t know enough themselves to correct them. Faro’s Daughter was one of the rare ones not well narrated in the previous collection so I thought I’d try this version, as I’ve heard Daphne Koumar before and enjoyed her work.
A bit disappointed, particularly with Lucius Kennet who has some lovely Irish turns of phrase but is speaking them in a accent placing him nearer East or South London. You can understand her not knowing Berkeley is pronounced Barclay, but thinking that the wine, claret, rhymes with ballet? Just two examples of irritating mispronunciations that detract from the pleasure of listening,
On balance I think I’ll return it and stick with the original I already have, no point in having two that are both sub par.

Not sure whether to finish this one or to return

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I've seen a few reviews about the narrator's pronunciations,and, yes, there are errors, but she reads the story well and with pace, and most of her character voices are spot on. Overall very enjoyable. The story is, of course, the usual masterpiece from Heyer, she just writes so well and even her minor characters are charming. I would advise the narrator not to attempt an Irish accent again, though the other voices were excellent.

Loved it

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Good storyline, terrible narration - makes the heroine sound like a hysterical, rather than feisty woman

Terrible narration

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Many of the usual ingredients of a novel by Georgette Heyer are here and the story is hugely enjoyable.

The narrator has a pleasing tone throughout but she is not well produced and there are some glaring errors that reveal a lack of understanding of the text and these frustrate the listener. Despite this, this version is well worth a listen.

Vintage Heyer but patchy narration

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I really like the narration, steady to listen to and not over done. Great characters and a very enjoyable and highly unlikely story but good fun. Bayer is so good.

Very enjoyable

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I love this Georgette Heyer story and the narrator generally does a good job although I think she could make Deb a bit more fiery in places - also for some reason Lucius Kennett is played as a cockney rather than the Irish captain that he is. This sounds a bit odd as the language is unchanged. All in all really enjoyed it though

Good narration with a few oddities

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I have always enjoyed Georgette Heyer books and this was no exception. However the narration was at times quite irritating and for me the narrator missed the very clever humour and interchange on numerous occasions. It was as if the listener was not able to appreciate the humour without very exaggerated speech!

Witty

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