Persuasion
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Narrated by:
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Beth Kesler
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By:
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Jane Austen
About this listen
Twenty-seven-year old Anne Elliot is Austen's most adult heroine. Eight years before the story proper begins, she is happily betrothed to a naval officer, Frederick Wentworth, but she precipitously breaks off the engagement when persuaded by her friend Lady Russell that such a match is unworthy. The breakup produces in Anne a deep and long-lasting regret. When later Wentworth returns from sea a rich and successful captain, he finds Anne's family on the brink of financial ruin and his own sister a tenant in Kellynch Hall, the Elliot estate. All the tension of the novel revolves around one question: Will Anne and Wentworth be reunited in their love?
Jane Austen once compared her writing to painting on a little bit of ivory, 2 inches square. Readers of Persuasion will discover that neither her skill for delicate, ironic observations on social custom, love, and marriage nor her ability to apply a sharp focus lens to English manners and morals has deserted her in her final finished work.
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- Unsy
- 01-12-20
Good story badly read
I have read the book and seen the film - both of which I enjoyed. I bought this audiobook because it was cheap but unfortunately the narrator sounded like a robot.
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- Vix O
- 13-11-19
the narrator is robotic
this is my favourite book of Jane Austen! but the narrator is robotic and at lots of times annoying! if I didn't love this book so much I would have deleted it within the 1st hour
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- Sezzy
- 14-02-21
Not very entertaining.
I found this audible uninteresting due to very drab oration. Unlike previous books of the same ilk.
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- Apple60
- 25-02-21
Read by a computer?
Couldn't listen to this... Appalling monotonous tone. Like a computer voice. Love the book usually.
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- Stinker
- 18-08-20
No wonder this was only 36p
I love Persuasion, and thought I would like to listen while doing my daily chores on the farm. This narration is excruciating ! read with the weirdest accent and so... monotonous. Take my advice, go for a pricier version!
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