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Lady Susan
- Letto da: Laurelle Westaway, David Thorn, Susan McCarthy
- Durata: 2 ore e 55 min
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After Jane Austen's earliest known writings, she began a more serious work, Lady Susan, in 1793 or 1794. It is a short, epistolary novel that portrays a woman bent on the exercise of her own powerful mind and personality to the point of social self-destruction.
Lady Susan, a clever and ruthless widow, determines that her daughter is going to marry a man whom both detest. Lady Susan sets her own sights on her sister-in-law's brother, all the while keeping an old affair simmering on the back burner. But people refuse to play the roles assigned them, and in the end her daughter gets the sister-in-law's brother, the old affair runs out of steam, and all that is left for Lady Susan is the man intended for her daughter, the one neither can abide.
Jane Austen ended this work abruptly with the comment: "This correspondence...could not, to the great detriment of the Post Office revenue, be continued any longer."
"Character is revealed, plot unfolds, suspense builds - all through the device of letters exchanged amongst Lady Susan, her family, friends, and enemies." (AudioFile)
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- Utente anonimo
- 27/07/2018
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Io inizialmente non pensavo che mi sarebbe piaciuto un libro in forma epistolare e invece questa storia e avvincente !! Consigliato a coloro che hanno già letti i libri di Jane Austin anche se non complesso come altri la storia merita !!
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- Kerlian
- 06/04/2005
Three cheers for multi voice readers
For years I have been waiting for audiobooks with multiple readers, which I believe, are much more convincing than a single reader production. Enter Lady Susan, I am glad my waiting isn't in vain.
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- RockerFromCali
- 28/05/2021
Narration, ugh!
What on earth, the narration is downright irksome. I forced myself to finish! Why is the storyteller British and characters all talk with American accents. Some of the voices are like nails on the chalkboard! Save your 3 hours and listen to something else!
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- Carolyn
- 20/04/2021
TERRIBLE NARRATION!!!
Drawn out and overly emotive narration!!! WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE??!! The person voicing Lady Susan's dialog is the worst. Can't bear to listen.
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- tray
- 14/04/2021
Narration is irksome
I can’t get past the narration. Will read the book instead. American voices for an English story. Confuses the listener... is this set in England or early America? No thanks! I like my Austen stories read by British narrators.
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- Aline Leal
- 24/12/2022
Funny
A story written in letters may not always be entertaining, but this one certainly is. It's probably because Jane Austen was a genius. I love all the "tea" that was spilled. haha
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- HRMusic
- 05/12/2022
Worth a listen
Cute story, not as engaging as Austen’s better loved books, but everyone should read Lady Susan.
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- SAS
- 28/11/2022
So good!
So good!
I can honestly say that this is probably one of favorite Jane Austen books, even though the ending is rather abrupt. The multi-voice reading truly added to the audiobook and it was really good! Thank you! If you’re in the fence, READ IT!
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- Wendy Davidson
- 06/03/2022
nothing special
it's fine. it's not Jane Austen's best work. to be fair, the voice acting was often over the top - even so much as to incite annoyance.
Lady Susan herself is a masterful manipulator and infinitely dislikable. the dissonance between wanting to root for her as the main character and generally despising her for her complete lack of regard for the feelings of others or the ethics of her own behavior is at least interesting to explore.
it's short enough that I don't regret reading it, but I don't need to read it again.
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- Maureen
- 14/03/2023
Not the Best
Jane Austen's stories are a product of their times. But they are always witty, scathing, and manipulative. I totally agree with every negative review of the narration!
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- B. Patterson
- 17/01/2023
Yikes!
The narration! Wow. I'm an American and it bothered me so much. I can't imagine what someone British would think. You know what though? It was free. Like my mom always said, you get what you pay for. ;)
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- Avril
- 18/05/2014
Oh dear, oh dear oh Dear!!!
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
English voices and proper pronounciation
What did you like best about this story?
only the author, I have just read this in book form - totally preferable
Would you be willing to try another one of the narrators’s performances?
Not if they are attempting English accents
You didn’t love this book--but did it have any redeeming qualities?
No, apart from the male narrator, even the actors had different american regional accents which really grate - some try to sound a little English, in patches, but without much success.
Any additional comments?
The pronunciation is dire Main Wairing for the anglicised Mannering. Churchill for ChurchHIll.
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- Kindle Customer
- 08/11/2021
Pathetic reading with awful American accents.
I don't quite understand as Audible narration and readings are usually good, or even outstanding. Here we have high-pitched voices with slow reading trying to hide their American accents beyond fake Anglo-British accents. The results are a homicide on Jane Austen's epistolary novel! It would have been wiser if not British performers were not available to stick to just regular American accents instead of this awful mixture.
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- ISAAC
- 03/09/2023
I have never known so many of the English gentry to have American accents
The story is classic Austen (albeit in an epistolary form) and is very enjoyable. I would, however, suggest finding a different recording as all of the characters in this one have a mid-Atlantic drawl which is most offputting.
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- Heather Thomas
- 14/07/2023
Entertaining early Austen mangled by delivery.
I generally agree with the other reviews. Plodding delivery. Poor pronunciation. Tedious listening despite this being a very entertaining early work.
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- Nina Bean
- 14/06/2023
Dreadful performamce
This felt like an insult to Jane Austen. American accents mixed in with English did not work. the performance seemed to mock the writing.
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- Flink
- 01/02/2023
Good story, patchy voice acting
The main male narrator who reads the chapter headings is good. Everyone else is hit and miss.
It was like nails on a chalkboard when Sir Reginald read his letter. And, everytime that Catherine mimicked Lady Susan, I genuinely struggled to continue. All this to say, it was still really quite enjoyable. Good writing is good writing. If you find the ending rather abrupt - it is an unfinished work after all - watch Love and Friendship with Kate Beckinsale to spend more time in this wonderful universe. Beckinsale nails Lady Susan from this novella.
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- naomi
- 28/12/2022
A delightful morsel from a young Jane Austen
I’m surprised Jane Austen had the maturity to write this piece at 20 years old. All the wit and understanding of human nature is within it. A lovely surprise for J A fans. I really enjoy the form of telling the story through letter writing.
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- Somer22
- 06/12/2022
Great story, bad accents!
I really did try with this as I love the story. I could ignore the dodgy accents of American narrators for a while but I had to give up at Sir Reginald De Courcy and the variously American/ slight Cockney/ hint of West Country/hint of Yorkshire accent going on in letter 12. Completely bizarre and I'm now listening to another version!
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- Barry Burn
- 04/12/2022
Early Austen
An early work written in the form of letters. Lady Susan is a scheming but determined widow hell bent on marrying a wealthy young man and marrying her sister off to a simpleton.
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- Phebs
- 01/10/2022
Ok, Small Audio error
The narration is ok. The audio jumps in Chapter 5 between 24:35 and 24:41.
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