Sense & Sensibility
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Generale5 out of 5 stars
- Rebecca
- 09/10/2009
Excellent narration
I chose this version after listening to the audio samples of the many unabridged versions of Sense and Sensibility that Audible offers. I just finished listening to it and I am impressed. Susannah Harker does a fantastic job narrating and the audio quality is excellent as well. If you've only seen the Sense and Sensibility movies, then you need to read the book. The ending is much more fulfilling (as is the entire book) and Jane Austen's writing is full of wit, irony and genius.
You can find a review of the actual book in many places so I won't waste time. I highly recommend this audiobook version though.
16 people found this helpful
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Generale5 out of 5 stars
- Shopper1844
- 26/07/2007
A good listen
Except for some overlong pauses between chapters, I thoroughly enjoyed the quality of Susannah Harker's reading and interpretation of the characters. I remember her from the 1995 production of Pride & Prejudice and enjoyed her performance then.
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Generale5 out of 5 stars
- Diana
- 07/11/2008
Does it get any better than this ?
Although I had read the book many years ago, I bought this audiobook while undergoing chemotherapy. Good choice !! There is nothing more relaxing than listening to the soothing voice of the narrator reading a well-written romance, a classic love story of redemption and the triumph of true love. Romance will never get any better than this.
7 people found this helpful
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Generale5 out of 5 stars
- Felicia
- 15/06/2010
Susannah Harker was amazing...
I listened to the audiobook version of Sense and Sensibility read by Susannah Harker and it was possibly the best audiobook I have ever heard! Yes better than Jim Dale reading Harry Potter (which I also really enjoyed)! If you get a chance to pick up this audiobook version, you should. She is very good at making each character unique and keeping you engaged the whole book. It is unabridged so 14 hours long but well worth it.
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Generale5 out of 5 stars
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- Esther
- 04/01/2015
Graceful, if at times FAST, reading
Susannah Harker performs a gentle but spirited performance; does justice to the voices of the characters by making no one sound ridiculous (or more than they should, anyway!). I exchanged for this version after trying the Juliet Stevenson. I love Stevenson, but she sounded overly heavyhanded in that recording. Harker is extremely even keeled, yet manages to emote quite a lot, especially Lucy Steel's wonderful spite.
My only criticism is that the producers must have sped up some exchanges of dialogue. I doubt it was Harker, because I can't imagine someone reading so fast without needing to draw breath. I imagine compressing the recording time saved money, but it's too bad that about 1 in 4 exchanges go by very, very quickly.
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Generale5 out of 5 stars
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- R. Sheppard
- 10/03/2018
love this audiobook
Of course, S&S is a great piece of British Literature, I will not waste your time in exclaiming about that. The narrator is such a professional in her art. She was not in a rush to complete the story and did not lag on either. Her voice was smooth amd sure. I appreciated that she was about the right sounding age. I'm not sure why that makes a difference in my mind but when I hear a story of a young woman like Jane Eyre told by a woman in her 50s or 60s I can't bare to finish the audiobook. Definitely a personal preference but an important one to me. The narrator's accent and inflection of her words were enchanting. This has now become my new favorite audiobook.
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Generale5 out of 5 stars
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- Lizzy C
- 24/04/2017
love it as much as book
it's so well done that I feel so much part of the story simply wonderful
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Generale5 out of 5 stars
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- Carmen
- 13/04/2017
Loved it!
As is almost always the case, the book is better than the movie. I appreciated the insight into the characters more deeply by listening to the audio book.
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Generale5 out of 5 stars
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- MB
- 09/11/2016
Very pleasant.
A wonderful enjoyable listen. Susannah Harker is a narrator to whom it is eady to listen. One thing I wpuld wish would be to have her read the characters in different voices.
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Generale4 out of 5 stars
- Kathryn
- 30/10/2007
Good reader
While Sense and Sensibility might not be quite as entertaining as Pride and Prejudice, it's still a good listen.
5 people found this helpful
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Generale5 out of 5 stars
- MSR
- 05/06/2011
Harker does an excellent job
I am not quite sure why I selected this version, read by Susannah Harker, but it turned out to be a highly fortunate choise. Miss Harker's reading is superb throughout. She manages to impersonate all the male and female characters with great subtlety and without the ridiculous changes of pitch and volume employed by some audio book readers. This is an absolute joy to listen to. And at a good price, too. Let's have some more from this reader.
9 people found this helpful
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Generale5 out of 5 stars
- MRS KAREN E LEWIS
- 09/09/2010
Sense and sensablitiy
Superbly read by Susanah Harker..I am just loving it.
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Generale5 out of 5 stars
- Monwara
- 15/07/2010
Entertaining and good feel of the book
Read very well. I found it entertaining, good use of voices.
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- maddansca
- 14/04/2016
Loved this full version
Susannah Harker perfect voice and tempo. One of best Jane Austen novels in all its full glory
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- M. L. Norman
- 21/12/2017
Brilliant performance
Susannah Harker is the perfect narrator for Jane Austen. Wonderful. I wish she could read all of them and will look out for other writers she may have ‘performed’ / narrated.
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Generale1 out of 5 stars
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- Utente anonimo
- 17/03/2020
couldn't finish it's so hard to keep track
struggling to finish it's wasted money but I have enjoyed other books by same author this one tho not good
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Generale5 out of 5 stars
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- Sporty
- 23/11/2019
Perfection
Austen’s perfect prose and sharply observed characters beautifully read by Susannah Harker; I listen to this endlessly with enormous pleasure.
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- Derek Thorburn
- 09/07/2019
A Reading Which Doesn't Disappoint
I have heard Suzannah Harker in two BBC dramatisations and both times she was excellent, especially as Mary Sutherland in A Case Of Identity (The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes) so when I noticed this reading I was really looking forward to it.
I certainly wasn't disappointed. She narrated the book excellently and you need a good narrator for this book especially when you reach the crescendo of the Marianne/Willoughby thread. I now have two narrations of this book and I'll certainly be getting more.
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Generale5 out of 5 stars
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- Shewana
- 04/07/2017
Brilliant
The narration is perfect, the book is a classic. can't fault anything. wish there was a little bit of music.
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- Stephanie Paul
- 03/08/2016
beautiful book, skillfully read.
This is possibly one of my favorite books. I can listen to it again and again, and always I am struck by the wit, intelligence and social analysis of Jane Austin's work! I true delight!