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Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- De: Thomas Hardy
- Narrado por: Davina Porter
- Duración: 17 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,199
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,010
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,010
Tess Durbeyfield has become one of the most famous female protagonists in 19th-century British literature. Betrayed by the two men in her life - Alec D’Urberville, her seducer/rapist and father of her fated child; and Angel, her intellectual and pious husband - Tess takes justice, and her own destiny, into her delicate hands. In telling her desperate and passionate story, Hardy brings Tess to life with an extraordinary vividness that makes her live in the heart of the reader long after the novel is concluded.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Davina Porter Does It Again!
- De misaki en 06-15-15
- Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- De: Thomas Hardy
- Narrado por: Davina Porter
Excellent
Revisado: 11-09-12
What made the experience of listening to Tess of the d’Urbervilles the most enjoyable?
I love the narrator's voice. Since this story was written so long ago, it described the life and times of the people, politics, religion, etc. I love the "history" of it. I could picture the countryside, feel grateful that I never had to suffer the deprivation that was so common back then, could feel the fabrics, and taste the food.....
What about Davina Porter’s performance did you like?
To me, Davina Porter is a famous narrator. I am used to, and love the sound of, her voice. Her inflections of the dialog were spot on.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
One of the scenes that struck me was the description of the work performed by hand in the turnip fields; the extreme physicality of it, braving the elements, and subsisting on next to no food...
Any additional comments?
The authors of those times have an excellent command of vocabulary and phrasing, setting the scenes and transitioning into the next scene. Very articulate and descriptive...
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Fair and Tender Ladies
- De: Lee Smith
- Narrado por: Kate Forbes
- Duración: 13 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 494
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 344
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 344
Author of many novels and short stories, best-selling writer Lee Smith has received numerous awards for her works, including two O. Henry Awards. Fair and Tender Ladies is an epistolary novel that traces the life of Ivy Rowe, born in the isolated Virginia mountain community of Sugar Fork.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fair and Tender Ladies
- De Deanna en 10-16-04
- Fair and Tender Ladies
- De: Lee Smith
- Narrado por: Kate Forbes
one of the very best
Revisado: 08-23-08
because of the narrator, I could not stop listening. And learning. the author has it nailed down on the deep-southern psyche, regardless of the era. Explanations of customs and procedures were immensely helpful and integrated so seamlessly that I hardly noticed I was learning something new. The style of the writing as well as the accent of the narrator is perfect. Absolutely 5 stars.
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A Slight Trick of the Mind
- De: Mitch Cullin
- Narrado por: Simon Jones
- Duración: 7 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 365
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 177
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 177
He's 93-years-old, in retirement in Sussex, beginning to lose his memory, and subject to emotions he has resisted all his life. His name is Sherlock Holmes.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Never heard a worse book
- De Daisie en 09-15-07
- A Slight Trick of the Mind
- De: Mitch Cullin
- Narrado por: Simon Jones
excellent
Revisado: 04-04-08
truly an excellently written book....
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Crescent
- De: Diana Abu-Jaber
- Narrado por: Nike Doukas, Marcelo Tubert
- Duración: 8 h y 47 m
- Versión resumida
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General4 out of 5 stars 43
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 26
Half-Iraqi, half-American Sirine is a cook at Nadia's Cafe, which draws the neighborhood's Arab students, expatriates, and exiles. All are hungry for "real true Arab food" and connection to their homes. One is Hanif Al Eyad, a new hire in the Near Eastern Studies Department at the university who fled Iraq as a young man. Sirine and Han fall in love over food: a baklava they make together, delicate lamb dishes, hummus glistening with olive oil....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Crescent
- De Fran en 06-11-04
- Crescent
- De: Diana Abu-Jaber
- Narrado por: Nike Doukas, Marcelo Tubert
Crescent
Revisado: 06-11-04
There are love stories, then there is this one. All that the book reviews have said about this book is true, and then some. I was mesmerized by the narrator's voice, the author's skill at description, the ability to draw me in. Wonderful command of language.
I usually plunge right in on another audiobook, but after this story, I needed time to think about the characters and their situation for a while before I could begin another book.
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Alias Grace
- De: Margaret Atwood
- Narrado por: Elizabeth McGovern
- Duración: 6 h y 8 m
- Versión resumida
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General4 out of 5 stars 560
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 343
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 342
In the astonishing work by the author of the best sellers The Robber Bride and The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood takes listeners back in time and into the life and mind of one of the most enigmatic and notorious women of the 19th century.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Incredible!
- De Michelle en 04-02-03
- Alias Grace
- De: Margaret Atwood
- Narrado por: Elizabeth McGovern
Alias Grace
Revisado: 06-11-04
I think this book and the narration is so good, I'm listening to it again....
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A Virtuous Woman
- De: Kaye Gibbons
- Narrado por: Kaye Gibbons, Terry Beaver
- Duración: 3 h y 2 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 92
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 43
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 44
When Blinking Jack Stokes met Ruby Pitt Woodrow, she was twenty and he was forty. She was a carefully raised daughter of Carolina gentry and he was a skinny tenant farmer who had never owned anything in his life. She was newly widowed after a disastrous marriage to a brutal drifter. He had never asked a woman to do more than help him hitch a mule. They didn't fall in love so much as they simply found each other and held on for dear life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Simply Delightful
- De Paula Beck en 06-01-03
- A Virtuous Woman
- De: Kaye Gibbons
- Narrado por: Kaye Gibbons, Terry Beaver
A Virtuous Woman
Revisado: 06-11-04
Highly enjoyable.I was able to identify with the main character's feelings and enjoyed this book immensly
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Standing in the Rainbow
- A Novel
- De: Fannie Flagg
- Narrado por: Fannie Flagg
- Duración: 5 h y 10 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 532
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 339
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 339
Once again, Fannie Flagg gives us a story of richly human characters, the saving graces of the once-maligned middle classes and small-town life, and the daily contest between laughter and tears. Fannie truly writes from the heartland, and her storytelling is, to quote Time, "utterly irresistible."
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5 out of 5 stars
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Standing in the Rainbow
- De Fran en 12-22-02
- Standing in the Rainbow
- A Novel
- De: Fannie Flagg
- Narrado por: Fannie Flagg
Standing in the Rainbow
Revisado: 12-22-02
A wonderful, old-timey feel-good flavor with an ultimate affection for each character
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