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Romola
- De: George Eliot
- Narrado por: Lucy Scott
- Duración: 22 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 77
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 64
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 62
Set in the turbulent years following the death of Lorenzo de' Medici, George Eliot's fourth novel, Romola, moves the stage from the English countryside of the 19th century to an Italy four centuries before her time. It tells the tale of a young Florentine woman, Romola de' Bardi, and her coming of age through her troubled marriage to the suave and self-absorbed Greek Tito. Slowly Tito's true character begins to unfurl, and his lies and treachery push Romola toward a more spiritual path, where she transcends into a majestic, Madonna-like role.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Listened to it 4 times in a row
- De Theodoc en 12-14-21
- Romola
- De: George Eliot
- Narrado por: Lucy Scott
Listened to it 4 times in a row
Revisado: 12-14-21
This book is unlike anything else George Eliot wrote, and is, in my opinion, her best work, and worthy of a posthumous nobel prize for literature.
Florence from the death of Lorenzo de Medici to that of Girolamo Savonarola is brought to life by a cast of beautifully painted and engaging characters, both fictional and historical.
Lucy Scott's narration is captivating. Her ability to bring, with equal ease, young women and old men to life makes this pairing of author and narrator exceptional. It is the best I have heard.
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Scenes of Clerical Life
- De: George Eliot
- Narrado por: Wanda McCaddon
- Duración: 14 h y 4 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 56
The Sad Fortunes of the Rev. Amos Barton, through vignettes of his life, portrays a character who is hard to like and easy to ridicule. Many people do ridicule as well as slander and despise him, until his suffering shocks them into fellowship and sympathy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The first work...from a very old soul
- De Theodoc en 04-07-21
- Scenes of Clerical Life
- De: George Eliot
- Narrado por: Wanda McCaddon
The first work...from a very old soul
Revisado: 04-07-21
I came to this having read Middlemarch, then Adam Bede, and then Scenes of Clerical Life. This is the work of someone already well accomplished - nothing juvenile about it, that I can see. The detail of thoughts, feelings, and sensations, is so thorough that one thinks, feels, and senses as one would who was born in that era. The book seems to owe much to Aeschylus, and the idea that wisdom (only?) comes from suffering. Behind the drab title lie stories through the darker reaches of human experience, involving pain, regret, and redemption. The narration is excellent in conveying every voice suggested by the author. A common thread in all these stories, and indeed in everything I have yet read by George Eliot, is a slow start with seemingly mundane but comical detail of the characters and relationships. But, quite suddenly, one becomes totally invested in one of the characters, and it is impossible to put the book down (or press stop) as the character we now care for confronts the darkest chapter of their life.
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Middlemarch
- De: George Eliot
- Narrado por: Juliet Stevenson
- Duración: 35 h y 38 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,200
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 4,704
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,667
Dorothea Brooke is an ardent idealist who represses her vivacity and intelligence for the cold, theological pedant Casaubon. One man understands her true nature: the artist Will Ladislaw. But how can love triumph against her sense of duty and Casaubon’s mean spirit? Meanwhile, in the little world of Middlemarch, the broader world is mirrored: the world of politics, social change, and reforms, as well as betrayal, greed, blackmail, ambition, and disappointment.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best Audible book ever
- De Molly-o en 12-25-11
- Middlemarch
- De: George Eliot
- Narrado por: Juliet Stevenson
Juliet Stevenson's narration outstanding
Revisado: 03-10-21
George Eliot let's us inhabit fully the interior space of her Victorian characters. She traces the strands of cause and effect in fascinating detail. Juliet Stevenson's narration shows an intellect and emotional range equal to that of the Mary Ann Evans herself. This book is possibly the best narration I have heard.
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