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Just Plain Enjoyment

Revisado: 02-12-19

This little gem of a recorded book is unique in my experience. I usually don’t enjoy full cast presentations, but in this case the performance was irresistible. This is the story about a girl trapped in a melodramatically awful life who is nurtured and “set free” by an unlikely and complicated group of diverse women and, of course, by drama and music. Fans of Gilbert and Sullivan and orphan novels will be singing “hallelujah” along with Libby and this performance of the novel.

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Surprise of the Season

Revisado: 09-11-12

Would you consider the audio edition of The Mill on the Floss to be better than the print version?

I am not quite willing to go that far, BUT I am getting so much more of the humor and sarcasm of the author than I would have gotten had I read the print version. Listening slows me down and makes me much more aware of the author's skill and appreciative of the narration than I would be with a traditional read!

What did you like best about this story?

I have enjoyed the author's revealing how Maggie is trapped by circumstances and her environment.

Any additional comments?

I have come to appreciate the stories I have read about books like this novel or ones by Dickens being read aloud in a group to a family circle. Although I am a huge fan of listening to audiobooks in general and Audible in particular, with this novel, the listening has been even more productive than a conventional reading would have been. I am...surprised by the pleasure of a classic.

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