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The Ladies' Paradise
- De: Émile Zola
- Narrado por: Lee Ann Howlett
- Duración: 16 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Narración:3 out of 5 stars 78
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 78
Country girl Denise Baudu arrives in Paris hoping for a position in her uncle's clothing shop. However, her uncle's shop, along with other small shops in the area, is doing poorly. This is due to the large store across the street - The Ladies' Paradise - which is swallowing up the small specialty stores by offering 'one-stop shopping' at discounted prices. 19th Century Paris is experiencing the dawn of the department store. Despite her loyalty to her uncle, Denise is drawn to the progressive Ladies' Paradise and it's owner, the driven but charismatic Monsieur Mouret.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Narrator stands in the way of the book.
- De Susan C. S. en 01-28-14
- The Ladies' Paradise
- De: Émile Zola
- Narrado por: Lee Ann Howlett
Performance is intolerably bad
Revisado: 01-03-18
Would you try another book from Emile Zola and/or Lee Ann Howlett?
Any book by Zola, none ever by Lee Ann Howlett.
What didn’t you like about Lee Ann Howlett’s performance?
Her pronunciation of French is laughable -- absurd: why did the producer not correct her? The reading of English is mediocre, but tolerable.
If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from The Ladies' Paradise?
It is very long, agreed! But it's worth the length, a look at the Walmart strategy, as practised in 19th-century Paris.
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The House in Paris
- De: Elizabeth Bowen
- Narrado por: Michal Friedman
- Duración: 10 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 45
When 11-year-old Henrietta arrives at the Fishers’ well-appointed house in Paris, she is prepared to spend her day between trains looked after by an old friend of her grandmother’s. Henrietta longs to see a few sights in the foreign city; little does she know what fascinating secrets the Fisher house itself contains.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A marvelous book
- De Julie en 11-15-11
- The House in Paris
- De: Elizabeth Bowen
- Narrado por: Michal Friedman
Affected, insufferable reader
Revisado: 01-31-15
What disappointed you about The House in Paris?
The reader -- a young woman, not the person named in the audible.com description -- speaks in a pretend French/English-French accent -- affected, irritating, unresponsive to the ups and downs of the narrative itself, as if reading from teleprompter without any engagement with the story. I've listened to this twice -- couldn't finish the second time, although I like Elizabeth Bowen's writing very much.
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