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  • A Matter of Class

  • By: Mary Balogh
  • Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
  • Length: 4 hrs and 7 mins
  • 3.9 out of 5 stars (23 ratings)
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A Matter of Class

By: Mary Balogh
Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
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Summary

Reginald Mason is wealthy, refined, and, by all accounts, a gentleman. However, he is not a gentleman by birth, a factor that pains him and his father, Bernard Mason, within the Regency society that upholds station over all else. That is, until an opportunity for social advancement arises, namely, Lady Annabelle Ashton. Daughter of the Earl of Havercroft, a neighbor and enemy of the Mason family, Annabelle finds herself disgraced by a scandal, one that has left her branded as damaged goods. Besmirched by shame, the earl is only too happy to marry Annabelle off to anyone willing to have her.

Though Bernard wishes to use Annabelle to propel his family up the social ladder, his son does not wish to marry her, preferring instead to live the wild, single life he is accustomed to. With this, Bernard serves his son an ultimatum: marry Annabelle, or make do without family funds. Having no choice, Reginald consents, and enters into a hostile engagement in which the prospective bride and groom are openly antagonistic, each one resenting the other for their current state of affairs while their respective fathers revel in their suffering.

So begins an intoxicating tale rife with dark secrets, deception, and the trials of love - a story in which very little is as it seems.

©2009 Mary Balogh (P)2009 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

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Narration pool

Although the store was amusing I really disliked this narrator’s delivery. It is too studied and makes me think that I am being treated like a non native speaker.
Bring back Rosalyn Landor!

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Excellent

What made the experience of listening to A Matter of Class the most enjoyable?

An excellent format with the back story alternated in chapters with the current .

What did you like best about this story?

I always enjoy a happy ending

What about Anne Flosnik’s performance did you like?

The overall style was good and easy listening

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Where the fathers interacted with their children before the ceremony

Any additional comments?

I always enjoy books by this author and this one did not disappoint

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Mildly irritating delivery

Nice story with an interesting structure but the ponderous delivery was all wrong for me.

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Mediocre story, awful narration

The story is okay although the characters seem quite one-dimensional. The narration however, is awful! The narrator sounds like a speaker system at a train station. «The. next. train. to arrive. on platform. three. is the. 15:43. train. to. Bristol.» Ruins the whole book!

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Boring

In the second chapter you realise where this story is going. Then it is stretched out, to make it tedious.
The problem with Mary Balogh is, her books are either good or they are frustratingly disappointing.

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