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Jane Eyre
- Narrated by: Donna Barkman
- Length: 20 hrs and 54 mins
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Donna Barkman gives a passionate performance of English novelist Charlotte Brontë’s classic Victorian gothic romance Jane Eyre. The orphan Jane suffers at the hands of her abusive aunt Reed and spoiled cousins. Despite hardship, she triumphs over her miserable and tumultuous childhood. She later secures work as a governess at the manor Thornfield Hall, where meets its owner, the mysterious Edward Rochester. Just as happiness is within her grasp, she discovers Rochester’s dark secret, which is tucked away in the attic.
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Jane Eyre is an orphan child who knows only abuse and misery from her mistress. As a young girl, she is sent off to a boarding school where her good character and diligent habits win her friends and respect. In time, Jane herself becomes a teacher at the school.
Seeking a wider horizon, Jane takes employment at Thornfield Hall, where she comes under the spell of Edward Rochester, its owner, a man of savage temperament and desperate unhappiness. The reason for both is linked to a great secret that is kept locked away on the third floor of the mansion. It's final revelation brings an incredible climax to the story and changes both lives forever.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
- ChristinaJL
- 02-10-07
Not a good reading
I too forgot to listen to the clip of this before buying. I agree, the French and German is so badly read as to be virtually impossbible to understand, even though I speak both. The recording is of poor quality and I had to force myself to listen to it. A great shame, as this has spoilt one of my favourite books of all time.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
- Sollenbum
- 03-08-07
American accent
This audiobook is an excellent example that one should listen to the excerpt BEFORE buying it.
Unfortunately, I forgot to do so this time and was disappointed to hear that the reader read in American English. Not that there is anything wrong with American English as such, but it is incongruous with this very British novel. What's worse is that the French sounds decidedly strange and the German is completely unintelligible. I teach German and therefore have a fairly good tolerance of strange pronunciation of the German language. So, it is fairly bad if even I cannot decipher the German being spoken by Diana and Mary Rivers.
Of course, the book is mainly in English, but it does not reflect well on the publisher of this audiobook that they were unable to choose a reader who was able to pronounce the foreign languages used in the book. In the same vein, 'Jane Eyre' is a novel full of different dialects and sociolects. A British reader would probably have been able to give each of these characters their own unique sound. This diversity is sadly entirely lacking in this version.
In short, beware of buying this audiobook. Buy it, at your own peril.
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