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Persuasion
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
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Summary
Anne Elliot has grieved for seven years over the loss of her first love, Captain Frederick Wentworth. But events conspire to unravel the knots of deceit and misunderstanding in this beguiling and gently comic story of love and fidelity.
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- Caroline
- 16-06-15
A classic well rendered
Juliet Stevenson is a pleasure to listen to as always, the dialogs really come alive.
Quite the tour de force.
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- Louise
- 05-10-20
Thoroughly enjoyable and very well narrated
I came to this Austen late, but with maturity this book seems much more poignant and relevant. Juliet Stevenson narrated this very well and it was a joy to be read to by this actor.
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- miss d hitt
- 02-10-18
Wonderful
brilliantly read ...thoroughly enjoyed ...pure bliss to escape the modern world...love Jane Austen..Thanks very much
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- Agnes Strömberg
- 26-07-22
Perfection!
One of Jane Austen's best novels perfectly performed by Juliet Stevenson. She does all the voices so well. So enjoyable!
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- Amazon Customer
- 23-11-22
Enjoyable Listen
One of my favourite books, I very much enjoyed listening and it was well read.
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- Charlotte
- 11-07-23
Persuasion by Jane Austin
very enjoyable and recommend it to every Jane Austin fan.
very worthwhile listening all
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- Butterfly
- 20-07-23
Love love, love it
Beautifully read, what an absolute pleasure. Utter delight think Jane would have loved listening too!
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- Cameron
- 03-04-24
Juliet Stevenson is second to none!
This is a solid favourite for me, tied with Pride and Prejudice, and Juliet Stevenson's performance is, as with all her performances, excellent. Her Mary cracks me up every time, it's SO funny, and she does an excellent range of voices for both the men and women. She is a fantastic voice actor and performer, and does Austen credit.
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- Caroline
- 25-01-09
Juliet Stevenson excels again!
I had not previously read this Jane Austen, and I think it is one that is quite often forgotten. This is not however because it is one of her lesser works. This story follows a different formula to many of her other novels, and shows Austen's maturity in her writing style. It will never be as good as Pride and Prejudice, but definitley worth a listen.
Juliet Stevenson once again is a fantastic narrator, making each character unique.
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- Philadelphus
- 03-09-09
Not so gentle satire
This book has some of Jane Austen's best writing - she invents the trick of the authorial voice stepping into the character's thoughts here for the first time in the novel. Outside that the authorial voice is quite biting, in the main character she gives an accurate portrait of depression, and some of the subordinate characters are truly appalling. Which may be why some people don't like it as much as her other books: it's hard to maintain the "sweetness and light" illusion that some have of Jane Austen. I like it best of all her books, and, as usual, Juliet Stevenson is a splendid narrator (though Anna Massey, if only we could have her, brings an icy bite to her reading which is entirely appropriate to this book).
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