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Sprig Muslin

Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency romance

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He thought he could set her on a better path. But they might both wander astray....

Sir Gareth Ludlow never truly recovered from the death of his fiancée. Years later, a chance encounter with Amanda, a young and devastatingly pretty runaway, inspires him to try to do the right thing and to set her on a path towards a good life.

But Sir Gareth has been neck-deep in a life of debauchery and hedonism ever since his fiancée's death, and Amanda's startlingly lively imagination proves to be more than he'd bargained for. As they both become increasingly entangled in Sir Gareth's scheme, it seems more and more difficult for either of them to lead the life they should....

A witty and delightful historical novel, Sprig Muslin shows why Georgette Heyer has such a huge and devoted readership to this day.

©1956 Georgette Heyer (P)2021 Penguin Audio Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Regency Regency Romance Romance Witty
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As usual, a fun and thoroughly enjoyable book by Georgette Heyer.
Unfortunately, the narrator was not good. Her voices are great and it's easy to distinguish between characters in the dialogue, but she stops for commas making the flow disjointed and broken. It became very annoying. If you can manage to ignore / cope with this, then give it a go - you can always return the book if it's just too much to cope with!

Clunky narration lets this book down

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The narrator does not seem to know how to pronounce the words correctly and this ruins a really good story which I have enjoyed reading in the past. Georgette Heuer is one of my favourite authors and I love listening to most of her audio books, but this one is ruined.

Awful narration

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This is a long time favourite Heyer book. The reader managed to mispronounce too many words and to obliterate the humour of the novel in her delivery. Because of failing eyesight I chose to buy the audiobook and very much looked forward to enjoying it again. I feel let down.

Very disappointing performance

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The narrator really let this book down. The wit and banter of the characters is lost and there are so many words which are mispronounced. I hope this gets rerecorded with someone that can do the story justice as it’s a fun read with lots of laugh out loud moments.

Disappointing narration of this fun story

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I have always loved the escapism of a Georgette Heyer story and Sprig Muslin is no exception. However, the narrators mispronunciation of Mama and Papa, not to mention Oundle did rather spoil this version for me.

Jarring mispronunciations

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