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    Persuasion (dramatic reading)
    Persuasion (dramatic reading)
    Persuasion (dramatic reading)
    Audiobook8 hours

    Persuasion (dramatic reading)

    Written by Jane Austen

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    About this audiobook

    More than eight years before the novel opens, Anne Elliot, then a lovely, thoughtful, warm-hearted 19 year old, accepted a proposal of marriage from the handsome young naval officer Frederick Wentworth. He was clever, confident, and ambitious, but poor and with no particular family connections to recommend him. Sir Walter, Anne's fatuous, snobbish father and her equally self-involved older sister Elizabeth were dissatisfied with her choice, maintaining that he was no match for an Elliot of Kellynch Hall, the family estate. Her older friend and mentor, Lady Russell, acting in place of Anne's late mother, persuaded her to break the engagement. Now 27 and still unmarried, Anne re-encounters her former love when his sister and brother-in-law, the Crofts, take out a lease on Kellynch. Wentworth is now a captain and wealthy from maritime victories in the Napoleonic wars. However, he has not forgiven Anne for rejecting him. While publicly declaring that he is ready to marry any suitable young woman who catches his fancy, he privately resolves that he is ready to become attached to any appealing young woman except for Anne Elliot. (Summary by Wikipedia)

    Cast List
    Narrator: Bob Neufeld
    Sir Walter Elliot: Algy Pug
    Lady Russell: Libby Gohn
    Mr. Shepherd / Mr. Musgrove: ToddHW
    Mrs. Clay: Michele Eaton
    Sir Basil: Richard Friday
    Anne Elliot: Elizabeth Barr
    Mary Musgrove: Amanda Friday
    Elizabeth Elliot: Eden Rea-Hedrick
    Mrs. Musgrove: Maria Kasper
    Charles Musgrove: Jason Mills
    Henrietta Musgrove: TriciaG
    Louisa Musgrove: Charlotte Duckett
    Captain Frederick Wentworth: Max Körlinge
    Mrs. Croft: Frances Brown
    Admiral Croft: Larry Wilson
    Charles Hayter: Bill Mosley
    Innkeeper / Sir William Elliot: Beth Thomas
    Waiter / First Lady: Elizabeth Klett
    Captain Harville: mb
    Mrs. Harville: WoollyBee
    Lady Dalrymple: Katalina Watt
    Mrs. Smith: Loveday
    Second Lady: Kristin Gjerløw
    Third Lady: Maryanka

    Edited by Michele Eaton

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
    Persuasion (dramatic reading)
    Author

    Jane Austen

    Jane Austen was born in 1775 in rural Hampshire, the daughter of an affluent village rector who encouraged her in her artistic pursuits. In novels such as Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park and Emma she developed her subtle analysis of contemporary life through depictions of the middle-classes in small towns. Her sharp wit and incisive portraits of ordinary people have given her novels enduring popularity. She died in 1817.

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    • 4/5
      Great book. I enjoyed the primary narrators voice, but some of the others are lacking. The alternate voice and inflection issues do not take away anything from the story, but they are odd at times.