Unabridged Audiobook
The book was tedious at times though indicative of that time period. It’s also quite long. The only thing that kept me going was wanting to know what happened to Molly. I found other characters irritating and same with a few narrators. While some; particularly, the gentleman who read, we’re decent; few of them were nearly unbearable to listen to. One woman read in near monotone. On a positive note, makes me grateful we don’t live like that, well most of us, any longer!! And one does learn a good deal of class, dress, morals, etc., from this novel.
I enjoyed this novel. If you are an Anglophile you probably will enjoy how the various economic and aristocratic classes interact and view each other in the 19th century. I was disappointed to find that Mrs. Gaskell died before completing the final chapter. Regardless a good book and by the end you know enough about the characters to have a good guess as to the ending. I agree with the review which pointed out that some of the narrators were not great.
It was a good book but unfortunate about the writer at the end. The multiple narrators always irritates me. Most of them were fine but there are a few that are painful to listen to.
This was an Excellent book. Characterization transcends time.
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