• Persuasion

  • By: Jane Austen
  • Narrated by: Peta Johnson
  • Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
  • 3.6 out of 5 stars (116 ratings)

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Persuasion

By: Jane Austen
Narrated by: Peta Johnson
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Publisher's summary

Persuasion, Jane Austen's final novel, follows the romance of Anne Elliot and naval officer Frederick Wentworth. They were happily engaged until Anne's friend, Lady Russell, persuaded her that Frederick was "unworthy". Now, eight years later, Frederick returns, a wealthy captain in the navy, while Anne's family teeters on the edge of bankruptcy. They still love each other, but their past mistakes threaten to keep them apart.
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Great Book - Awful Recording

How did the narrator detract from the book?

The narrator read way to fast with no pacing or pausing for punctuation. Her modulation is horrible - she emphasizes words that don't make sense and turns well written phrases into difficult to understand travesties. I would NOT recommend paying any amount of money for this recording - spend a few more bucks and get one worth listening to.

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Terrible narrator

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She is absolutely terrible! I purchased it and couldn't listen to more than a page. She gives me anxiety she reads so terribly.

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Very Disappointing Narration

This is a wonderful novel full of comedy and irony, but the bland and inflectionless narration made it almost impossible to tolerate.

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Oh dear

Would you be willing to try another one of Peta Johnson’s performances?

Is Peta Johnson a person? Or a Sat Nav articulater perhaps? No, I should have listened to the sample voice - this is not read, let alone with any understanding, it is spelled out by a voice linking letters together, and desperately sad for Persuasion.

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Do not get this one

words are pronounced wrong, sentences cut out and then it goes on to another chapter and could someone explain what is a pianofort

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Narrated by a speed reader!

Story is typical Jane Austen, but listening required a certain amount of tension to not miss anything. The narrator did not distinguish different characters very well, either.

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Really bad reading

... she speaks so fast that you can barely understand her. Go back and get a better version. This one is just bad. I'd give zero stars if I could.

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masterpiece

persuation is a incredible work, but it seems now there is a technique problem for I have tried so many times and I cannot download it.

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she has written better ones

Not her best work but it still is a nice read

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