• Sense and Sensibility

  • By: Jane Austen
  • Narrated by: Victoria McGee
  • Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
  • 3.8 out of 5 stars (343 ratings)

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Sense and Sensibility

By: Jane Austen
Narrated by: Victoria McGee
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Publisher's summary

This is Austen's first published novel, from 1851, which she wrote under the pseudonym "A Lady". The story is about Elinor and Marianne, two daughters of Mr. Dashwood by his second wife. They have a younger sister, Margaret, and an older half-brother named John. When their father dies, the family estate passes to John, and the Dashwood women are left in reduced circumstances.

The novel follows the Dashwood sisters to their new home, a cottage on a distant relative's property, where they experience both romance and heartbreak. The contrast between the sister's characters is eventually resolved as they each find love and lasting happiness. Through the events in the novel, Elinor and Marianne encounter the sense and sensibility of life and love.

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I'm glad it was free of charge

Terrible narration and several parts were missing. I had to get the kindle book as well to get the whole story.

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The worst narrator so far

What disappointed you about Sense and Sensibility?

I wish I had read the previous reviewer's comments before purchasing. This is hands down the worse book I've gotten on Audible so far. The narrator is terrible! I'm a few hours in, and I'm not even going to finish it. I'm ordering the same book with a different narrator. This narrator sounds robotic, bored, and tired. She sounds like an alien attempting to fit in with earthlings by tackling classic lit. It's truly terrible. There are gaps between some sentences and at the end of each chapter that yawn for so long that I routinely check to make sure the Audible AP on my phone didn't close without warning. There is very little distinction in her tone between characters, if any, and often the same character speaks with a different tone within the same paragraph. It's very confusing--and I've read the book several times on my own, so it's not the subject matter that's causing my issues. Trust me, the under $3 price tag does not make this more tolerable.

What did you like best about this story?

With this narration, nothing at all!

Would you be willing to try another one of Victoria McGee’s performances?

NO WAY!

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Its aggravating

To hear words, holidays, even names repeatedly mispronounced is an unhappy distraction from such a wonderful and beloved story.

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Terrible Narrator, slow classic

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This book was slow and quietly done. I generally like that but it stayed that way to the end. It's just almost boring. The narrator is the worst. She almost sounds like a computer. It ruined the book for me.

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Boring

A classic it may be, but wow, save it for bedtime.

I would not recommend this book to anyone.

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Unedited and missing part of a chapter

There were several unedited parts and it was even missing the last page of one of the chapters. Still a great story but very disappointed in the audio.

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Robot narrator?

Would you try another book from Jane Austen and/or Victoria McGee?

Jane Austen, yes; Victoria McGee, absolutely not. I'm sure she's a wonderful person but this narration is painful.

Has Sense and Sensibility turned you off from other books in this genre?

I did not get a chance to get through the first chapter. I do plan to try another Jane Austen novel.

How could the performance have been better?

The narrator literally sounds like a robot.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Sense and Sensibility?

Didn't get through first chapter so I cannot answer that.

Any additional comments?

I have hundreds of books from audible. I don't recall ever leaving a review. I've had horrible narrators and amazing narrators, but none that made me passionate enough to leave a review. THIS version of Sense & Sensibility was awful. Actually sounded like a robot. After 200 audiobooks I have learned my lesson. ALWAYS listen to a sample prior to purchase. I apologize for the low rating on the story, I'm sure it's amazing - it is a classic after all. But the narrator ruined the whole experience.

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Voice sounds computerized

The narrators voice sounds computerized and is distracting and the story is just okay. I would recommend Pride & Prejudice before this because it is so much better

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Surprisingly Enjoyable

I never thought I'd find myself listening or reading a Jane Austen book, much less reviewing one. On the insistence of my dance teacher and my grandma however I found myself purchasing it. I always thought that Jane Austen would be very boring. I was wrong. This book was very lovely, and interesting. Unfortunately the narration is a little faulty and repeats itself in some places. Also a large section of the book is missing in chapter 43. I had to borrow my grandma's copy of the book and read it, especially since the part of the book missing is rather key to the plot. I recommend the book but perhaps you might want to find a different narration.

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terrible narration

the narrator had terrible pronunciation of period items and key story names and locations. this is distracting as well as offputting

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