About Katherine Kellgren
The word that most immediately comes to mind when describing
a Katherine Kellgren performance is delightful.
Top Performances
Greatest Hits
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Dune Messiah
- Book Two in the Dune Chronicles
- De: Frank Herbert
- Narrado por: Scott Brick, Euan Morton, Simon Vance, y otros
- Duración: 8 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 31,403
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 26,792
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 26,763
The bestselling science fiction series of all time continues! Frank Herbert's second installment explores new developments on the desert planet Arrakis, with its intricate social order and its strange threatening environment. Dune Messiah picks up the story of the man known as Maud'dib, heir to...
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good-not-great book, not as fond of the narration
- De Joel D Offenberg en 13-11-09
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Dracula [Audible Edition]
- De: Bram Stoker
- Narrado por: Alan Cumming, Tim Curry, Simon Vance, y otros
- Duración: 15 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 37,120
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 33,613
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 33,524
The modern audience hasn't had a chance to truly appreciate the unknowing dread that readers would have felt when reading Bram Stoker's original 1897 manuscript. Most modern productions employ campiness or sound effects to try to bring back that gothic tension, but we've tried something different. By returning to Stoker's original storytelling structure - a series of letters and journal entries voiced by Jonathan Harker, Dr. Van Helsing, and other characters - with an all-star cast of narrators, we've sought to recapture its originally intended horror and power.
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5 out of 5 stars
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IS THAT NOT SO?
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 05-11-15
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Dark Witch
- The Cousins O'Dwyer Trilogy, Book 1
- De: Nora Roberts
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 10 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 9,654
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 8,747
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 8,716
With indifferent parents, Iona Sheehan grew up craving devotion and acceptance. From her maternal grandmother, she learned where to find both: a land of lush forests, dazzling lakes, and centuries-old legends. Ireland. County Mayo, to be exact. Where her ancestors’ blood and magic have flowed through generations - and where her destiny awaits. Iona arrives in Ireland with nothing but her Nan’s directions, an unfailingly optimistic attitude, and an innate talent with horses.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Turn the volume down!
- De J. Gilbert en 30-10-13
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Chapterhouse Dune
- De: Frank Herbert
- Narrado por: Euan Morton, Katherine Kellgren, Scott Brick, y otros
- Duración: 16 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 6,582
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5,612
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5,610
The desert planet Arrakis, called Dune, has been destroyed. Now, the Bene Gesserit, heirs to Dune's power, have colonized a green world—and are tuning it into a desert, mile by scorched mile. Chapterhouse Dune is the last book Frank Herbert wrote before his death: A stunning climax to the epic Dune legend that will live on forever.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great Story! Horrible way to compile a narration.
- De Chris Carl en 23-05-14
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Dune Messiah
- Book Two in the Dune Chronicles
- De: Frank Herbert
- Narrado por: Scott Brick, Euan Morton, Simon Vance, y otros
- Duración: 8 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 31,403
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 26,792
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 26,763
The bestselling science fiction series of all time continues! Frank Herbert's second installment explores new developments on the desert planet Arrakis, with its intricate social order and its strange threatening environment. Dune Messiah picks up the story of the man known as Maud'dib, heir to...
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good-not-great book, not as fond of the narration
- De Joel D Offenberg en 13-11-09
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Dracula [Audible Edition]
- De: Bram Stoker
- Narrado por: Alan Cumming, Tim Curry, Simon Vance, y otros
- Duración: 15 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 37,120
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 33,613
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 33,524
The modern audience hasn't had a chance to truly appreciate the unknowing dread that readers would have felt when reading Bram Stoker's original 1897 manuscript. Most modern productions employ campiness or sound effects to try to bring back that gothic tension, but we've tried something different. By returning to Stoker's original storytelling structure - a series of letters and journal entries voiced by Jonathan Harker, Dr. Van Helsing, and other characters - with an all-star cast of narrators, we've sought to recapture its originally intended horror and power.
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5 out of 5 stars
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IS THAT NOT SO?
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 05-11-15
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Dark Witch
- The Cousins O'Dwyer Trilogy, Book 1
- De: Nora Roberts
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 10 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 9,654
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 8,747
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 8,716
With indifferent parents, Iona Sheehan grew up craving devotion and acceptance. From her maternal grandmother, she learned where to find both: a land of lush forests, dazzling lakes, and centuries-old legends. Ireland. County Mayo, to be exact. Where her ancestors’ blood and magic have flowed through generations - and where her destiny awaits. Iona arrives in Ireland with nothing but her Nan’s directions, an unfailingly optimistic attitude, and an innate talent with horses.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Turn the volume down!
- De J. Gilbert en 30-10-13
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Chapterhouse Dune
- De: Frank Herbert
- Narrado por: Euan Morton, Katherine Kellgren, Scott Brick, y otros
- Duración: 16 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 6,582
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5,612
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5,610
The desert planet Arrakis, called Dune, has been destroyed. Now, the Bene Gesserit, heirs to Dune's power, have colonized a green world—and are tuning it into a desert, mile by scorched mile. Chapterhouse Dune is the last book Frank Herbert wrote before his death: A stunning climax to the epic Dune legend that will live on forever.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great Story! Horrible way to compile a narration.
- De Chris Carl en 23-05-14
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Timeless Tales of Beatrix Potter
- Peter Rabbit and Friends
- De: Beatrix Potter
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 3 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 719
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 611
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 608
Beatrix Potter's amazing universe of animals dressed in human clothing has taught and entertained children for over a century. This volume brings together 21 of Potter's tales and verses in one audiobook. Hear Peter Rabbit outwit old Mr. McGregor, and Squirrel Nutkin come within a tail's length of being an owl's dinner. Listen as a family of mice save the kind tailor of Gloucester, and as Peter and Benjamin Bunny battle a barn cat. Learn how one fierce rabbit is set on the road to honesty.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 13-10-16
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Queen of Hearts
- De: Rhys Bowen
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 10 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,151
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,730
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,706
Lady Georgiana Rannoch, 35th in line for the British throne, knows how to play the part of an almost royal - but now she's off to Hollywood, where she must reprise her role as sleuth or risk starring in an all-too-convincing death scene...
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2 out of 5 stars
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Unbearable
- De Amanda en 08-09-14
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Masked Ball at Broxley Manor
- A Royal Spyness Novella
- De: Rhys Bowen
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 1 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,195
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,912
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,908
At the end of her first unsuccessful season out in society, Lady Georgiana has all but given up on attracting a suitable man - until she receives an invitation to a masked Halloween ball at Broxley Manor. Georgie is uncertain why she was invited, until she learns that the royal family intends to marry her off to a foreign prince, one reputed to be mad.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Fun, light prequel
- De CMMV en 01-01-15
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Wolfsbane
- Aralorn, Book 2
- De: Patricia Briggs
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren, Patricia Briggs (introduction)
- Duración: 9 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,715
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,400
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,402
Shapeshifting mercenary Aralorn leads a dangerous existence. Now she must return home for her noble father, the Lyon of Lambshold, has passed away. But when Aralorn and her companion Wolf arrive, they find he's not dead, but ensorcelled by the ae'Magi, using him as a conduit to destroy Aralorn and Wolf. She must overcome this mysterious mist or fall to the blackest of magic.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent listen that left me longing for the next
- De Siobhan en 17-11-10
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The Salamander Spell
- The Tales of the Frog Princess
- De: E. D. Baker
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 5 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 57
Grassina has always lived in the shadow of her perfect older sister, Chartreuse. But when a terrible spell leaves the Kingdom of Greater Greensward in great danger, it is Grassina who finds the magic to set things right.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great! For all ages.
- De Ericka en 22-01-19
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The Unmapped Sea
- The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, Book 5
- De: Maryrose Wood
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 9 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 639
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 549
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 545
Lord Fredrick Ashton may not feel ready to be a father, but with a little Ashton on the way he's sure about one thing: The wolfish curse on his family must end soon, before the child is born. Penelope willingly takes on the challenge; when Lady Constance's doctor prescribes a seaside holiday, Penelope jumps at the chance to take the three Incorrigible children to Brighton, where she hopes to persuade the old sailor Pudge to reveal what he knows about the Ashton curse.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Cliffhanger ending; last book release 6/19/2018!
- De Wayne en 13-12-17
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Her Royal Spyness
- De: Rhys Bowen
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 8 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 14,058
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 12,511
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 12,469
Agatha Award-winning author Rhys Bowen’s charming combination of intrigue and romance blended with a touch of humor shines when performed by Audible Hall of Fame narrator Katherine Kellgren, whose deft range and impeccable accent work make it hard to believe this isn’t a multicast performance.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Joy, Joy, Joy!
- De Coffee Lover en 17-01-11
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Goodnight June
- A Novel
- De: Sarah Jio
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 8 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 341
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 308
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 305
Goodnight Moon is an adored childhood classic, but its real origins are lost to history. In Goodnight June, Sarah Jio offers a suspenseful and heartfelt take on how the "great green room" might have come to be. June Andersen is professionally successful, but her personal life is marred by unhappiness. Unexpectedly, she is called to settle her great-aunt Ruby's estate and determine the fate of Bluebird Books, the children's bookstore Ruby founded in the 1940s.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Sweet Story!!
- De Trish en 13-07-14
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The Golden Bowl
- De: Henry James
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble, Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 21 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 111
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 94
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 92
Published in 1904, The Golden Bowl is the last completed novel of Henry James. In it, the widowed American Adam Verver is in Europe with his daughter Maggie. They are rich, finely appreciative of European art and culture, and deeply attached to each other. Maggie has all the innocent charm of so many of Jamess young American heroines. She is engaged to Amerigo, an impoverished Italian prince; he must marry money, and as his name suggests, an American heiress is the perfect solution.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Collapses under the weight of its own brilliance
- De Erez en 18-03-14
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Factoring Humanity
- De: Robert J. Sawyer
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 9 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 564
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 492
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 499
In the near future, a signal is detected coming from the Alpha Centauri system. Mysterious, unintelligible data streams in for ten years. Heather Davis, a professor in the University of Toronto psychology department, has devoted her career to deciphering the message. Her estranged husband, Kyle, is working on the development of artificial intelligence systems and new computer technology utilizing quantum effects to produce a near-infinite number of calculations simultaneously.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Novel alien first contact
- De Michael G Kurilla en 28-05-12
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Araminta Spookie, Books 1 & 2
- My Haunted House & The Sword in the Grotto
- De: Angie Sage
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 3 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 45
Araminta Spookie lives in a wonderful old haunted house, but her crabby Aunt Tabby wants to move. Aunt Tabby is determined to sell their house; Araminta has to stop her! With the help of a haunted suit of armor named Sir Horace, a ghost named Edmund, and a lot of imagination, Araminta hatches a plot for an Awful Ambush that is so ghoulish, it just might work!
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely hysterical!
- De Zoe Twitt en 29-07-23
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The Terror of the Southlands
- The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates, Book 2
- De: Caroline Carlson
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 7 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 415
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 361
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 360
Hilary Westfield is a pirate. In fact, she's the Terror of the Southlands! She's daring, brave, fearless, and . . . in a rut. Maybe she hasn't found any treasure lately. And maybe she isn't fighting off as many scallywags as she'd like. But does that mean she and her loyal crew (including a magical gargoyle) deserve to be kicked out of the ranks of the Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates? There is only one thing to do - find a daring mission worthy of her fearless reputation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome book!!
- De JB en 11-09-17
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Bloody Jack
- De: L. A. Meyer
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 7 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,480
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,789
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,792
Life as a ship's boy aboard HMS Dolphin is a dream come true for Jacky Faber. Gone are the days of scavenging for food and fighting for survival on the streets of 18th-century London. Instead, Jacky is becoming a skilled and respected sailor as the crew pursues pirates on the high seas. There's only one problem: Jacky is a girl. And she will have to use every bit of her spirit, wit, and courage to keep the crew from discovering her secret.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sometimes it clicks
- De Terry en 09-12-09
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Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side
- De: Beth Fantaskey
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 10 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 500
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 393
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 388
Author Beth Fantaskey injects a little humor into the vampire romance genre with this critically acclaimed debut novel. High school senior Jessica Packwood is a down-to-earth mathlete who's not sure what her future holds. What she definitely doesn't see coming is foreign exchange student - and vampire - Lucius Vladescu showing up at her door. According to Lucius, Jessica is actually vampire royalty, and they've been betrothed to one another since infancy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fun Vampire Love Story
- De The Mankers en 22-04-12
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Enchanted
- The Woodcutter Sisters, Book 1
- De: Alethea Kontis
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 7 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 604
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 561
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 553
It isn’t easy being Sunday’s child, not when you’re the rather overlooked and unhappy youngest sibling to sisters named for the other six days of the week. Sunday’s only comfort is writing stories, although what she writes has a terrible tendency to come true. When Sunday meets an enchanted frog who asks about her stories, the two become friends. Soon that friendship deepens into something magical. One night, Sunday kisses her frog goodbye and leaves, not realizing that her love has transformed him....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Charming... Enchanting
- De The Gabbards en 03-07-12
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The Interrupted Tale
- The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, Book 4
- De: Maryrose Wood
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 8 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 707
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 614
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 613
Of especially naughty children it is sometimes said, "They must have been raised by wolves." The Incorrigible children actually were. Turning sixteen is a bittersweet occasion for Miss Penelope Lumley: Her parents remain disappointingly absent, and her perfectly nice young playwright friend, Simon Harley-Dickinson, has not been heard from since he went to visit his ailing great-uncle Pudge in the old sailors' home in Brighton.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I love this series!
- De Wayne en 06-12-17
Listener Favorite
"Yes, the narrator is really that good."
"Bloody Jack is a pleasant surprise of good fun. I am happy to have found a new series to lose myself in. This is a slight step away from my usual reading lists, and honestly, I only got the book because it was on-sale and all the reviews just raved on and on about the narration. The story grabs hold almost immediately and there is hardly a dull moment to be found. Our heroine is so likeable that you can’t help but root for her the entire way. But the true gem of this story is Katherine Kellgren (with due respect to the author). Yes, Ms. Kellgren is THAT good...It’s hard to explain. I cringe at calling it “narration” as anyone who listens will immediately realize it’s something more. And no, it’s not a “dramatization”–it’s more subtle than that. It’s a gift. That’s the only way I can explain it. Listening to Ms. Kellgren read this novel was an experience— a 7 hour thrill ride through the streets of London, and over the perilous sea. As a seasoned audio listener, I can appreciate what I have stumbled across here. I am excited again to have found a series worth getting sucked into–and I plan to!"
Go Behind the Scenes
A performance so good you could be entertained by that narrator reading the encyclopedia?More About Katherine Kellgren
With more than 200 audiobooks to her name, the multiple Audie Award-winning actress tackled almost every fictional subgenre, from romance and cozy mysteries, to young adult and even apocalyptic sci-fi (despite being
delightful,she still did a great interpretation of
grim). Kellgren was also known to deliver a mean multicast, even—or especially—when narrating solo. Her inimitable ability at impersonation is on full display in one of her most beloved series at Audible: Her Royal Spyness. In it she delivered a myriad of voices, from Irish brogue, to East-End cockney, to posh upper crust, to the bored American drawl of one very petulant Wallis Simpson. And more than one Audible editor will readily admit that her rendition of Darcy O’Mara (the heroine’s beau) is their #1
book boyfriend.
She was also lauded for her performance of L.A. Meyer’s Bloody Jack series, which not only called on her to deliver endless accents (many of them piratical) but also required her to sing a number of old English sea ballads. The series gained a fervent following across all ages, and Kellgren once shared an anecdote about calling a young fan for her birthday—in the guise of Bloody Jack. The child was apparently on the verge of fainting.
Though born in New York, Katherine Kellgren spent 12 years studying acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, where she honed her incredible fluency with regional accents and dialects. She reportedly recorded her first audiobook as a child using a cassette player, so that her father, whose health was failing, could still enjoy his favorite novel.
Kellgren passed away in early 2018 after a battle with a rare form of cancer.
Awards and Accolades
Audie Award
Best Female Narrator, 2016
AudioFile Magaine
Multi-Time Earphones Winner
Booklist
Voice of Choice, 2011

