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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General31,489
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Narración:26,853
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Historia26,824
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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Good-not-great book, not as fond of the narration
- De Joel D Offenberg en 13-11-09
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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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General9,681
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Narración:8,773
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Historia8,742
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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Turn the volume down!
- De J. Gilbert en 30-10-13
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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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General37,489
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Narración:33,949
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Historia33,861
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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IS THAT NOT SO?
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 05-11-15
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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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General6,617
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Narración:5,639
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Historia5,637
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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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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General31,489
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Narración:26,853
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Historia26,824
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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Good-not-great book, not as fond of the narration
- De Joel D Offenberg en 13-11-09
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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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General9,681
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Narración:8,773
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Historia8,742
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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Turn the volume down!
- De J. Gilbert en 30-10-13
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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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General37,489
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Narración:33,949
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Historia33,861
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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IS THAT NOT SO?
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 05-11-15
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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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General6,617
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Narración:5,639
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Historia5,637
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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Great Story! Horrible way to compile a narration.
- De Chris Carl en 23-05-14
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The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book V
- De: Maryrose Wood
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 9 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General639
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Narración:549
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Historia545
For fans of Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events and Trenton Lee Stewart's Mysterious Benedict Society, here comes the fifth book in the Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, the acclaimed and hilarious Victorian mystery series by Maryrose Wood. Lord Fredrick Ashton may not feel ready...
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Cliffhanger ending; last book release 6/19/2018!
- De Wayne en 13-12-17
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Royal Blood
- De: Rhys Bowen
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 9 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General5,124
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Narración:4,526
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Historia4,482
Penniless and 34th in line to the throne, Lady Georgiana Rannoch finds herself in a truly draining state of affairs. To escape her hateful brother, Georgie accepts an invitation from the Queen to represent the royals at a wedding in Transylvania. But at the macabre- looking castle, Georgie finds the bride with blood running down her chin, and a wedding guest is poisoned.
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Good Adventurous Fun
- De Dylan en 19-05-16
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The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates: The Terror of the Southlands Unabr
- De: Caroline Carlson
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 7 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General415
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Narración:361
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Historia360
"Tell me, Pirate Westfield: When was the last time you drew your sword against an enemy? Or stole a stash of loot from a fellow buccaneer? When was the last time you sailed off on a thrilling High Seas adventure?" Hilary Westfield is a pirate. In fact, she's the Terror of the Southlands! She's...
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Awesome book!!
- De JB en 11-09-17
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The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline
- De: Nancy Springer
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 3 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General161
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Narración:148
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Historia148
Nancy Springer captivates young listeners with mysteries that feature Sherlock Holmes' little sister Enola. Edgar Award-winning author Nancy Springer captivates young listeners with mysteries that feature Sherlock Holmes' little sister Enola. Abandoned by her mother and fearing her brothers will exile her to finishing school, 14-year-old Enola lives a lonely London existence.
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Excellent!
- De Bethany Sutherland en 17-07-25
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Sleeping Arrangements
- A Novel
- De: Madeleine Wickham
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 8 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General305
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Narración:191
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Historia190
New York Times bestselling author of the Shopaholic series Sophia Kinsella delivers another fabulously fun tale writing under Madeleine Wickham. Sleeping Arrangements tells the story of two families who are "accidentally" double-booked at the same lavish Spanish villa of a mutual friend. Chloe...
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I enjoyed it
- De Patricia en 24-07-08
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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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General1,719
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Narración:1,403
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Historia1,405
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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Excellent listen that left me longing for the next
- De Siobhan en 17-11-10
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The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book IV
- The Interrupted Tale
- De: Maryrose Wood
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 8 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General708
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Narración:615
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Historia614
For fans of Lemony Snicket’s Series of Unfortunate Events and Trenton Lee Stewart’s Mysterious Benedict Society comes the fourth book in the Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, the acclaimed and hilarious Victorian mystery series by Maryrose Wood. In The Interrupted Tale, Miss Penelope...
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I love this series!
- De Wayne en 06-12-17
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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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General113
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Narración:96
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Historia94
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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Collapses under the weight of its own brilliance
- De Erez en 18-03-14
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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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General604
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Narración:561
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Historia553
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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Charming... Enchanting
- De The Gabbards en 03-07-12
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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After
- De: Steve Hockensmith
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 9 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General762
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Narración:678
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Historia677
The story opens with our newly married protagonists, Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam Darcy, defending their village from an army of flesh-eating unmentionables. But the honeymoon has barely begun when poor Mr. Darcy is nipped by a rampaging dreadful. Elizabeth knows the proper course of action is to promptly behead her husband (and then burn the corpse, just to be safe). But when she learns of a miracle antidote under development in London, she realizes there may be one last chance to save her true love.
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Best of the Series
- De Amazon Customer en 01-05-11
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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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General724
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Narración:612
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Historia609
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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A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 13-10-16
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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
- Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!
- De: Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 11 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4,299
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Narración:3,112
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Historia3,116
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains." So begins Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, an expanded edition of the beloved Jane Austen novel featuring all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie mayhem.
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One word - Awesome!
- De Katelyn en 22-05-09
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A Royal Pain
- De: Rhys Bowen
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 8 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General6,795
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Narración:6,017
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Historia5,977
The Queen of England has concocted a plan in which penniless aristocrat Lady Georgie is to entertain a Bavarian princess and conveniently place her in the playboy prince's path, in the hopes that he might finally marry.
But queens never take money into account. Georgie has very little, which is why she moonlights as a maid-in-disguise.
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A Royal HOOT!
- De AudioAddict en 08-03-14
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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls
- De: Jane Austen, Steve Hockensmith
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 8 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General1,356
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Narración:1,036
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Historia1,034
In this terrifying and hilarious prequel, we witness the genesis of the zombie plague in early 19th-century England. We watch Elizabeth Bennet evolve from a nave young teenager into a savage slayer of the undead. We laugh as she begins her first clumsy training with nunchucks and katana swords and cry when her first blush with romance goes tragically awry.
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Fantastic Narrator for a Fun Story!
- De Dawn en 30-03-10
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Blackout
- De: Connie Willis
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren, Connie Willis
- Duración: 18 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4,113
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Narración:3,152
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Historia3,155
In her first novel since 2002, Nebula and Hugo award-winning author Connie Willis returns with a stunning, enormously entertaining novel of time travel, war, and the deeds - great and small - of ordinary people who shape history. In the hands of this acclaimed storyteller, the past and future collideand the result is at once intriguing, elusive, and frightening.
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Double review - Blackout and All Clear
- De Monica en 03-06-12
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The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale
- De: Carmen Agra Deedy, Randall Wright
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren, Robin Sachs
- Duración: 4 h y 13 m
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General47
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Narración:42
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Historia41
Tired of dodging fishwives’ brooms and carriage wheels, alley cat Skilley yearns for the comfort of Ye olde Cheshire Cheese, a popular London inn. When he hears that the innkeeper is in need of a mouser, he hatches a scheme so audacious it will surely set him up for the rest of his nine lives...
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Entertaining and delightful
- De Shakya en 12-07-13
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

