Delta Wedding

A Novel

De: Eudora Welty

Narrado por: Sally Darling

Set on the Mississippi Delta in 1923, this story captures the mind and manners of the Fairchilds, a large aristocratic family, self-contained and elusive as the wind. The vagaries of the Fairchilds are keenly observed, and sometimes harshly judged, by nine-year-old Laura McRaven, a Fairchild cousin who takes The Yellow Dog train to the Delta for Dabney Fairchild’s wedding. An only child whose mother has just died, Laura is resentful of her boisterous, careless cousins, and desperate for their acceptance. As the hour moves closer and closer to wedding day, Laura arrives at a more subtle understanding of both the Fairchilds and herself. Born in 1909 in Jackson, Mississippi, Eudora Welty is one of the South’s finest novelists. She won a Pulitzer in 1972 for The Optimist’s Daughter. Delta Wedding is her best known work.

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Wonderful Recording

Sally Darling makes this story come alive. She captures the time and tone of this marvelous story perfectly.

Unforgettable story, best narration

I read this book every summer. In my top 10 favorite books. The reader is the best. Do yourself a favor and listen.

Wonderful narration!!!

I loved the narration to this wonderful book by Eudora Welty! Fantastic! Delightful entertainment! Authentic Southern American accent.

The Delta Wedding was a Treat

Sally Darling did a wonderful job of reading Delta Wedding by Eudora Welty. I was sad when it ended because I had come to love the sound of Sally Darling's voice. She captured the slow southern drawl perfectly. That made the reading take a while, but it was all the more enjoyable for that.

Eudora's power of description are breath taking.

Unusual. I was taken in by Eudor's description of everything around her characters. At first it was confusing, but when I relaxed it became amazing. Her metaphors were spot on. I saw the Delta thru the eyes and ears of a multigenerational family as they gathered for a wedding. I was a fly on the wall and I saw and heard it all. Shush or you'll miss something.

Dreamy

I am a new fan of Ms. Welty and cannot get enough. This book is dreamy in its descriptive writing style. The reader brings the words together in a glorious way. I will listen to this book over and over.

Slice of life 100 years ago

Poetic, languorous, almost dream-like. And just as sllloooowww in the telling. A very old-fashioned setting and writing style. The narrator was just right.

A classic – Still well worth listening to

Beautifully written with vivid descriptions of place and time and interesting, complex characters. Well read.

How fine and true this novel is.

This novel repays close attention, and the reading helps you get into it and stay there. Both the author and the reader deserve high praise.

Confused...

Perhaps this is a book I needed to read paper version of. There were too many characters to follow, and I really never understood the point of the story. It felt to me like someone rambling about a wedding, but never made a point. Perhaps if I had read it on paper and been able to go back and reread some passages and figure out some characters maybe I would have gotten more out of it.