Lady Anna

De: Anthony Trollope

Narrado por: David Beed

"Lady Anna" (1874) is a novel by Anthony Trollope. It describes Lady Anna's attempts to resolve the conflict between her duty to her social class and her duty to the man she loves. The story takes place at about the time of the First Reform Act of 1832. Lady Anna is the daughter of the late Earl Lovel. Her mother married him out of ambition, despite his evil reputation. Soon after their marriage, he told her that he had a living wife, which made their union invalid and their unborn daughter illegitimate.

He then sailed to Italy and did not return to England for twenty years. During those two decades, Lady Lovel struggled to prove the validity of her marriage, and consequently her right to her title and her daughter's legitimacy. She enjoyed neither the sympathy of the public nor the support of her family during this time; her only friend and supporter was Thomas Thwaite, a Radical tailor of Keswick, who gave her and her daughter shelter and financed her legal battles...

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Another Trollope

Some distracting noises and glitches in production. But still really enjoyed it. Narrator was good and well understated.

Another Good Trollope Tale

I very much enjoyed this Trollope story. A bit different from some of his others but it held my interest and kept me wondering how it would play out. I thought the narration was quite good. Many have noted some occasional extraneous noise but this was rare and barely noticeable. Hardly a problem.

Also, this narrator announced the beginning and end of each chapter. This is unusual but I experienced it with a couple other books. I rather like it since I prefer to pause my listening at the end of a chapter. Much better this way than the recordings that rush into the next chapter without a pause. Just my thoughts.

All in all a good listen.

Reader is just ok...but

Why did the publisher treat this like a legal document, inserting "End of chapter X... Lady Anna by Anthony Trollope....Chapter Y" after every chapter? Totally goofy.

Hurry Up, Already!

That's pretty much what I was begging for by chapter 30 something. I'll probably not read another Trollope, classic or not.

Ehhh

I’m a big Trollope fan, but thought the plot very static, the characters underdeveloped, and the narration just ok, so one of my least favorite.