Love

De: Elizabeth von Arnim

Narrado por: Eleanor Bron

Duración: 11 h y 14 m

Resumen del Editor

A gentle romance begins innocently enough in the stalls of a London theatre where Catherine is enjoying her ninth and Christopher his thirty-sixth visit to the same play. He is a magnificent young man with flame-coloured hair. She is the sweetest little thing in a hat. There is just one complication: Christopher is 25, while Catherine is just a little bit older. Flattered by the passionate attentions of youth, Catherine, with marriage and motherhood behind her, is at first circumspect, but finally succumbs to her lover's charms.

©1925 Elizabeth von Arnim (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

Excellent

Excellent story. An important subject and beautifully portrayed. Narration was good. Courageous and compassionate characters.

Enchanting

What a gorgeous delightful ending to an enchanting story. Yes I do believe it was.

A wonderful surprise

I wasn’t expecting to read something as compelling as anything written by Austen or the Brontës. It far outpaces them all in honestly displaying romantic love and its thinness in the face of how women endure growing old in its shallow gaze. Told in beautiful language, and the great Eleanor Bron is masterful in bringing it to the life it deserves.

What a Surprise!

Von Arnim is a new discovery and ought to be much better known than she is. She is one of the great female writers of the 20th century. This book is tremendously sensitive, perceptive, funny and heartbreaking. Feminist without beating you over the head with it. Give it a try!

Great narration. Good writing. Mediocre story.

It was a quick and enjoyable listen. I cannot say, however, that the subject of age gap in love is so much worth exploring.

Love

So touching and so real. Life in the raw, how love can and will be the most important and powerful emotion in our existence.

Very Relevant to today

There are so many parallels in this book to the way life is in 2023. I hated the ending and will never recommend the book because of the sadness. Only an extremely brilliant female, who was way ahead of her time, could have written that story.
Sad to say that she really had her thumb on the truth behind many religious leaders.

It still happens

Today we have Madonna and her toy boy but she has money…
Written a century ago, it’s about love found with a big age difference and it’s mainly from the lady’s perspective . I found it quite moving.
It is sometimes very funny.
From modern writings, it doesn’t move that fast and big on descriptions, but time moved slower then and staying with it, found it a relaxing book.
The reader is very good

a family situation

Marrying from one generation into the next creates some surprising situations. The way people of different social backgrounds look at these situations defines them.

Could not stop listening!

Engaging unique characters, plot keeps moving and wow so much to think about! Cool so see how society worked back then too.