The Harvester

De: Gene Stratton-Porter

Narrado por: Mary Starkey

This is the charming story of David Langston, a young man in search of the woman of his dreams. She came to him in a vision and he knows he must find her.©1911 Gene Stratton-Porter (P)1990 Books in Motion

Wonderful!

Love Gene Stratton-porter and this book. I have read this book a few times. This was my first time listening. Didn’t love the narration.

Favorite story, Poor narration

From childhood, this has been one of my favorite stories, However, this narrator was very difficult to listen to. She ignored commas, and even failed to pause at periods sometimes. She seemed to be rushing headlong through the words, trying to get through the chapters as quickly as she could. It made listening very difficult for me. I wholeheartedly recommend the book, just not this recording of it.

Classic and Beautiful Love Story

inspirational and an example of self giving instead of self centered. A real treat.

Beautiful!

Beautiful love story! Wonderfully written. Excellent descriptive writing. Narration okay. Thoroughly enjoyed the entire experience!

recommended to me by my 95 year old brother, 👍

recommended by my 95 year old brother. great listen. feel good book, definately would recommend.

Absolute Favorite

This book is my all-time favorite novel. The narrator does an excellent job throughout the book, pulling the various emotions and personalities from the pages and bringing them to life. I listen to this at least once every year, if not more.

The Harvester

Beautiful story of love and romance. And education of herbs and wild flowers. Well read also my reader

Enjoyed the story

This was a wonderful listen. I thought the narrator was fine and the quality of the recording just fine. It is a lovely story, well told, well enough read, a pleasure.

Really worth hearing

I just finished listening to this last week. I loved, loved it. It's a very romantic story--a bit over the top in some ways--but lovely nontheless. It might not have been meant to be allegorical, but I think you can also read it that way. My second time through I found myself retelling this story with God as the Harvester and me as Ruth.
As another reviewer commented, the production quality is not that great. Several times I heard pages turning--which I don't think I've ever heard on a professional recording before. And Mary Starkey is not very expressive. But still, don't let that stop you from trying this wonderful story. By the end of it I really liked Mary's voice, and I'll be downloading Freckles (also read by her) next month. I've already listened to most of this book twice, and I think it's one I'll return to again and again.

Wonderful!

I have treasured this book for years, so what a treat to find it on Audible! The narration was good, though didn't flow well at times. It's the author's way of writing long sentences with botanical terms that may be the challenge. Yet, the settings come to life when descriptions of flowers and woodland creatures are so accurate.
More than that, though. I LOVE the story! The main character is probably too good to be true, but he dedicates himself -first to his work and then to his "dream girl". His expressions of creativity and love are pure; unadulterated; full. It is SO inspiring! He KNOWS real love. In real life, we can see glimpses of real love, and we can achieve REAL LOVE and happiness. How? In the words of the Medicine Man of the Woods, "live a clean life" so that the wealth of love and happiness may rightfully be yours!