The Mistress of Longbourn

De: Jann Rowland

Narrado por: Mary Sarah

A change in the circumstances of the entail leaves Elizabeth Bennet as the mistress of Longbourn, beholden to no one. Despite the tragedy that took her parents and all but one of her sisters from her, Elizabeth eventually heals, and she takes up the affairs of the estate with a flair her father never possessed. But estate ownership has its own trials, for it makes Elizabeth the target of those who might have otherwise viewed her as nothing more than a pretty vivacious girl.

When the Netherfield party arrives at the area, the family they find at Longbourn is small, composed only of Elizabeth, who has been changed by the burdens of estate ownership, and her younger sister, who has grown much, but is still immature enough to be infatuated by a handsome face. They also find that Elizabeth faces her own social trials, primarily in the figures of George Wickham, who desires an easy life, and Mr. Collins, who is offended that his father did not inherit Longbourn. It takes all of Elizabeth's fortitude to withstand the men vying for her attention, stand by her principles, and abide by her desire to marry only for the deepest love.

Yet Elizabeth must also recognize that deep and abiding love when it finds her. For in this world, nothing is perfect, and searching for perfection can lead to one letting true love pass by.

©2016 Jann Rowland (P)2022 Tantor

Lisp kills it

I like the story, I really do, but this narrator, beside speaking everything in a breathy manner followed by just slightly too long pauses at each period, has a pronounced lisp. I tried to get used to it, but I haven't been able to finish it except to get out the book and just read it.

Narrator

I’m on chapter 2 and wondering if I can stand this narrator for 16 hours… It is too soon to really tell about the overall or the story so right now I’m giving it average but I will update my review if I can make it through the book
Neighborhood-th, present- th, Charlotte-th husband-th convenient-th. I am waiting I am for each occurrence rather than listening to the story. arrrrgh!!!!!!!!

Loved this story

I listened to it and finished it in two days. Great saga. Some angst. Well written and witty. Great narrating as well. Great Jaff

Bad narration

The story is good but the narrator has the weirdest accent… gets worse as you listen…

Read the book instead!!!

The story itself is wonderful but the narration drives me insane! The pace is of, she uses a sing-song voice throughout and a monotone voice when not. While she does voices to an extent there is no change for different emotions. Anger anf frustration sound the same as love words and happiness. I struggled to make it through just because of the narration and afterwards bought the book so I can read it and enjoy the story even more

Mixed bag

I liked the idea of Elizabeth being the mistress of Longbourn and I was glad that Kitty was the other sister who survived the epidemic. I marveled at how calm Lizzy was all the time. It was as if she had become Jane. I missed her liveliness. I liked that she and Darcy got along from the start instead of harboring hurt against him from the time of the insult. Instead the 'insult' becomes part of a joke between the two of them since he knows she is listening and she responds as he intended.

I listened to the audiobook and had a hard time with the narration. The voice was soft and calm. Some sentences were spoken slowly enough that I wanted to speed up the narration but there were always phrases that were spoken much faster so when I tried the faster speed, those phrases were too fast making it difficult to understand. The book is already long, and it is slow paced. Listening on the slower speed made it feel even longer.

I like to like Bingley and LOVE variations where he gets a backbone and stands up to Caroline but this was definitely not a likeable Bingley. Get a backbone dude! Darcy was far too patient with Caroline's shenanigans and Bingley's inaction. I kept yelling at Darcy to JUST LEAVE! Caroline was a bit more than a bit over the top. I think her insanity was showing.

Overall, I liked parts of this story but felt like it was too long and slow paced. I don't mind long stories when it is essential to tell the story but I don't like them to feel like they are dragging along with nothing really adding to the story. And there were parts that dragged. I still give it 4 stars because I liked enough of the story for that.

Good story, bad narration

The narrator made this book hard to listen to, but overall I liked the story.

Similar to other reviews

I agree with other comments about the narration not being the best... I liked the story, it was very well written and not too much drama, but I didn't like the way the narrator pronounced the words.
I think she tried to give a tranquility of manner to both Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth but I didn't like it at all, and some words were pronounced with a weird inflection.
I listened at a 1.10x speed at first and then at 1.25x, because I thought that would help and I wanted to give a chance to the narration despite the other reviews but at the end it didn't change my mind, even though it helped a little.

lovely

loved the book but the reader made it even better. she did a great job

A good story, drags a bit, distracting narration

I liked JAFF story & appreciated the new story line but it did drag on at times & could have been tightened up a bit. I really like this author but am not a fan of this narrator who reads in a sing song-ish breathy voice that I find distracting. It actually made me hesitate to purchase this audible book. I highly recommend listening to the preview to see if you can deal with it for the duration of the book before buying.