Cousin Phillis

By: Elizabeth Gaskell

Narrated by: Joe Marsh

Cousin Phillis – a miniature masterpiece – is set in the 1840s, when the coming of the railway was changing the face of England, and quiet rural communities, coming into contact with the outside world, were changed forever. The story focuses on the effect these changes have on a naïve country girl, Phillis, as she encounters love, with all its pains and pleasures, for the first time.

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Cousin Phillis

I love the buck and couldn’t wait to start listening. I can’t get through the very beginning though; Narration is so bad and the choice so poorly thought out and makes it impossible for me to listen through.

Felt like an incomplete story

Generally I love this author but this story felt incomplete. It seemed almost like half of a book.

Universal characters in one small family cirvle

Beautiful deep characters drawn with a wonderful understanding of human nature. Mrs. Gaskell is both sympathetic and realistic in her descriptions of people and our strengths snd weaknesses

Delicate Story

Elizabeth Gaskell, better known for her full-length novels, has written a lovely story of a country family told through the eyes of a cousin. Although the story does not contain the depth you would expect from a longer novel, her descriptions of the family, the farm, and the railway, which is being built and will forever change their lives, as well as the budding romance makes this read well worth it. I recommend this story.

a jewel!

Wonderfully performed, a beautifully written story by Elizabeth Gaskell. We see the heroine through the eyes of her male cousin, an unusual narrative perspective.