Ella Enchanted

De: Gail Carson Levine

Narrado por: Eden Riegel

"That fool of a fairy Lucinda did not intend to lay a curse on me. She meant to bestow a gift. When I cried inconsolably through my first hour of life, my tears were her inspiration. Shaking her head sympathetically at Mother, the fairy touched my nose. 'My gift is obedience. Ella will always be obedient. Now stop crying, child.' I stopped."

So begins this richly entertaining story of Ella of Frell, who wants nothing more than to be free of Lucinda's gift and feel that she belongs to herself. For how can she truly belong to herself if she knows that at any time, anyone can order her to hop on one foot, cut off her hand, or betray her kingdom, and she'll have to obey?

Against a bold tapestry of princes, ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters and fairy godmothers, Ella's spirited account of her quest to break the curse is a funny, poignant and enchanting tale about an unforgettable heroine who is determined to be herself.

Ella Enchanted is a 1998 Newbery Medal Honor Book and a major motion picture.

©1998 Gail Carson Levine (P)1998 Random House, Inc., Listening Library, An Imprint of Random House Audio Publishing Group

Reseñas de la Crítica

Newbery Honor Book, 1998

"Eden Riegel's high, childlike voice is the consummate match for this first-person narrative. Her sweet-voiced Ella, under the dominion of a vulgar stepmother and duplicitous stepsisters, reveals the gift of obedience (from fairy Lucinda) to be a scourge that only someone of Ella's sensitivity and intelligence would have the means to outwit. Riegel's smooth delivery of the exotic languages of the elves, gnomes, giants, and ogres enhances the fantasy element while occasional interludes of music add to the medieval air of the story. A lively and satisfying reading of the 1998 Newbery Honor Book." (AudioFile magazine)

"A winning combination of memorable characters and an alluring fantasy realm." (Publishers Weekly) "A high-spirited, comic first novel." (The New York Times Book Review)

one of my favorite fairy tales

I really loved reading this book for the first time, and was dissapointed in the movie. Listening to the audiobook was just like i imagined it in my head when i read it to myself!
Worth the credit!

Awkward Narrator choice

The child that narrates this book is good and very fitting for the early chapters, where Ella is young. However, When you have a child voicing the later chapters it becomes awkward... disconcerting even. The story loses some impact. This book is all about Ella's growth and maturation over the span of years. I mean, it ends with her getting married...just weird to hear such a young voice trying to convey the more mature themes of the later chapters.
I'm giving the audiobook 4stars, and still giving the story section 5stars, because this is a classic and my favorite childhood book. This was the book that made me love reading.
And again, the narrator is good! I would just prefer for the voice to mature according to theme. Would love if they had a dual narration.

One of my favorite books

I wish the voice wasn't a child though :( it made the book hard to read

So cute

I've loved this book since I was in elementary school, and re-read it all the time. I was happy to see it on Audible with such a spunky narrator that perfectly voiced the young Ella in my head.

👍🏽

I thought it was a pretty good book ngl, overall it’s a good book but ya bye ✌️

So cute, fun, clean, and enchanting!

This has been one of my favorite books since I was a kid! awesome!

a classic

this is still my favorite book after many many years. a very quick and fun read

love this book!

I've loved this book and listened to it again and again since I was a little girl

The narrator did a good job but…

I feel Eden did a wonderful job narrating, however I wish they had someone who was a teen narrating, as the story is mostly a (soft) romance and it is a bit jarring hearing a child reading some of it. It downplays a book that’s very well written for all ages and mostly confines it to the realm of children’s literature. I enjoyed this book immensely as a child, and the first time I tried to listen through as a child I didn’t like the adaption that much either. The narrator does excellent voices for everyone SAVE FOR ELLA, who still sounds very much a little girl at 16, infantilizing her even though she marries by the end of the book.

my favorite childhood book

loved since I was a child. still love it today. great book. thats for sure