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After Jane Austen's earliest known writings, she began a more serious work, Lady Susan, in 1793 or 1794. It is a short, epistolary novel that portrays a woman bent on the exercise of her own powerful mind and personality to the point of social self-destruction.

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Three cheers for multi voice readers

For years I have been waiting for audiobooks with multiple readers, which I believe, are much more convincing than a single reader production. Enter Lady Susan, I am glad my waiting isn't in vain.

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  • Nancy
  • JERSEY CITY, NJ, USA
  • 02-28-06

Great book, so-so production

This is a very enjoyable book. The epistolary format is perfect for audio, and it's pretty sexy stuff for Miss Austen. The actors' hodgepodge of American and semi-Brit accents, as well as self-conscious delivery is a drag, but you get past it pretty quickly, because the story carries the day. I'd love to see a better production of this work.

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  • Avril
  • 05-18-14

Oh dear, oh dear oh Dear!!!

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

English voices and proper pronounciation

What did you like best about this story?

only the author, I have just read this in book form - totally preferable

Would you be willing to try another one of the narrators’s performances?

Not if they are attempting English accents

You didn’t love this book--but did it have any redeeming qualities?

No, apart from the male narrator, even the actors had different american regional accents which really grate - some try to sound a little English, in patches, but without much success.

Any additional comments?

The pronunciation is dire Main Wairing for the anglicised Mannering. Churchill for ChurchHIll.

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