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  • Outlander

  • Outlander, Book 1
  • By: Diana Gabaldon
  • Narrated by: Davina Porter
  • Length: 32 hrs and 38 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (79,038 ratings)

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Outlander

By: Diana Gabaldon
Narrated by: Davina Porter
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Publisher's summary

This stunning blend of historical romance and time traveling adventure has captured the hearts of millions of readers around the world and catapulted author Diana Gabaldon to the top of the New York Times best seller list. Outlander introduces an exhilarating world of heroism and breathtaking thrills as one woman is torn between past and present, passion and love.

In 1945, former combat nurse Claire Randall returns from World War II and joins her husband for a second honeymoon. Their blissful reunion is shattered when she touches a boulder in an ancient stone ruin and is instantly transported to 1743 Scotland, a place torn by war and raiding border clans. Will Claire find her way back to her own time, or is her destiny forever linked with Clan MacKenzie and the gallant James Fraser?

©1991 Diana Gabaldon (P)1997 Recorded Books, LLC.

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"Davina Porter maintains the distinct voices she creates for each character throughout the lengthy narration. Her delivery of 18th-century language sounds authentic and is easily understandable." (AudioFile)

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Fantastic narration, great story

Davina Porter does a brilliant job narrating this brilliantly-written story. She does a very good job of the accents, as well as differentiating each character.

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Excellent Novel of history, love action & romance

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Having a female audio voice read the part of a rugged Scottish highlander Jamie really let the overall character down greatly. It was a bit weird in the love scenes with a women doing both of the voices.

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Totally in love with Claire and Jamie!

What did you love best about Outlander?

A wild love story with adventure, history and conflict. Love the characters, I can see them, feel them. Amazing work!

What did you like best about this story?

The emotions in conflict. Jamie's trust.

What about Davina Porter’s performance did you like?

Read well, good accent.

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Love Outlander

I really enjoyed listening to these book in the car while traveling for business. I've already read them all and the narrator really brought the characters to life.

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Hooked!

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I'm hooked on this series! The characters seem so real. I'll be working my way thru the whole series and be so sad when it ends.

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Great for long road trip

one of the best narrations I have listened too! a steamy and engaging time-travel adventure.

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I could not stop listening till I sleep.

even listened thru 3 days of work. I didn't even realize it was romance till the intimacy parts. haha.

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I avoided this book for 6 years.

A coworker of mine recommended this book to me. Well, actually she pestered, pecked, forced and shoved this book down my throat, and then loaned me her copy.

First: I'd never been into any sort of romance novel (thanks to Grandma for explaining that she got excited while reading Danielle Steel).

Second: I have a really hard time reading books that people hype up and insist that everyone just has to read these books, including me. My little idiot rebellion.

So, I just stacked the book away in my library, trying to let an undetermined amount of time pass before I gave it back to her. Three days later she quit to run off with a Scottish guy she met online who was supposed to have tons of money and wanted to arrange a 'green card' marriage. I adopted the book.

I'm loathe to toss a book away, and I even have a hard time donating some of the books in my library. The book continued to take up shelf space.

Cue new coworkers with trustworthy judgement who also read the Outlander books. They didn't push them on me, they just talked about them together, like a cute little book club for archivists. I went home, after a few weeks of listening to them chat the books up with each other, and I picked it up. A very solid, uninterrupted, 8 hours later, I finished reading the book.

Davina Porter is fantastic and I'd want no other for the narration. But that first time, reading the story yourself is enormously satisfying.

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Addictive

Such a romantic thriller keeping me glued to listening. I can’t wait to continue the series by Gabaldon!

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love this book and the narrator is fantastic

I have read this book many times and wanted to try it in audiobook form. I was not at all disappointed. the narrator has the perfect voice for the story and the scenes came alive with her telling of the story.

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