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Maureen O' Brien
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Henry James
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Maisie is an innocent six year-old, torn between her divorced parents, pathetically isolated yet tragically involved. The only emotional constant in Maisie's life is Mrs. Wix, a motherly old governess.
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Set during the time of the Napoleonic Wars, this classic gives a satirical picture of a worldly society. The novel revolves around the exploits of the impoverished but beautiful and devious Becky Sharp who craves wealth and a position in society. Calculating and determined to succeed, she charms, deceives and manipulates everyone she meets. A novel of early 19th-century English society, it takes its title from the place designated as the centre of human corruption in John Bunyan's 17th-century allegory.
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The Best Narration, One of the Greats
- De James Abraham en 05-18-13
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The Spoils of Poynton
- De: Henry James
- Narrado por: Maureen O'Brien
- Duración: 7 h y 29 m
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Mrs Gereth, a wealthy widow, is dreading the day that her son, Owen, gets married. She hopes that he will marry a woman who will appreciate their home and all of its treasures as she does. So she enlists the help of Fleda Vetch to try to corrupt the impending marriage of her son and Mona Brigstock - a philistine who is determined to marry Owen in order to inherit Mrs Gereth’s valuable possessions and home by any means. Meanwhile, Fleda hides her real feelings towards Owen. Even when he ends up feeling the same way, Fleda cannot bring herself to marry him as this would force him to break his engagement to Mona, and thus betray all of her own ideals.
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Outstanding
- De LCantoni en 07-31-10
De: Henry James
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Hard Times
- The Audible Dickens Collection
- De: Charles Dickens, Jeremy Paxman
- Narrado por: Bertie Carvel, Jeremy Paxman
- Duración: 10 h y 58 m
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'Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life.' So says Thomas Gradgrind, a wealthy, utilitarian school board superintendent. Father to Tom and Louisa, he shapes the minds of all the young children, including his own, with the exception of only one: the circus-born Sissy Jupe.
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Excellent book and excellent performance
- De DFK en 07-08-19
De: Charles Dickens, y otros
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Gulliver's Travels
- De: Jonathan Swift
- Narrado por: Andrew Sachs
- Duración: 1 h y 2 m
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Andrew Sachs reads Jonathan Swift's humorous and unforgettable tale of a strange man in some very strange lands. Gulliver had always wanted to see the world. But whenever he steps on board a ship, bad luck always seems near at hand. He is shipwrecked, abandoned, marooned and mutinied against - and each time lands in a strange and curious place.
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another great abridgement
- De Brendan en 08-25-22
De: Jonathan Swift
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Agnes Grey
- De: Anne Brontë
- Narrado por: Emilia Fox
- Duración: 6 h y 27 m
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Having lost the family savings on risky investments, Richard Grey removes himself from family life and suffers a bout of depression. Feeling helpless and frustrated, his youngest daughter, Agnes, applies for a job as a governess to the children of a wealthy, upper-class, English family. Ecstatic at the thought that she has finally gained control and freedom over her own life, Agnes arrives at the Bloomfield mansion armed with confidence and purpose.
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Loved it
- De Kerry en 05-22-10
De: Anne Brontë
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The Rainbow
- De: D. H. Lawrence
- Narrado por: Maureen O'Brien
- Duración: 20 h y 47 m
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Set in the rural midlands of England, The Rainbow revolves around three generations of Brangwens, a family deeply involved with the land and noted for their strength and vigour. When Tom Brangwen marries a Polish widow, Lydia Lensky, and adopts her daughter Anna as his own, he is unprepared for the conflict and passion that erupts between them. Their stories continue in Women in Love.
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Death and Rebirth, the Old and New.
- De Geoff Maddison en 08-09-12
De: D. H. Lawrence
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The Ash Tree
- De: M. R. James
- Narrado por: David Suchet
- Duración: 34 m
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The tale of a man who unwittingly angers a sorcerer, who is assumed by some Monty scholars to be based on the self-styled 'Great Beast,' occultist Aleister Crowley. Montague Rhodes James was a noted British mediaeval scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918) and of Eton College (1918–1936). He is best remembered for his ghost stories which are widely regarded as among the finest in English literature.
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Wonderful performance.
- De jwolf69 en 09-13-21
De: M. R. James
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The Way We Live Now
- De: Anthony Trollope
- Narrado por: Timothy West
- Duración: 32 h y 25 m
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In this world of bribes, vendettas, and swindling, in which heiresses are gambled and won, Trollope's characters embody all the vices: Lady Carbury is 'false from head to foot'; her son Felix has 'the instincts of a horse, not approaching the higher sympathies of a dog'; and Melmotte - the colossal figure who dominates the book - is a 'horrid, big, rich scoundrel...a bloated swindler...a vile city ruffian'. But as vile as he is, he is considered one of Trollope's greatest creations.
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Finally!
- De Laurene en 06-05-10
De: Anthony Trollope
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Fathers and Sons
- De: Ivan Turgenev
- Narrado por: David Horovitch
- Duración: 9 h y 16 m
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When Arkady Petrovich comes home from college, his father finds his eager, naive son changed almost beyond recognition, for the impressionable Arkady has fallen under the powerful influence of the friend he has brought with him. A self-proclaimed nihilist, the ardent young Bazarov shocks Arkady's father by criticising the landowning way of life and by his outspoken determination to sweep away the traditional values of contemporary Russian society.
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The greatest novel I'll ever read
- De Dan Harlow en 07-07-13
De: Ivan Turgenev
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Madame Bovary
- De: Gustave Flaubert, Gerard Hopkins - translator
- Narrado por: Ronald Pickup
- Duración: 15 h y 22 m
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Before marrying, Emma Bovary believed she would enter a life of luxury and passion like the sentimental stories she'd read in her novels and magazines. Now married to an ordinary country doctor her life is not the romantic ideal she imagined and seeks an escape through having extra-marital affairs. This devastating spiral into deceit and despair leads to catastrophic consequences. Emma Bovary continues to be enjoyed to this day because of its profound humanity, still as fresh today as when it was first written.
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Fantastic Narrator
- De A. Laprade-velasco en 07-18-10
De: Gustave Flaubert, y otros
easily comprehensible.
The strangest thing about this recording was that included 5 extra chapters, repeated in the middle of the book. Now
James at his best ( of course).
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The one let down was the repulsive treatment that is given to a black woman who has a very minor role. It is offensive and hard to read.
Also, a technical glitch: 5 chapters are repeated about 2/3 into the story.
Exquisite Narration of a timeless James Novel
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Perfect reading of a unique, fascinating novel
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Wonderful performance of James at his most subtle
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A great reader reads a great writer
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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Maisie appears to be the pawn of her feckless, self-involved parents; and then the adored darling of her subsequent stepparents. The story is told more or less from Maisie's point of view. We only know as much as she does -- no, let's take that back. She might know far more than we realize she knows. Who is playing who in this bitter game?What other book might you compare What Maisie Knew to and why?
It's a psychological study, alive to every nuance of expression and unstated communication, but Maisie, as all humans do, remains a mystery. I'm sure some perfect comparisons will spring to mind as soon as I finish this review. But it's safe to say that if you found Turn of the Screw unsatisfying, you will not like this either. James hands you nothing but complexity and ambiguity. In other words: life.Which scene was your favorite?
The very last scene. It is not a spoiler to say that it is a play on the title of the book.If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
I returned to this book after seeing the updated movie version of the book with Julianne Moore and Steven Coogan as the irresponsible, self-involved parents. But in the film, Maisie is played by a darling girl whose sweetness is touching and beautiful. Here, Maisie is far more complex.Any additional comments?
Maureen O'Brien does an amazing job capturing the accents (with all the class connotations) as well as the emotions of the characters, which requires great insight into both human nature and literature as well as great acting skills. I will search out more books read by her.Unexpectedly Modern Story, Beautifully Read
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The adults are all engaged in a relentless game of deceit, jealousy and vengeance - motivated by sex, control , and social posturing . They lie, cheat, switch partners and constantly shift alliances and poor Maisie is left trying to piece together what little she can understand. It's like Les Liaisons Dangereuses viewed through the eyes of a child !
What struck me was how modern this all felt . The themes of custody battles, toxic parenting, passive-aggressive manipulation and money ( it's rarely mentioned but it's always there , of course ! ) could easily belong to a contemporary drama. And yet, James wrote it in 1897 . If the plot sometimes felt hard to follow, this only deepened my admiration : If I , as an adult, struggled to keep up with the betrayals , imagine how confusing the world must have seemed to Maisie .
Victorian Soap Opera Written By A Genius
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Any additional comments?
I wasn't sure I'd like a book about a little girl being manipulated by her parents, but I bought it because I love Henry James' writing. This is an excellent story and is made fabulous by Maureen O'Brien's narration. At first, I was startled by her rather high pitch and thought I would tire of it and never get through the book, but you know, I never did tire of it, and I have come to believe I would not have enjoyed the written novel as well without her voice. All characters are distinct, and I was actually able to conjure up particular actors for each character, so well were they portrayed.Of course, there's so much more to the story than Maisie being manipulated by her parents; in fact, nearly every adult with whom she comes in contact tries to use her for their own personal gain. She is precocious enough to resist being pulled in completely by any one person, though, and we're never really certain "what Maisie knew" because there is so little internal analysis for her.
I was very frustrated with never being told how old she is as the story progresses, and I couldn't tell whether she had aged a few years or several. I had to assume we see her last as a teenager. I think it may be the only criticism I have of the book.
The writing, oh, the writing! It's beautiful, and O'Brien enhanced it.
Nobody writes like Henry James. Perfect narration!
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The tendency to cling to hope, readily accepting all that is perceived as good, is innately at the core of the childlike heart, but James omits the gaping abyss of fear, hurt, sorrow and anger that would begin, early on, to lacerate that heart under those depraved, amoral conditions. Maisie’s verbally abused, lied to and overexposed to many of the worst characteristics of human nature from her cradle. She could not escape a deeper, darker response to it all, inseparably woven into and around the sweetness in her that James so beautifully conveys.
Still relevant—sadly
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Loved it.
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