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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
- Narrated by: Mary Sarah Agliotta
- Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
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Summary
Probably the most shocking of the Brontës' novels, this novel had an instant and phenomenal success and is widely considered to be one of the first sustained feminist novels. A mysterious widow, Mrs. Helen Graham, arrives at Wildfell Hall, a nearby old mansion. A source of curiosity for the small community, the reticent Helen and her young son Arthur are slowly drawn into the social circles of the village.
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- Maire Reier
- 27-03-16
lovely company this book is..
this book is a lovely company. nicely read. someone said that they couldn't follow the dialogue because the voices were not too distinct, which is true, but I didn't think it was a problem. I loved the tone of her voice, it suits the style of the novel very much.
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- Harriet
- 04-09-18
The least famous Bronte sister?!
have listened to this story twice now, I imagine I will listen again. I hope they make a film some day.
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- sugarplum4
- 07-07-16
Enjoyable once you change narration speed
The speed of the narration was too fast. I had to change it from x1 to x0.75 to make it bearable.
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- Molly
- 16-03-18
Couldn't stop listening!
The narrator consistently weirdly mispronounces a lot of words but her voice and expression is usually nice enough to make up for it. The story is an absolute must read, so shocking for its time. Definitely my favourite Bronte by a long way. Would recommend to everyone!
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- Roberta
- 15-11-17
Why the American accent?
As with many Brontë stories the pace is slow even if the language is beautiful old English. The question then is why was this story, set in early Victorian England, read aloud by an American? She read well but her pronunciation of many words was completely Americanised and painful to listen to. One word repeated many, many times was “inquiry” and was pronounced “inkwerie” by the reader. Added to that was a terrible attempt at an Irish accent - thankfully towards the end of the story.
The sound quality of this changes through too, so you will find yourself turning the volume up or down when there is a change of chapter.
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- sophie
- 16-08-19
didn't finish
I didn't get very far into this because i didn't get on with the narrator. For a start shes american which really spoils this quintessential English classic. Also she speaks in a monotone with no character and i found myself drifting off and having to re-wind it all the time. i guess its cheap for a reason! x
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- Katy Skelton
- 10-09-17
beautiful ending, not very well narrated
gripping beginning, lost will to live in middle, beautiful end, awful narrator, but a classic
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-07-17
Excellent novel, very poor narration
a wonderful novel - a little spoiled by disappointing narration - words mispronounced, emphases in wrong places etc. What a shame a better narrator could not be found.
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- little nellie kelly
- 08-03-16
Tenant of Wildfell Hall
I enjoyed hearing this book read to me as it was more interesting as I don't think I would have read it myself. Just a bit mixed up with the characters as there was no difference in the narraters voice to distinguish who was the first named one. All in all narrater did a good read.
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- Amanda Bowden
- 26-09-17
typically good story tainted by reader
narration stilted likenit was the first time shes read aloud almost gave up as it was so poor but perseveres as wanted to know the story. wouldve been better to buy book and read.
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