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Emily
- Narrated by: Rebecca Courtney
- Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
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Summary
If Emily hadn't gone to Annie Richmond's party, she would never have met the impossibly irresistible Rory Balniel - never have married him and been carried off to the wild Scottish island of Irasa to live in his ancestral home. She'd never have met the wild and mysterious Marina, a wraith from Rory's past, nor her brother, the disagreeable Finn Maclean. And she would never have been caught stealing roses in a see-through nightie....
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- Jorama
- 20-11-20
A great book ruined by terrible narration
I love these old Jilly Cooper books, which I have read repeatedly over the years. The narration on this is terrible - incorrect pronunciation, misread text, and mainly terrible accents. You’d honestly think the narrator was reading the book for the first time, and making a hash of it even if that were the scenario. Honestly, buy the book and read it yourself - the terrible narrator will put you off the story for life otherwise.
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- Anonymous User
- 14-06-21
Loved it so good!!!!
So many twists and turns I absolutely loved it and I quite liked the narrations
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- amanda c.
- 04-02-18
narrator sounded bored
Dreadful narration. Slow and boring. I read a lot of Jilly Cooper before losing my eyesight, so I was looking forward to this. The narrator completely ruined it.
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- Leanne
- 06-08-18
Good
These were my favourite books in my teens . Audible book was ok although sometimes the accents tended to change from time to time .
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- DD
- 31-05-18
Jilly Cooper Emily
Always loved this story spoilt by the stupid accents , Rory's voice totally destroyed any idea of him being a hunk and let's not go there with Finns voice 😞
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- Ellen
- 08-04-18
Absolutely awful
I will never listen to a book narrated by Rebecca Cortney again. Her delivery was bland, monotonous and she made all the characters seem snooty and obnoxious. When I read Emily many moons again Emily was young, hopeful, naive and ditsy. In the audio book she was a totally different character thanks to the narrators delivery. She was spoilt, unlikeable and one dimensional. The whole plot is silly and inconsequential as all JC stories are but what charm the story had was spoilt for me by the narrator.
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-04-18
What a shame
Would not recommend this book. Pauses between chapters far too long. Story line poor. If this is the future of Jilly cooper I shall not be listening ,!,
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- R. Morris
- 24-03-20
Hasn’t kept pace with the times
I first read this series and this book in the 80s when I was probably an impressionable teenager. Even then though, I knew this book was fundamentally not what I liked or expected from what was billed as light, frothy romance.
Returning to it after a gap of 30+ years only serves to underline what a distasteful, seedy, tawdry and unpleasant book this is. Thankfully, society has moved on from any situation when rape is acceptable or uncommented on and I’m thankful for it. Also, coercive, bullying men who are overburdened with unpleasant machismo no longer make partners or role models to aspire to.
The book leaves a nasty taste behind which isn’t helped by poor performance. Frivolous pronounced ‘friv-you-lous’;
cavalcade as ‘calvacade’ and
wander pronounced ‘wonder’ all the way through. Additionally,
Scottish accents wandering towards Northern Irish throughout. Save your time and spend it in almost any other way NOT reading/listening to this book.
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- Artois
- 28-11-23
Awful narration
This is without doubt the worst narration of an audio book I’ve experienced. Flat monotone. Totally ignores punctuation, including full stops, which completely alters the meaning of sentences sometimes nonsensically. (particularly galling given Jilly Coopers witty style) Had the same feel as a primary age child reading out something in assembly. Shame as it’s a great favourite for many Jilly fans.
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- BB
- 03-02-24
Bloody awful
Dated sexist trash. Absolutely awful. Wish I hadn’t bothered! Unrealistic nonsense. Characters are very unlikeable too
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