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Little Women
- Narrated by: Beth Kesler
- Length: 17 hrs and 2 mins
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Summary
Generations of readers young and old, male and female, have fallen in love with the March sisters of Louisa May Alcott's most popular and enduring novel, Little Women. Here are talented tomboy and author-to-be Jo, tragically frail Beth, beautiful Meg, and romantic, spoiled Amy, united in their devotion to each other and their struggles to survive in New England during the Civil War. It is no secret that Alcott based Little Women on her own early life.
While her father, the freethinking reformer and abolitionist Bronson Alcott, hobnobbed with such eminent male authors as Emerson, Thoreau, and Hawthorne, Louisa supported herself and her sisters with "woman's work," including sewing, doing laundry, and acting as a domestic servant. But she soon discovered she could make more money writing. Little Women brought her lasting fame and fortune, and far from being the "girl's book" her publisher requested, it explores such timeless themes as love and death, war and peace, the conflict between personal ambition and family responsibilities, and the clash of cultures between Europe and America.
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- Sophie
- 13-10-22
Really enjoyed the narration
Just a note to readers, this audiobook is a combination of both ‘Little Women’ and the second part ‘Good Wives’.
Contrary to a few reviews on here, I found the narration was lovely to listen to.
I would definitely recommend this audiobook, I really enjoyed it.
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- Frances
- 06-06-23
Excellent
Loved it absolutely loved it. Love this classic story and the narration was good as well
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- Jayne
- 15-10-20
A total classic
Fell in love with the book from a tiny age and would 100% recommend!!
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- ljg13
- 21-02-20
Great story, ok narration
A classic for a reason - a beautiful story.
Only problem I’ve found with this recording is the audio volume jumps and drops rather dramatically in places which can be a pain if you’re listening on headphones. It’s also had a few editing slips where words or sentences have been repeated for different emphasis but not cut out again, which is quite annoying once you start noticing it! But a nice tone and pacing of voice otherwise.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-12-20
Beautifully read beautiful story.
As previously stated in a past review, there is only one instance of a repeated line. The rest of the reading is wonderful and such a good price!
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- Anonymous User
- 24-10-20
definitely classic
Chapter 46 under the umbrella
In the Grarret is my favorite part of this audiobook
great story
love it!!!!
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- Mrs B A Mahoney
- 10-12-21
Awful
Awful. Read too fast. Couldnt listen to more than 10 minutes at a time.
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- Mog
- 20-08-21
of its time
this is a set text I'm obliged to read for a children's literature module.In order to be able to multitask I got the audible version so I could listen to it while doing other things and I do love Audible for that reason. However, the narrator really should've been American in keeping with the setting of the story and I suspect that their housekeeper Hannah wasn't Scottish so it might have been better not to have read her in that really poor attempt at a Scottish accent.
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- Kate O'Brien
- 08-04-20
favourite story BUT
a favourite story of mine but almost unrecognisable when read in the wrong accent! Disappointed!
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- Jo White
- 14-12-21
Great story but poor sound quality
This is a classic story I know and love, but the volume on this recording is so inconsistent that I can't continue to listen. It's a shame I've had it more than 12 months before starting it otherwise I would have returned it. I'm very disappointed and have never had this problem with an audible book before.
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