Bunner Sisters
Edith Wharton
Read by Margaret Espaillat





“Bunner Sisters,” like “The Age of Innocence” is set in 1870s New York, however the lives of Ann Eliza and Evelina Bunner reflect impoverished New York. The sisters run a "very small shop, in a shabby basement, in a side street already doomed to decline." Shabby as it is, the sisters are happy in their small orderly community of supportive women. The story tells of the destruction of this life, and how the once content sisters are thrown into the realistic world outside of their little shop. (Summary by Margaret) (3 hr 24 min)
Chapters
Chapter 1 | 16:29 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 2 | 20:33 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 3 | 8:03 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 4 | 9:49 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 5 | 12:53 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 6 | 7:47 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 7 | 21:38 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 8 | 19:21 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 9 | 17:55 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 10 | 19:49 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 11 | 23:37 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 12 | 11:43 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 13 | 14:24 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Reviews
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dahszil
A fine insightful, profound, yet at times hurmorous short novel by the great writer Edith Wharton. However she was wrong about top down social reform. Most successful reform comes from the bottom up. from the grass roots majority. sincerely dahszil male usa dahszil, me: i pray and hope for the end of the US empire and restoration of the free, fair, an more distribution of wealth US republic and as a peaceful, loving, contributor member of the world's family of nations)
loved it!





jbrown
Good story but I don’t think Wharton ever wrote a bad one.
Bummer Sisters





Terri Lynn
Short book loaded. with characters that are full and rich. Their struggles to just get by do not take away from them, by T add all to well Known concept of content with little or plenty.
I listened to it yet again





lanternland
Sad sad story. Old New York City. Superbly read by Margaret Espaillat. I don't know what the the 2015 reviewer is going on about. Not this book.





diane
Awesome story. Very real life story. The reader was really good as well.
Behind the gild of NY Gilded Age. Quiet reader, but we'll done.





TLocke





sue kidd
A sad story, brilliantly written. The reading was excellent. Highly recommend
Really enjoyed this rather sad story. Beautifully read,!





AnneM