The Vicar of Bullhampton

Very well read and kept my interest.

(4.5 stars)

free LeonardPeltier

Mary was an admirable heroine who had to learn to stand up for herself instead of being so influenced by friends. The wealthy squire pursuing her with his own selfish interests got to be quite repulsive after awhile. Mary's friends had a way of persuading her to act against her best judgment, even giving her incorrect information in attempts to get their way. How will her life situation turn out? This kept me in suspense and frustration throughout much of the story. Other plots that included the miller's 2 wayward children and also some enemies of the vicar kept the story moving along with interest. Highly recommended. Trollope in his writing seems to be sensitive to the plight of women and critical of the lack of true Christianity within the churches. Thank you to the excellent reader.

Classic Trollope

(4 stars)

Christine Zaf

Overall a very enjoyable book and very well read. I have read or listened to most of Trollope's novels and, I must admit, I do find most of his heroines annoying, especially as many are persistently stubborn when they are pursued by highly eligible suitors. For example, Mary is stubborn and a real pain. She is pursued by a gentleman who is a wealthy squire, agrees to marry him, but jilts him because she loves her rather pathetic cousin. She is penniless and relies on being supported by her relatives. In reality, this is not really plausible. Anyway, despite this, I really did enjoy listening to the book. Thank you to the volunteer.

Great Author!

(5 stars)

Granny

Anthony Trollope is an author I had never heard of before I started listening to LibriVox books. I am never disappointed with any of his stories. The character development is On Target, the plot line is always interesting it holds your attention, and just his way with words is wonderful. This is a family-type story that you're sure to enjoy if you like this genre. the reader is excellent, I enjoy her different dialects and her style of reading is very relaxing to The Listener.

Enjoyable love story/character study

(4 stars)

ListeninginChicago

This was quite a fun book - full of interesting characters that many of us have met in the modern world. The chapters are short and move quickly, so I had trouble "putting it down". Angela did an excellent job reading this solo project. I noticed some popping on my car CD player and I'm not sure if that was due to dirt on the CD, or if the dB of the files was a bit too high.

(5 stars)

Vivien

I am glad that I took a chance on this Trollope novel of which I had never known about. This is the only one of his novels that I have read that includes a heroine who is complex and assertive, not an idealized Victorian maiden. The other major women characters are also well drawn and more realistic than Trollope's usual women. The author--daringly?--shows sympathy for a prostitute.

enjoyable

(4 stars)

SR

Not one of Trollope's best, for me - though perhaps more realistic in being less satisfying, with none of the characters in the main love triangle quite fitting a positive or negative romantic stereotype? Plus it seems to pander to a harsher morality than I usually associate with Trollope. Enjoyable nonetheless. Thanks to the reader.

Pronunciation

(0 stars)

Margaret87

I will keep trying because I love Trollope's stories, but the mispronunciation of proper names (like Salisbury e.g.) makes it very difficult to go on without exasperation - it doesn't seem to be much to ask .... why can't Americans just do an elementary check? It would be a courtesy so well appreciated.

terrible British accent!

(1 stars)

A LibriVox Listener

Had to stop listening because the accent was so distracting. I wish people would stop using Librivox as a platform for practicing foreign accents. Fake accents add NOTHING to a story and bad ones ruin the entire recording.