Vanity Fair (version 2)
Gelesen von Helen Taylor
William Makepeace Thackeray
(4,833 Sterne; 225 Bewertungen)
One of the great Victorian novels by an author at the height of his powers, Vanity Fair follows the fortunes of the calculating, upwardly-mobile Becky Sharp and her gentle, good-hearted friend Amelia Sedley as they leave their boarding school and embark upon their lives in Vanity Fair – the social climbing, wealth-obsessed world of Regency England in the time of the Napoleonic Wars. - Summary by Helen Taylor (35 hr 18 min)
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Timeless novel, excellent reader
Linda
(5 Sterne)
I have been waiting for months for this second version of VF to come out. Because the free books on this app are from the nonprofit Librivox, the first version of an audio book is often not so well read. I check the Librivox.org website catalog to make a selection and then listen to it on this app. Helen Taylor is a brilliant reader who brings the story to life from the first sentence. Vanity Fair is one of the great 19th century classics, and she does it great justice. I am going to look for more of her readings. Have fun!
Yerba Buenist
(5 Sterne)
This production of "Vanity Fair" earns every superlative: outstanding, superb, extraordinary, insuperable. I've listened to dozens of audiobooks, mostly ones I've paid for, and have happily noted the generally high quality of the medium. Helen Taylor's performance rises to the highest level and stays there throughout this long, wonderful novel. Her characterizations, pronunciation (including of other languages), inflection, pacing, and other acting and reading qualities are nothing short of astonishing. Truly, I am grateful and cannot recommend this audiobook more highly.
Superb reading! Absolutely superb!
44blue
(5 Sterne)
Iâve read Vanity Fair twice, and yet this beautiful reading showed me more than I had discovered myself. This book is two hundred years old, yet still full of basic truths about human nature - it just glows. (Itâs the most fabulous piece of sarc, also.) I wish that every person unfortunate enough to have seen the trashy, false, shallow Reese Witherspoon film will be able to read or hear this marvelous work. Thank you, Helen Taylor. Superb reading. (Why the French wigs, Librivox?)
Superb reader! She is masterful with diverse voices.
Charles Oliver
(4 Sterne)
This is a very long book -- like a successful long-running TV series. I found myself wondering if it was originally a magazine serial that the author wanted to keep going as long as its ratings were high. I was a bit surprised when it all came together at the end in a coherent story arc.
oh for more stars!
Snowed In Again
(4,5 Sterne)
this reader is superb! the story, if listeners are unfamiliar, follows the meteoric rise and fall and rise and sort of fall of the enchanting schemer Rebecca Sharp as this penniless orphan, the daughter of a dancer at the opera, worms her way into several families of "the best people."
Amazing!
Paula Ramos
(5 Sterne)
Beautifully read. The novel is given a proper attention to all details, every character is given a specific tone and voice in regards to their own personality. Every nuance in speech is attend to which only makes reading and hearing the novel a greater experience. Excellent job!
MaggieAussie
(5 Sterne)
This witty and wise story about human nature is read to perfection by Helen Taylor. The book is quite long and I loved going into the lives of the characters and walking along with them. Thackeray must have been quite an amazing person, I loved his wry observations.
A classic narration
Gregory Sheridan
(5 Sterne)
Many narrators have tackled Thackaray's monumental novel but few have delivered it with such charm and command as Helen Taylor. Beautifully paced, and with an impressive range of character voices, this is a sheer delight for the listener. Definitely a five star perfomance!