A Life's Morning
Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers
George Gissing
(4,393 Sterne; 14 Bewertungen)
This is the story of a poor young lady Emily Hood who while working as a governess falls in love with Wilfrid Athel the son of her employer. They become engaged, however things do not run smoothly after a visit home to her parents and Emily has to make a heartbreaking choice. (Summary by Michele Eaton) (17 hr 20 min)
Chapters
Bewertungen
Tragedy & Love
Lori K
(4 Sterne)
I enjoyed this story despite not truly understanding why Emily left. It just doesn't make sense to me. BeyondUtopia's reading was so painful to listen to. If I wasn't already invested in the story I'd have stopped listening (which usually only happens when a reader is quite hard to understand). It's like she doesn't understand what the words mean at times which makes her read slowly with awkward pausing. She also brings an odd tone & over the top dramatics to words spoken by the characters. I am usually very forgiving & don't want to be hurtful. However, she is just a truly poor reader despite English being her native language & having such a pretty voice. If only she'd read straight through in a normal speaking voice. Then I'd look for more of her readings instead of avoid them! I suggest listening to the 1st 10 minutes of chapter 10. If she doesn't bother you then listen to the entire book.
Mr. Boops
(2,5 Sterne)
I always enjoy Gissing, but one reader (Susan Smith Nash) almost ruined my pleasure listening to this book. Actually, she did ruin the pleasure, but I was invested in the plot so I stuck it out. I don’t understand why she reads so many books for Libravox, since she seems to have no understanding of phrasing and cadence. She also does an exceedingly poor job with different voices and accents, which often ruin the impression of a character for me.
Elly May
(3 Sterne)
Oh dear! Yet another nice little love story ruined by the reading. I have the greatest admiration for these brave volunteers who churn valiantly on for hours in a language obviously not their own but it does make listening difficult.
George Gissing
PonteVedra
(5 Sterne)
Not the most depressing of Gissing's works, but close. Nice readings. BeyondUtopia, well done.
buy an audiobook and quit stinking up LibriVOX, elly may
LibriVox populi
(5 Sterne)