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Father

By: Elizabeth Von Arnim
Narrated by: Penelope Freeman
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Since her mother's death, Jennifer has devoted years of her life to her father, managing the family home. After the sudden announcement that he has taken a new wife, Jennifer, at 33, seizes the opportunity to lead an independent life. Quickly she secures the lease of Rose Cottage and turns her attention to her own interests. While Jennifer is desperate to experience life on her own terms within her reduced financial means, her neighbour, Alice, is pre-occupied with ensuring her position as head of her brother's household is never challenged.

©2020 Elizabeth Von Arnim; Preface © Lucy Evans; Afterword © Simon Thomas (P)2021 Isis Publishing Ltd Classics Coming of Age Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Funny Witty
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I liked it a lot. Maybe the romances were a bit too brief before proposals, but it made for a sweet, fairytale type of story.

Suspenseful! I like how she allows the reader to finish the story in their imagination

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I have all of her books, and have read them all- some more than once. Some more than twice!My favorite is Mr. Skeffington. I really hope more are made into audiobooks.
This reading was so well done. The pace was perfect. The ironies were well delivered. There are places where you can't help but laugh. Maybe not LOL, but at least internally.
Thanks for including Simon's writing at the end. I actually met him at a EvA conference years ago in Cambridge. I follow his blog, and enjoy many of his recommendations. Yay for Middlebrow!

I love this author!

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I was captivated by this book. It was so amusing, subtle yet riveting. It has a plot that develops quickly. A book both beautifully written and narrated.

This is a fascinating tale of indomitable personalities.

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AN absolutely lovely listening experience … The voice of the narrator is ideal, the story is compelling, and the characters sympathetic. Von Arnim is justifiably famous for her descriptions of the people, the places, and the gardens.

In a word - Lovely

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A must read or listen. Such an intelligen, insightful book that could be applied today.

Elizabeth never fails to enrapture.

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I adore von Arnim’s work and this execution was no less wonderful, but even more enjoyable because of the narration.

A fabulous listen.

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I purchased this book based on the 5 star reviews left by 3 other people. However, I did wonder why no one left a more personal review or summary about the book. To be fair, I had just purchased 3 credits. The first book I selected was wasted because I wasn’t able to get into the story, which is rare for me. This was the first time I ever bailed out early, like at chapter 5. It wasn’t a bad book, just not my usual genre so I purchased this book next and was eager to get lost in the story. However, I was immediately disappointed a second time... This book was just painful to listen to at the get go, but I refused to waste another credit so I stuck with it to the end. The narrator was fine. It was the writing style of the author that made it agonizing to listen to. This was nothing I had ever experienced before. I like a story that moves along at a good clip. However, with this book, every line that was narrated, came with a minute or two, sometimes three, of a narration of the character’s inner most thought processes behind the actual words spoken aloud by the character. In other words, instead of a spoken line and then a line from another character, per se, you were marred down by the thought process that the character goes through that made them ultimately say what was said. Not sure if I am conveying this correctly, but it slowed the flow of the book tremendously. I have been a faithful Audible member since 2007 so I have listened to a lot of great books. But this is the first time I was compelled to leave a review, because the book was just so excruciating slow. Since I personally rely on reviews before selecting a book, I wanted to warn others not to be swayed by the 5 star ratings left by others who chose not to leave a more personalized review. You may possibly appreciate this book like the three other reviewers but for me it was just painful.

Worse Audio Book I Have Ever Heard

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