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Narrated by:
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Anne Hancock
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By:
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E. Nesbit
About this listen
E. Nesbit (The Railway Children; Five Children and It) is best known for her children’s classics. In 1922, she published The Lark, a story for adults that writer Penelope Lively calls “[A] charming and brilliantly entertaining novel...shot through with the light-hearted Nesbit touch”.
Orphaned cousins Jane and Lucilla, both 19, receive the exciting news that their guardian is at last allowing them to leave boarding school. But their rosy future is thwarted when they find he has made some bad investments and fled, leaving them with a cottage in the English countryside and a modest bank account.
Finding a way to earn their living is daunting, but Jane insists that instead of worrying, they must regard their new situation as a lark: “When did two girls of our age have such a chance as we’ve got - to have a lark entirely on our own? No chaperone, no rules, no...” “No present income or future prospects,” said Lucilla.
The plucky girls begin by selling flowers, but when they deplete their own garden, they look for more opportunities. Good luck arrives along with a cast of characters who provide help and romantic possibilities, as well as new streams of income. But good fortune can’t last forever, and not all their new friends are as they seem....
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Worn down by postwar London life, forty-something Lucy Cottrell finds herself accepting a surprise invitation to spend the summer at a Swiss chalet, accompanied by the very practical and undemonstrative Freda Blandish, whom she barely knows. The two are charged with inventorying the contents of the chalet, but distractions soon abound, first from Freda's slightly woebegone daughter Astra and her hoity-toity friend Kay, then from Lucy's godson Bertram and his friend Peter.
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A Daughter of the Land
- By: Gene Stratton-Porter
- Narrated by: Anne Hancock
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
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Adam Bates, the Land King of Hartley, Indiana, rules his 16 children with a firm hand and a tight purse. All work tirelessly on the family farm until the sons, at 21, are given 200 acres of land with a house and barn (they pay the taxes while their father holds the deeds). The daughters, at 18, get a term at Normal School to train as schoolteachers, a position they hold until they marry. Kate, the youngest, has always bristled at her father's preference for his sons but eagerly awaits her chance for further education. Her father has other plans.
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Well told - great narrator
- By Steven L Robertson on 06-05-23
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I Capture the Castle
- By: Dodie Smith
- Narrated by: Jenny Agutter
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
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In this coming of age story, Dodie Smith introduces the visionary and eccentric character of seventeen-year-old Cassandra Mortmain. The youngest daughter in a family of impoverished artists, it is her imagination and writing that takes us away from the ramshackle old English castle where they live, and towards an intriguing tale of husband-hunting and light-hearted sibling rivalry.
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Well, that was a surprise
- By Matthew on 12-16-13
By: Dodie Smith
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- KD
- 09-26-18
Coming of age
Two girls have a responsibility heft on them and they must deal with it
Characters are interesting and the story leads to along a brisk pace.
Could use some editing
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- Mark Twain "Eddie"
- 09-14-18
Classic story, well told
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This is a classic, light-hearted tale by Nesbit about young women inheriting a modest estate and attempting to make their way in the world together. Plenty of humor and whimsy as the story progresses.
It's beautifully told by the narrator, and made my commute a bit shorter. Definitely recommend this book.
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- Layla
- 11-05-18
Classic Story
This is for those who love classic stories. It is written the same way not how anybody would write it today. But it suited the book and I did find it refreshing after lessoning and reading to modern style books.
The book is slow going and I did find the girls to be very naive at times and frustrating but they are teenagers of that time and that is how some of them acted. If they portrayed them like they are in the present they would not feel right, since teenagers are more wiser and know things even if they don't act it.
I absoulately loved it and I would highly recommend it. It is a clean read so it is suitable for all.
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- Deedra
- 11-05-18
The lark
Fun story of sisters just trying to make a living in a mans world. Anne Hancock was an excellent narrator.
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- Lidia Chymkowska
- 10-03-18
It has that wonderful charm of the tales of old...
When I was a child I fell in love with E. Nesbit's "Five Children..." stories (as many kids probably did), but somehow I have never read anything by her meant for adults. Either the books were not published in my native Polish or I just didn't come across any of them. Now that I have listened to "The Lark" I definitely have to look for more.
As plots go, the tale woven in "The Lark" develops smoothly, at a steady pace, and is overall quite simple and even naive:) Every obstacle that comes into Jane and Lucilla's way solves almost on itself, with no interference or effort from the girls, every misfortune turns into fortune, bad guys turn out not to be so bad at all, and so on and so forth... until we finally get to the happy ending :) Naive and improbable? Yes, but also charming in that old-fashioned style of the tales of old, tales which allowed you to escape from the grim realities of everyday life - and which now let us slow down and take a break in our hectic, hurried existence...
The two main characters, Jane and Lucille, are young, warm-hearted and open-minded creatures that you really love from page one. You may think them quite gullible but then their openness, goodness and kindness win them the hearts of everyone they meet - even old croonies. There aren't real villains in the book - but that's not a fault at all, and it makes the reading much lighter and much more fun.
But what I love most about the book is the language. Nobody writes like this any more. Long, complex and yet beautiful sentences... detailed descriptions of not only places and people but also emotions... When you listen to the book it's like listening to a wonderful symphony of words:) I can't describe it better, really...
And the interpretation by Ms Hancock only adds another layer and gives so much depth to the whole story... She's perfect in voicing the two girls, she's as good at interpreting all the other characters - every "voice" matches the personality of the character it is given. A job really well done - definitely a narrator I'll look for more from.
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