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The Turquoise
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Maya Beechwood
- Length: 14 hrs and 38 mins
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A novel of a girl's journey from an orphaned childhood in New Mexico to an opulent life in Gilded-Age New York, by the author of Avalon.
In 1850, as her mother lay dying and a priest stood by, Santa Fe Cameron was named by her Scottish father after the town in which she had just been born. At seven years old, she would also lose her father.
Shortly thereafter, a Navajo shaman recognized psychic power in the orphan girl, and gave her a turquoise pendant as a keepsake. This turquoise, the Indian symbol of the spirit, will dominate her life - even after she leaves the simple beauty of her native New Mexico to search for happiness in the glamorous New York of the 1870s.
For "Fey", life is made up of violent contrasts: the rough wagon that brings her East and the scented carriages waiting before her own Fifth Avenue mansion; the glittering world of the Astors and a dreary cell in the Tombs. Filled with color, excitement, and rich period detail, and starring an unforgettable heroine, this is a stirring historical saga from the author of Katherine, Foxfire, and many other novels.
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Not keen on Davidson’s voice
- By Jeff Lacy on 05-08-21
By: Émile Zola, and others
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The classic 1939 collection of three novellas by the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author and journalist, including the famous title story set during the influenza epidemic of 1918.
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Some of the most brilliant prose ever written
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John Galsworthy's magnificent trilogy of power and passion chronicles the wealthy Forsyte family. As the disintegrating values of the Victorian era progress to World War I and the political uncertainty of the 1930s, the family's material and emotional struggles are set within the dwindling status of the affluent middle-classes.
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By: John Galsworthy
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Soon-to-be heiress Betty Stanhope is a runaway bride, but not for the usual reasons - she didn't flee because of a change of heart. Reluctant about the wedding at the outset, the dutiful Betty reaches the altar to find that her groom is a different man altogether and someone she's dreaded most of her life! Before the wedding can proceed, she is taken to a room to recover from her fainting spell.
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AMAZING
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Overly ambitious
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Madame Bovary doesn't disappoint
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When Crimes of Passion Were All the Fashion
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Fifty-Two Stories
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From the celebrated, award-winning translators of Anna Karenina and War and Peace: a lavish, masterfully rendered volume of stories by one of the most influential short fiction writers of all time.
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Better alternatives for Chekhov
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The Colonial Radio Theatre pulls out all the stops in this magnificent production of the Charles Dickens classic Christmas story! This full cast dramatization features a powerful music score - from the magnificent, booming opening of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" to the frightening tones of "The Ghost of Christmas Future". It's a holiday treat both you and your family will enjoy for years to come.
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great performance
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Springwater
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Evangeline Keating came West because she had to: after her husband's passing, she needed to build a new life for her young daughter, and marrying a stranger from Montana Territory was her best chance. After a difficult winter journey, she arrives at an isolated outpost called Springwater Station. But the handsome man who's come for her is not her husband-to-be, and Evangeline soon finds herself thrust into a most inconvenient - and highly improper - arrangement.
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Prolific foul language and graphic descriptions
- By Les Raymond on 03-04-20
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- mymimisthebest
- 08-11-24
A HEROINE'S JOURNEY
An amazing, labyrinthine, circular narrative reminiscent of the universal wisdom found in T. S. Eliot's 'Four Quartets':
" ... We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time. ..."
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- Laurie
- 05-18-23
Not As Strong As Her Other Works
I’ve read several Seton novels and this one doesn’t quite stand up with the rest. It’s more a fictional rags to riches story with a somewhat spiritual twist. Seton may have been captivated by Santa Fe and the Southwest so she wrote a novel that tied it in with New York’s Gilded Age. Many of the minor characters were real historical figures and the settings in both places appear to be accurate. But the story is just a story. The turquoise appears and reappears but you don’t ever get a very profound sense of what it is or does.
This is not a Katherine, her best novel. It is readable and enjoyable, which is what I was hoping to get.
I could have wished for a more expert narrator. Her liturgical sing song way of reading was a bit annoying and her attempts at accents weren’t always very on point. The narrator was tolerable but she didn’t enhance the experience.
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- Mara
- 07-09-21
Couldn’t finish it…
I had high hopes; premise was good, but the story never got there. I tried, but couldn’t listen to it anymore. Narrator is not good, editing pauses are not good, writing is not good
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