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Sense and Sensibility

by: Jane Austen

Publication date: 2007-03-30

Usage: Public Domain

Topics: librivox, literature, audiobook, romance, England,

Language: English

LibriVox recording of Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen.
Read by Librivox volunteers.

The two eldest Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne, one of whom (Elinor) embraces practicality and restraint while the other (Marianne) gives her whole heart to every endeavor. When the Dashwoods - mother Mrs. Dashwood, Elinor, Marianne, and youngest sister Margaret - are sent, almost impoverished, to a small cottage in Devonshire after the death of their father and the machinations of their brother's wife, they accept their new circumstances with as much cheer as they can muster even though their brother and his wife have taken over the family estate and fortune. Marianne finds herself falling in love with the dashing Willoughby, who ends up being not all that he appears. Elinor, the more sensible of the two, falls for Edward Ferrars, a match that seems much more suitable. All of these pleasant connections are, however, soon disrupted. Willoughby leaves and ignores Marianne. Elinor finds out an unexpected secret about Ferrars that puts her on her caution in pursuing their relationship. As these complications develop, Marianne soon finds herself distraught despite having attracted another suitor, the reliable, but older, Colonel Brandon. Elinor steps into the breach to try to help her sister regain her equilibrium. Both learn what a broken heart can feel like and adjust in their own separate ways.
Since this is an Austen novel and a romance, be assured that all comes right in the end.(Summary by Michelle Crandall)

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Addeddate: 2007-03-30 06:03:05

Boxid: OL100020219

Call number: 620

External-identifier: urn:oclc:record:1377788101

External_metadata_update: 2019-02-18T09:07:05Z

Identifier: 0_sense_and_sensibility_librivox

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Ppi: 600

Run time: 12:11:09

Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text

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Reviewer: Happy Hello - - October 5, 2020
Subject: ...But for those who like faster paced reading,

and fall asleep with just one voice reading the whole thing, it could be (: a good option.

Reviewer: AnneC1379 - - September 24, 2013
Subject: Hodge Podge

I found it difficult to listen to this version. There were so many varying readers that by the time I was familiar with a reader, it changed. There were a wide range of lisps, accents, and speeds that were not pleasant to listen to. I took the recommendation of the first 2 comments and must agree.

Reviewer: CasualListener - - January 5, 2009
Subject: Nice book and reading, though using some expedients

Totally agree with the previous comment, though I think that a few bad read chapters(26.27.28), hurriedly read that is, could not much influence the good value and prize of the whole book, achieved through the great efforts of many other volunteers.
As a remedy for those few chapters I listened to the always good mark's smith reading of this novel:
http://www.archive.org/details/sense_and_sensibility_ms_librivox and all was fine.

Good thing we have a choice.

Enjoy!

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