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LibriVox recording of The Semi-Detached House by Emily Eden. Read by Elizabeth Klett.
If you're a Jane Austen fan, you'll enjoy Emily Eden's comic novels of manners, The Semi-Detached House (1859) and The Semi-Attached Couple (1860). At the opening of The Semi-Detached House, the beautiful (but rather petulant) Lady Blanche Chester, newly married and pregnant, is being installed in a suburban house while her husband is away. Her encounters with her neighbors, and the intrigues of the neighborhood, soon come to absorb and annoy her. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)
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If you're a Jane Austen fan, you'll enjoy Emily Eden's comic novels of manners, The Semi-Detached House (1859) and The Semi-Attached Couple (1860). At the opening of The Semi-Detached House, the beautiful (but rather petulant) Lady Blanche Chester, newly married and pregnant, is being installed in a suburban house while her husband is away. Her encounters with her neighbors, and the intrigues of the neighborhood, soon come to absorb and annoy her. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)
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M4B Audiobook (150MB)
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runasgram
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July 31, 2021
Subject: Excellent reading
Subject: Excellent reading
This book was a cute story spoken very well by the reader. It seems this story would make an excellent Masterpiece Theater.
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TwinkieToes
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July 8, 2021
Subject: Nice, light story
Subject: Nice, light story
An enjoyable story! Young Lady Chester is moving into the semi-detached house of the title while her husband is on a foreign diplomatic mission. The other half of the house is inhabited by the Hopkinsons - a fat matron, her two daughters, and a little boy - the worst combination possible, as imagined by Lady Chester! However, they turn out to be a wonderful family, and their lives intertwine in lovely ways.
The first half of the story mainly focuses on Lady Chester and the Hopkinsons, and how they encounter each other and discover each other's value. The second half of the story focuses on the love affairs of the two Hopkinson girls and Lady Chester's twin sister.
Very enjoyable, and Elizabeth does a wonderful job of telling the story.
The first half of the story mainly focuses on Lady Chester and the Hopkinsons, and how they encounter each other and discover each other's value. The second half of the story focuses on the love affairs of the two Hopkinson girls and Lady Chester's twin sister.
Very enjoyable, and Elizabeth does a wonderful job of telling the story.
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ListeninginChicago
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January 16, 2012
Subject: Light and fun
Subject: Light and fun
Another excellent reading by Elizabeth Klett.
I agree with the earlier comment by TheBookworm - unfortunate that they had to cast the schemers as Jewish when schemers exist in all racial groups. Even with that, I found the book lighthearted and fun to listen to and would recommend it.
I agree with the earlier comment by TheBookworm - unfortunate that they had to cast the schemers as Jewish when schemers exist in all racial groups. Even with that, I found the book lighthearted and fun to listen to and would recommend it.
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TheBookworm
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September 12, 2011
Subject: The Semi
Subject: The Semi
Pleasant novella of mid-Victorian manners very well read by Elizabeth Klett. Not great literature but an enjoyable and nicely paced story of how various characters (with notable exceptions) overcome their prejudices through the influence of unassuming Mrs. Hopkinson.
[Spoiler alert!!]
In this tale, the antithesis of the noble and generous English is a family of pretentious and manipulative Jews, complete with stereotypical names. The author seems to be telling us that even as Christian converts they cannot escape the inborn proclivities of their "race". This stuff is very distasteful, and the text is not at all saved - at least for me - by one sympathetic Jewish character. I suggest we learn from this novel by reading it as a sort of historical ethnography that shows how insidious anti-Semitism came to be taken for granted by entire classes.
TheBookworm, who grew up in a semi, (Manchester, UK)
[Spoiler alert!!]
In this tale, the antithesis of the noble and generous English is a family of pretentious and manipulative Jews, complete with stereotypical names. The author seems to be telling us that even as Christian converts they cannot escape the inborn proclivities of their "race". This stuff is very distasteful, and the text is not at all saved - at least for me - by one sympathetic Jewish character. I suggest we learn from this novel by reading it as a sort of historical ethnography that shows how insidious anti-Semitism came to be taken for granted by entire classes.
TheBookworm, who grew up in a semi, (Manchester, UK)
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