Understood Betsy (version 3 Dramatic Reading)
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Sickly and sheltered, nine-year-old Elizabeth Ann is horrified to hear she must be sent away to live with the "Putney cousins." According to Aunt Harriet, these mysterious relations are cold-hearted, stiff-necked, as well as heavy-handed when it comes to the delegation of children's chores. But what will life at the Putney farm truly have in store for Betsy? (Summary by Twinkle88)
Cast List:
Narrator: MaybeCordelia
Betsy: Nancy Halper
Abigail Putney: Maria Kasper
Henry Putney: Larry Wilson
Ann Putney: Joanna Michal Hoyt
Aunt Frances: Kim Lamb
Aunt Harriet: thestorygirl
Little Molly: Lily
Ellen Peters: Jenn Broda
Stashie Monahan: JayKitty76
Eliza: Laura Riley
Ralph: Philip
‘Lias Brewster: David Purdy
Miss Benton: Mariah Martin Shein
Additional characters voiced by Andrew Gaunce,
April H,
Carol Pelster,
Dave Aery,
David Purdy,
Drue,
Greg Giordano,
Jake Malizia,
Joanna Michal Hoyt,
Laura Riley,
Lauren-Emma Blake,
Michelle Purdy,
thestorygirl,
ToddHW, and
Zach Hoyt
Audio edited by Erin Stone,
Guster,
KevinS,
KHand,
MaybeCordelia, and
Mira Williams
Additional proof-listening by likagorskaia, rraudales, and YANGXU (3 hr 57 min)
Chapters
Dramatis Personae | 2:34 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 1: Aunt Harriet Has a Cough | 23:33 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 2: Betsy Holds the Reins | 22:01 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 3: A Short Morning | 19:08 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 4: Betsy Goes to School | 12:44 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 5: What Grade is Betsy? | 18:33 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 6: If You Don't Like Conversation in a Book Skip this Chapter! | 25:09 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 7: Elizabeth Ann Fails in an Examination | 20:52 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 8: Betsy Starts a Sewing Society | 21:10 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 9: The New Clothes Fail | 12:30 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 10: Betsy Has a Birthday | 27:57 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Chapter 11: ''Understood Aunt Frances'' | 31:42 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Reviews
mrs.armour
a lovely old-fashioned tale which takes you back in time and reminds us that children are more able than we give them credit for. well spoken and dramatised