Sense and Sensibility (version 2)
Gelesen von Mark F. Smith
Jane Austen
(4,692 Sterne; 91 Bewertungen)
This is a story of the English moneyed class and its eternal struggle for creating “sense and sensibility” in its world. A potential marriage prospect must make “sense” by bringing with it enough assets and income to permit the couple to continue to live in happy, idle leisure, complete with servants and a prestigious address. Provided one can find such a match among the eligible persons of the opposite sex, one then hopes for “sensibility”, or capacity for emotion, so that if love is not immediately to hand, it might come around later. And while these gentlemen and ladies make their hopeful pirouettes in the social eye, they must of course adhere to all the forms of civility.
Jane Austen writes of the family of a gentleman named Dashwood who dies and leaves most of his fortune to his son, with the understanding that he will “look out for” his mother and three sisters. When that son marries a grasping woman who convinces him that his sisters’ funds are suitable to their needs and so require no contributions from his inherited fortune, the sisters are left to play the game of “Sense and Sensibility” in earnest.
But all’s not fair in love. Carefully prepared “attachments” can and do go awry when gentlemen find other young women of greater fortunes than the Dashwood sisters. So, will they marry for love? Or money? Or perhaps, not at all?
(Summary by Mark F. Smith) (13 hr 26 min)
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good, not great
Bicberly
(4 Sterne)
There is a high pitched wine throughout this recording that makes it a less enjoyable listen than it could be. It's not ear-splitting, but it's not pleasant. It does take a minute to adjust to hearing an American male read Jane Austen. However I'd rather hear an honest American accent than a bad British one! For some reason he seems to start changing voices for the different characters very late in the story. Overall this is a well read version of a fun story.
Wonderful Book with Phenomenal Reader!
AddieMae
(5 Sterne)
Great classic book read by a top notch reader. Mark Smith used a different voice for each character and has a spot on interpretation of the text. He consistently uses inflection beautifully which adds such depth of understanding and really engages the listener. Well done!
JMU
(5 Sterne)
I really enjoyed listening to this audio book. It took me a little while to get used to a Jane Austin classic being read in American, but, it was really well read and I thoroughly enjoyed being able to listen while I worked. Thank you very much
Great read
Reshma
(3 Sterne)
The story in itself is a little slow in the beginning but as it develops, the story is bound to grab your attention. Mark, on the other hand, sounded funny trying to imitate women and the eccentricities singular to their kind. A good try.
Excellent
Happy Hello
(5 Sterne)
I don't know if your readers ever see these, but his reading is excellent. Very well done. I prefer Sense & Sensibility to Pride & Prejudice, myself. Somewhat less descriptively sordid (: Thank you !!
Great book
Patricia Lopez
(5 Sterne)
I enjoyed this book so much that I had to listen again. So many details that I had missed the first time, so the 2nd time I got every detail. 🤗
Mr Smith is an amazing reader
(5 Sterne)
Mr Smith did an amazing job reading Jane Austen. perfect tone and inflections. please keep on delighting our ears, Mr Smith
free LeonardPeltier
(5 Sterne)
Very well read. Entertaining story. Some sentences are written in a complicated style that were difficult to understand.