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A Life's Morning

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

(4,393 Sterne; 14 Bewertungen)

This is the story of a poor young lady Emily Hood who while working as a governess falls in love with Wilfrid Athel the son of her employer. They become engaged, however things do not run smoothly after a visit home to her parents and Emily has to make a heartbreaking choice. (Summary by Michele Eaton) (17 hr 20 min)

Chapters

Chapter 01 Part 01 An Undergraduate at Leisure

22:54

Read by shihping

Chapter 01 Part 02

30:12

Read by shihping

Chapter 02 Beatrice Redwing

43:06

Read by shihping

Chapter 03 Part 01 Lyrical

20:30

Read by Lynne T

Chapter 03 Part 02

25:04

Read by Lynne T

Chapter 04 A Conflict of Opinions

33:16

Read by shihping

Chapter 05 Part 01 The Shadow of Home

27:04

Read by Lynne T

Chapter 05 Part 02

28:14

Read by Lynne T

Chapter 06 A Visitor by Express

41:11

Read by shihping

Chapter 07 Part 01 On the Levels

24:22

Read by MariaS

Chapter 07 Part 02

21:01

Read by MariaS

Chapter 08 A Sterner Wooing

1:00:22

Read by beyondutopia

Chapter 09 Circumstance

53:22

Read by beyondutopia

Chapter 10 At the Sword's Point

35:24

Read by beyondutopia

Chapter 11 Part 01 Emily's Decision

22:26

Read by mlaura

Chapter 11 Part 02

31:55

Read by shihping

Chapter 12 The Final Interview

19:38

Read by Lynne T

Chapter 13 The Cutting of the Knot

46:12

Read by shihping

Chapter 14 Part 01 News and Comments

30:58

Read by shihping

Chapter 14 Part 02

24:17

Read by shihping

Chapter 15 Mrs Baxendale's Quests

29:11

Read by shihping

Chapter 16 Renunciation

43:19

Read by shihping

Chapter 17 Their Several Ways

40:32

Read by shihping

Chapter 18 A Compact

26:26

Read by beyondutopia

Chapter 19 The Completion of Mischance

33:06

Read by beyondutopia

Chapter 20 Part 01 Wilfrid The Legislator

32:39

Read by shihping

Chapter 20 Part 02

31:22

Read by shihping

Chapter 21 Dangerous Relics

27:40

Read by beyondutopia

Chapter 22 Her Path in the Shadow

34:19

Read by shihping

Chapter 23 Her Path in the Light

22:08

Read by shihping

Chapter 24 The Unexpected

34:55

Read by shihping

Chapter 25 A Family Conclave

27:41

Read by shihping

Chapter 26 Mid-Day

15:22

Read by rookieblue

Bewertungen

Tragedy & Love

(4 Sterne)

I enjoyed this story despite not truly understanding why Emily left. It just doesn't make sense to me. BeyondUtopia's reading was so painful to listen to. If I wasn't already invested in the story I'd have stopped listening (which usually only happens when a reader is quite hard to understand). It's like she doesn't understand what the words mean at times which makes her read slowly with awkward pausing. She also brings an odd tone & over the top dramatics to words spoken by the characters. I am usually very forgiving & don't want to be hurtful. However, she is just a truly poor reader despite English being her native language & having such a pretty voice. If only she'd read straight through in a normal speaking voice. Then I'd look for more of her readings instead of avoid them! I suggest listening to the 1st 10 minutes of chapter 10. If she doesn't bother you then listen to the entire book.

(2,5 Sterne)

I always enjoy Gissing, but one reader (Susan Smith Nash) almost ruined my pleasure listening to this book. Actually, she did ruin the pleasure, but I was invested in the plot so I stuck it out. I don’t understand why she reads so many books for Libravox, since she seems to have no understanding of phrasing and cadence. She also does an exceedingly poor job with different voices and accents, which often ruin the impression of a character for me.

(3 Sterne)

Oh dear! Yet another nice little love story ruined by the reading. I have the greatest admiration for these brave volunteers who churn valiantly on for hours in a language obviously not their own but it does make listening difficult.

George Gissing

(5 Sterne)

Not the most depressing of Gissing's works, but close. Nice readings. BeyondUtopia, well done.

buy an audiobook and quit stinking up LibriVOX, elly may

(5 Sterne)