{"id":2532,"date":"2013-04-17T03:13:47","date_gmt":"2013-04-17T07:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/fiction\/?p=2532"},"modified":"2013-04-16T23:14:17","modified_gmt":"2013-04-17T03:14:17","slug":"audiobook-review-persuasion-sense-and-sensibility-by-jane-austen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/fiction\/2013\/04\/audiobook-review-persuasion-sense-and-sensibility-by-jane-austen.html","title":{"rendered":"Audiobook Review : Persuasion, Sense and Sensibility (by Jane Austen)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[amazon_link id=&#8221;0786118229&#8243; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; container=&#8221;&#8221; container_class=&#8221;&#8221; ]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51dQMzHAewL.jpg\" alt=\"Sense and Sensibility (Library Edition)\" width=\"282\" height=\"400\" \/>[\/amazon_link]Although my foray into audio-books started as an attempt to make my walks more interesting and to tempt me to go walking even, I have to say that I am hooked. And for that I credit the narrators. I\u2019ve been lucky enough to listen to three of the best, Frederick Davidson in my first book, Nadia May in the second and Caroline Seymour in the third. I\u2019m currently on a Jane Austen bender, having listened to Persuasion , Pride and Prejudice and \u201cSense and Sensibility\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Nadia May narrated Persuasion. I haven\u2019t read the print version of the book, so had no idea of the story. Austen writes long, long sentences with big words, in the polite and round-a-bout fashion that was the trend in those days. So it is sometimes hard to comprehend the entire thing unless you are really paying attention, which I\u2019m then forced to do, so the purpose of being in the present and not letting the mind wander away and think of other things (home\/kids\/food\/work\/lists) is quite served. Mays has a soft-ish voice, which she easily moulds into a gruff tone for the male parts, and a clearer tone for those of the heroine. It makes for a very interesting and pleasant listening experience, and I\u2019m quite drawn into the narrative.<\/p>\n<p>May also narrated \u201cSense and Sensibilty\u201d, another classic which I have not read, but know of via the film based on the book. Listening to the book is giving me a better look into the characters in the film, the film never having the leisure to go into such depths of detail. Quite a lovely listen! The film was not bad either \u2013 it stars Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet. Here is a trailer:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eJMnm28vAqQ\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[amazon_link id=&#8221;0786118229&#8243; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; container=&#8221;&#8221; container_class=&#8221;&#8221; ][\/amazon_link]Although my foray into audio-books started as an attempt to make my walks more interesting and to tempt me to go walking even, I have to say that I am hooked. And for that I credit the narrators. I\u2019ve been lucky enough to listen to three of the best, Frederick [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_17000648_17000648":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[85,71,86,3,9,67,44,54,36,5,24,4,76,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-85","category-4_star_rating","category-audiobook","category-books","category-culture-and-society","category-favorites","category-historical","category-literature","category-lovely-things","category-movies","category-recommended","category-review","category-romance","category-women"],"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"post-thumbnail":false,"sow-carousel-default":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"amodini","author_link":"https:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/fiction\/author\/admin"},"uagb_comment_info":2,"uagb_excerpt":"[amazon_link id=&#8221;0786118229&#8243; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; container=&#8221;&#8221; container_class=&#8221;&#8221; ][\/amazon_link]Although my foray into audio-books started as an attempt to make my walks more interesting and to tempt me to go walking even, I have to say that I am hooked. 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