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Type of bind: Audio CD
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9781572705326
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
ISBN number: 1572705329
Label: BBC Audiobooks America
Manufacturer: BBC Audiobooks America
Quantity: 12
Printing Date: May 28, 2006
Publishing house: BBC Audiobooks America
Sale Popularity Level: 628188
Studio: BBC Audiobooks America
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Always the matchmmaker, Emma has arranged successful relationships among her friends and acquaintances time and time again, but when she must find her own mate, she soon discovers unanticipated inadequacies in her romantic capacities. The bulk of Emma, widely regarded as the most accomplished of Jane Austen’s six novels, is the story of how Emma learns to seize true love. Noted for its understatement and irony, Austen's honest yet gentle prose is expertly handled by AudioFile Earphones Award winner Prunella Scales.
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I love to read Jane Austen's Emma on a regular basis and with this rendition at my fingertips, I can hear the story in-between times. What better way to listen to a book on tape than by a professional actress like Prunella Scales. She does a wonderful job and I couldn't be happier with her interpretation. While driving, folding laundry, cooking or cleaning, I can absorb Emma once more! I highly recommend this one!
Kerri Bennett Williamson, Author
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I've always been a fan of the British actress Prunella Scales and already own some of her readings of classic novels, including Cranford which she handles delightfully.
So it was a big disappointment to find that she seems to have completely misjudged her narration of Emma. One of the pleasures of a Jane Austen novel is the author's deceptively quiet tone; its very understatement sharpens her satire and makes her jokes even funnier. Unfortunately, Miss Scales has adopted the opposite approach, using a hopelessly inappropriate shrill, impatient voice. Given that the opening chapters are dominated by two of literature's most tiresome characters, Emma Woodhouse and her feebleminded father, the result is unbearably irritating. I gave up after an hour, and was glad to track down a far more enjoyable reading by Juliet Stevenson Emma (Classic Fiction)- by far the best Austen narrator on the market today.
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A classic gem done full justice by the superb reading of Prunella Scales. A great listening experience was marred, however, by a surprising and disappointing flaw in disc 8 which rendered the final track unintelligible.
It would be much appreciated if you could replace this faulty disc, as such a literary masterpiece deserves to be presented and preserved in mint condition.
The damaged disc apart, Jane Austen would surely applaud this excellent rendition of her beloved Emma.
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Lively, vivid rendition of my favourite Jane Austen novel. Prunella Scales interprets the characters with great individuality and spirit.
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EMMA is a joyful read, made even more entertaining through Prunella Scales's vocalization of several characters and through her interpretation of the text. Her complementary pace actually improves the listeners' appreciation of Austen's comedic plot. Austen's novels, a treasure any time, are given a fine aural performance by Ms. Scales.
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