Classic Women's Short Stories (Classic Literature with Classical Music)
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| Rating | : | 4.39 (673 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 9626342382 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 438 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Lovely first story. Desert Wanderer I have just finished the first story, The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield. I wanted to write a review because I was surprised to see that this audiobook has only one star. I thought the first story was so special. I would recommend this audiobook to anyone who is interested in this p. "Boring, boring boring" according to Coolbeaglelove. I am very sorry I bought this.The stories were painfully executed and boring. I am not so sure what is classic about these stories either.
This collection includes five stories by influential women writers from the close of the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th century.
Her reading conveys Laura's conflict between her former comfortable ignorance and her new social awareness. From Publishers Weekly This fine collection of classic tales by women is complemented by appropriate, unobtrusive classical music from the Naxos music catalogue, along with a booklet with biographies of the authors and readers. In Katherine Mansfield's "The Garden Party," Carole Boyd's insightful performance accurately portrays British class distinctions post-WWI. Boyd deftly creates character voices for Laura, her family, the home and garden workers, and for the poverty-stricken family that she later visits. Gallagher sounds completely spontaneous: listeners can easily believe that she truly is daydreaming and thinking aloud. Laura, an elite young girl, frets that her family should cancel their long-anticipated party out of respect when a workman is killed in front of their house, but her elders hush her, believing