Vanity fair
Record details
- ISBN: 9780792770923 (electronic audio bk.)
- ISBN: 0792770927 (electronic audio bk.)
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Physical Description:
electronic resource
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1 sound file : digital. - Publisher: North Kingstown : Sound Library, 2010.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Downloadable audio file. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Duration: 31:05:36. Audio file. "Sound Library"--Container. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by John Castle. |
System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 446946 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Subject: | British -- Europe -- Fiction Social classes -- Fiction Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 -- Fiction Married women -- Fiction Female friendship -- Fiction England -- Fiction |
Genre: | Satire. Humorous stories. Audiobooks. Downloadable audio books. |
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Electronic resources
- Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2013 July #1
The characters in this complex 19th-century novel (scheming, amoral Becky Sharp; faithful William Dobbins, etc.) were once so well known that they were used as shorthand personality descriptors by other authors. Becky Sharp is willing to do almost anything for position or money, while family funding supports her best friend Amelia's, gentle, unrealistic soul. Becky marries well and then loses money. Amelia marries well and loses both husband and money. As time passes, their fortunes flip, turn, and intertwine until the two friends are old women. Georgina Sutton's wonderfully flexible voice keeps the reader engaged and the characters well differentiated through all 25 CDs of a very complicated story lineâquite a feat. VERDICT Especially recommended for listeners just starting to explore classic British fiction.âI. Pour-El, Des Moines Area Community Coll., Ames, IA
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