Persuasion
Original Englische Ausgabe
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Publisher Description
England zu Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts. Anne Elliot, sensibel, gebildet und feinsinnig, gilt mit 27 Jahren schon fast als "alte Jungfer“. Vor 8 Jahren hat sie auf Drängen ihrer Verwandten die Verlobung mit Frederick Wentworth gelöst, eine Entscheidung, die sie bis heute bedauert. Als ihre Familie durch die Verschwendungssucht ihres eitlen Vaters gezwungen ist, den Familiensitz aufzugeben, begegnet sie Wentworth wieder, der mittlerweile als Kapitän sein Glück gemacht hat. Doch Missverständnisse erschweren ihr Wiedersehen.
England at the beginning of the 19th century. Anne Elliot, sensitive, gentle and sophisticated, is, at 27 years of age, already considered an “old maid". 8 years ago her family persuaded her to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth. A decision that she has regretted until this day. When her family is forced to give up their ancestral home due to the extravagance of her vain father, Anne's and Wentworth's paths cross again. Wentworth has made his own way as a Captain in the navy. But their meeting is overshadowed by misunderstandings.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Stevenson has read all of Austen's novels for audiobook, in abridged or unabridged versions, and her experience shows in this delightful production. Though dominated by the intelligent, sweet voice of Anne Elliot the least favored but most worthy of three daughters in a family with an old name but declining fortunes Stevenson provides other characters with memorable voices as well. She reads Anne's haughty father's lines with a mixture of stuffiness and bluster, and Anne's sisters are portrayed with a hilariously flighty, breathy register that makes Austen's contempt for them palpable. Anne's voice is mostly measured and reasonable an expression of her strong mind and spirit but Stevenson imbues her speech with wonderful shades of passion as Anne is reacquainted with Capt. Wentworth, whom she has continued to love despite being forced, years before, to reject him over status issues. Listening to Stevenson, as Anne, describe a sudden encounter with Wentworth, one hardly needs Austen's description of how Anne grows faint Stevenson's perfectly judged and deeply felt reading has already shown that she must have. Even those who have read Austen's novels will find themselves loving this book all over again with Stevenson's evocative rendition ringing richly in their ears.
