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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

By: Anne Brontë
Narrated by: Mary Sarah Agliotta
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Probably the most shocking of the Brontës' novels, this novel had an instant and phenomenal success and is widely considered to be one of the first sustained feminist novels. A mysterious widow, Mrs. Helen Graham, arrives at Wildfell Hall, a nearby old mansion. A source of curiosity for the small community, the reticent Helen and her young son Arthur are slowly drawn into the social circles of the village.

Public Domain (P)2012 Trout Lake Media Classics Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction
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The speed of the narration was too fast. I had to change it from x1 to x0.75 to make it bearable.

Enjoyable once you change narration speed

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As with many Brontë stories the pace is slow even if the language is beautiful old English. The question then is why was this story, set in early Victorian England, read aloud by an American? She read well but her pronunciation of many words was completely Americanised and painful to listen to. One word repeated many, many times was “inquiry” and was pronounced “inkwerie” by the reader. Added to that was a terrible attempt at an Irish accent - thankfully towards the end of the story.
The sound quality of this changes through too, so you will find yourself turning the volume up or down when there is a change of chapter.

Why the American accent?

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The narrator consistently weirdly mispronounces a lot of words but her voice and expression is usually nice enough to make up for it. The story is an absolute must read, so shocking for its time. Definitely my favourite Bronte by a long way. Would recommend to everyone!

Couldn't stop listening!

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have listened to this story twice now, I imagine I will listen again. I hope they make a film some day.

The least famous Bronte sister?!

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a wonderful novel - a little spoiled by disappointing narration - words mispronounced, emphases in wrong places etc. What a shame a better narrator could not be found.

Excellent novel, very poor narration

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