Minerva

The Six Sisters, Book 1

De: M. C. Beaton

Narrado por: Charlotte Anne Dore

Duración: 6 h y 21 m

Resumen del Editor

Minerva marks the delightful debut of The Six Sisters, a family saga in six volumes that will recount the romantic adventures of the six marriageable daughters of a country vicar, the Reverend Charles Armitage, in Regency England. The eldest, Minerva, is enchantingly beautiful - but a prude. She lives in the country looking after her siblings while her mother reclines on a chaise longue happily inventing new malaises. Her father, a vicar of decidedly secular inclinations, indulges a hearty passion for hunting instead of worrying about the girls' dowries. But when he wants to send his boys to Eton, the money must be found - and how better than by marrying Minerva off to a man of fortune?

Dispatched to Town, Minerva experiences her first season under the wing of an elderly relative. But age, it seems, is no guarantee of respectability, and Lady Godolphin's plan for a good time scandalize her young charge. Finally Minerva's moralizing ways make her the subject of a shocking wager among the rakes and dandies of Regency London.

Meanwhile, the handsome Lord Sylvester Comfrey is observing her progress in the marriage market. For such a virtuous girl, Minerva unaccountably finds herself in some extremely compromising situations with this gentleman, who alas professes not to be the marrying kind.

©1994 Marion Chesney (P)2012 AudioGO

For those who haven't read Georgette Heyer

This is a typical regency romance. A good way to wile away a rainy day, or a workout on the treadmill.

Entertaining light romance written in 1980s about the 19th century

Voicing various characters in challenging, so I disagree that the narrator was not up to the job..
While there were a few seconds where a listener might not be clear who was speaking, subsequent text by the AUTHOR’s WRITTEN word clarifies. This would be the same if I were reading a page in a book.


The author tries to show some awareness racism, imperialism, and sexism in a story she wrote mainly to be escapist entertainment. I winced at the scenes of affection as they reflected the perspective of a different time. I liked it overall because i just wanted something light to listen to ad I washed the car.

If you like Emma, you'll like this one

I do really like a good comedy of Victorian Manners story and I loved this one. I'm looking forward to reading the whole series. M.C. Beaton put a good effort into this one!
I liked the narrator too, especially when she was doing the men's voices.
And I love finding a new narrator that I like!

Unlistenable

I have enjoyed other Beaton books and audios but this narrator led me to abandon the effort.

Hard to believe

It’s hard to believe that Davina Porter is a celebrated narrator based on this performance. The story was just ok. Characters were unlikeable and coupled with the stilted narration was hard pressed to finish.

Okay story, Bad reader.

I don't expect much from Beaton's regency romances, at their best, they are lighthearted distractions from real life, but this is NOT one of her best. The main characters are not particularly likable or compelling and you get almost no insight into the love interest's thoughts making his actions unfathomable, especially if you are not acquainted with the tropes of this genre.

The reader is bad. It's as if she is just sitting down to read the book out loud for the first time with no prep work. Not only does she mispronounce words, but she is inconsistent in those mispronunciations. Her stilted delivery adds to nothing to the froth of a story, and pretty much eliminates the humor of elements clearly added to lighten the mood.

I'd skip this one unless you are determined to hear everything by this author. She's written better books which are read by better performers.

Predictable cheesy romance

This would be right at home as a Harlequin romance. Totally predictable plot and 2 dimensional characters. I won't be listening to the other 5 in this series. Not my cup of tea at all.

Traditional Regency Romance

The heroine had a lot of growing up to do, and ultimately did so. The narrator did well with the voices of characters, but paused in odd places at times, making it harder to follow the meaning.

I really enjoyed this book.

I loved it. Definitely going to the next book in the series. The family is just adorably annoying and funny. I would absolutely recommend to friends.

Just good

I began listening to this book and gradually got more and more interested more so that I will listening to the entire six books. However, if they all follow the same storyline like this one with such naive girls, I may just die. The Vicar also needs to be flogged and those darn hounds he keeps purchasing and worshiping over his family and parishioners needs to be sold off. I wanted to pull my hair out when Minerva went on the drive not knowing what she was heading into and died laughing when she walked in on Lady Godiva and started reading then again when she went back in and heard her with the colonel. However, six daughters and I am sure he is going to sell them all off until someone takes him into hand. I assume this series is going to have me laughing and seething mad all the same.