The Buccaneers

By: Edith Wharton

Narrated by: Flo Gibson

Set in the 1870s, the same period as Wharton's The Age of Innocence, The Buccaneers is about five wealthy American girls denied entry into New York Society because their parents' money is too new. At the suggestion of their clever governess, the girls sail to London, where they marry lords, earls, and dukes who find their beauty charming—and their wealth extremely useful.

Public Domain (P)2008 Audio Book Contractors, LLC

Suzie's review of the Buccaneers

Would you consider the audio edition of The Buccaneers to be better than the print version?

Yes

Who was your favorite character and why?

Nan

Any additional comments?

I love the time period of this story....I love the clothes, the rules, etc of the rich families.

It was OK

I started to enjoy this performance when I slowed it down to about .8. Be sure to sample it before you buy.

engaging but unfinished

As always Mrs Wharton delivers an engaging story. however it is unfinished. which leaves us to our own devices to figure out what happens to our Nan. I think I need to watch the series that aired on PBS.

A rare happy ending of sorts

I love Edith Wharton's writing but her stories often end sadly, especially for the women. This one ends abruptly because she died before finishing it. Fortunately, she mapped out the whole story before she died. The outline for the story ends happily for the main protagonist! The writing and the realistic depiction of society in both the United States and Great Britain is perfection!

Too bad she died before she finished it

It’s hard to give a jazzy review to a book that didn’t get finished. New TV series they made of. It was so salacious. I felt the need to investigate the source text. Sure enough the original novel was not quite a salacious in fact, by today’s standards, it’s not salacious at all, but I imagine at the time of its publication, it was a little bit naughty.