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The first of CSA Word's popular women's short story collections
An outstandingly good and very unusual collection – The Sunday Times
This selection of stories relates the many experiences and complexities of womanhood; sometimes joyful, sometimes sad but always enriching. With stories by Edith Wharton, Katherine Mansfield and Elizabeth Gaskell – it includes Ladies in Lavender by William J. Locke, the inspiration for the film of the same name starring Judi Dench and Maggie Smith. Narrated by Harriet Walter, a popular British actress whose movie and tv credits include Atonement, Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Netflix's The Crown.
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Release date
October 16, 2007 -
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781907416057
- File size: 135684 KB
- Duration: 04:42:40
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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This collection presents a rich medley of stories that touch upon the depths, triumphs, and complexities of women's experiences and relationships. Narrator Harriet Walter captures the restraint of all the heroines, as well as their various accents--American, English, Scots, French, and others, all uniquely believable. Walter delivers soft enunciations as the stories shift from the heartbreaking--"Atrophy" by Edith Wharton, "Some Ways of Love" by Charlotte Mew, and "Marriage ˆ la Mode" by Katherine Mansfield--to the downright spooky--as in the forced lunacy of the imprisoned heroine in "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. This audio collection is perfect for listeners' brief journeys. A.W. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
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