The Romance of a Shop


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(2.9 stars; 5 reviews)

Praised by Oscar Wilde amongst other contemporaries, Amy Levy's first novel tells the story of the four Lorimer sisters, who decide to open their own photography business after the death of their father which has left them in poverty. The novel examines the opportunities and difficulties of urban life for the "New Woman" in the late nineteenth century. Not only was Levy unusual as a female novelist in this period, but she was also from an Anglo Jewish family. - Summary by Jane Gough (5 hr 29 min)

Chapitres

Chapter 1, In the Beginning 18:47 Lu par Splinter
Chapter 2, Friends in Need 22:36 Lu par Splinter
Chapter 3, Ways and Means 12:28 Lu par Splinter
Chapter 4, Number Twenty B 20:56 Lu par Splinter
Chapter 5, This Working-Day World 14:15 Lu par Splinter
Chapter 6, To the Rescue 18:22 Lu par Splinter
Chapter 7, A New Customer 18:01 Lu par Splinter
Chapter 8, A Distinguished Person 18:55 Lu par Splinter
Chapter 9, Show Sunday 16:01 Lu par Jim Locke
Chapter 10, Summing Up 16:03 Lu par Jim Locke
Chapter 11, A Confidence 12:05 Lu par Jim Locke
Chapter 12, Gertrude Is Anxious 11:33 Lu par Jim Locke
Chapter 13, A Romance 11:53 Lu par Jim Locke
Chapter 14, Lucy 15:09 Lu par Jim Locke
Chapter 15, Cressida 13:40 Lu par Jim Locke
Chapter 16, A Wedding 8:55 Lu par Jim Locke
Chapter 17, A Special Edition 10:47 Lu par Jim Locke
Chapter 18, Phyllis 9:31 Lu par Jim Locke
Chapter 19, The Sycamores 12:44 Lu par Jim Locke
Chapter 20, In the Sick Room 7:52 Lu par Jim Locke
Chapter 21, The Last Act 6:34 Lu par Jim Locke
Chapter 22, Hope and a Friend 9:34 Lu par Jim Locke
Chapter 23, A Dismissal 8:21 Lu par Jim Locke
Chapter 24, At Last 10:08 Lu par Jim Locke
Epilogue 4:07 Lu par Jim Locke

Critiques


(1 stars)

The gentleman who reads everything from Chapter 9 on completely ruins this book; he is positively unbearable to listen to. I understand that everyone here is a volunteer, but he should consider a different hobby - perhaps gardening. Or stamp collecting. And LibriVox needs to put some type of compassionate vetting in place to prevent thoroughly unskilled and inappropriate readers from destroying their catalog. Recordings like this one are horrible!

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(5 stars)

enjoyable story and readers if playback speed is corrected to a bit faster.