Penelope's English Experiences


Lu par Maria Therese

(4.3 stars; 17 reviews)

Penelope's English Experiences is a fictional travelogue, which documents the experiences of three American ladies on a visit to England. Included are scenes in London and the village of Belvern, containing fanciful sketches of a West-end ball, portraits of domestic originals, etc., characterized by humorous trifling and droll exaggeration of English traits. By the author Mother Carey's Chickens, A Cathedral Courtship, etc. (Summary adapted from an original review) (3 hr 8 min)

Chapitres

01 - The Weekly Bill 10:22 Lu par Maria Therese
02 - The Powdered Footman Smiles 6:49 Lu par Maria Therese
03 - Eggs a la coque 6:15 Lu par Maria Therese
04 - The English Sense of Humour 5:38 Lu par Maria Therese
05 - A Hyde Park Sunday 5:28 Lu par Maria Therese
06 - The English Park Lover 4:03 Lu par Maria Therese
07 - A Ducal Tea-Party 7:46 Lu par Maria Therese
08 - Tuppeny Travels in London 11:59 Lu par Maria Therese
09 - A Table of Kindred and Affinity 7:02 Lu par Maria Therese
10 - Apropos of Advertisements 8:59 Lu par Maria Therese
11 - The Ball on the Opposite Side 17:10 Lu par Maria Therese
12 - Patricia Makes Her Debut 12:00 Lu par Maria Therese
13 - A Penelope Secret 7:39 Lu par Maria Therese
14 - Love and Lavender 7:56 Lu par Maria Therese
15 - Penelope Dreams 10:56 Lu par Maria Therese
16 - The Decay of Romance 3:49 Lu par Maria Therese
17 - Short Stops and Long Bills 4:33 Lu par Maria Therese
18 - I Meet Mrs. Bobby 5:23 Lu par Maria Therese
19 - The Heart of the Artist 4:21 Lu par Maria Therese
20 - A Canticle to Jane 4:11 Lu par Maria Therese
21 - I Remember, I Remember 6:23 Lu par Maria Therese
22 - Comfort Cottage 7:13 Lu par Maria Therese
23 - Tea Served Here 7:00 Lu par Maria Therese
24 - An Unliscened Victualler 7:13 Lu par Maria Therese
25 - Et Ego in Arcadia Vixit 7:57 Lu par Maria Therese

Critiques


(5 stars)

Enchanting tales and depiction of English life and visits to London woven with natural quirkiness and ambivalences of emotions and experiences. It would help the listener somewhat if the reader were in less of a hurry to get to the end of the sentences and had a more open diction. For me words were sometimes lost but the gist could be generally made out.

A Light Sweet Story


(4 stars)

Easy listening Travelodge. Reader has a few unusual phrasing, but is clear enough once the ear adapts. Thanks as always to volunteer readers.


(5 stars)

Lovely sweet story. Enchantingly read by the delightful Maria Therese