Penelope's English Experiences


Read by Maria Therese

(4.2 stars; 16 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)

Chapters

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

Reviews


(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