Little Women (version 3 dramatic reading)
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Louisa May Alcott
(4,823 Sterne; 1103 Bewertungen)
Louisa May Alcott's beloved 1868 novel is about the four March girls - Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy - who are growing up in Massachusetts during the Civil War. As the novel opens, their father is away at war, and the girls are struggling to be good and to reconcile themselves to their relative poverty. Each has her trials to deal with, and they are encouraged by their loving mother, and by their friendship with their neighbor, Theodore "Laurie" Laurence.
Cast:
Narrator/Jo: Elizabeth Klett
Meg: Arielle Lipshaw
Beth: Kalynda
Amy/Parrot: Karen Savage
Marmee: Kara Shallenberg
Mr. March: Bruce Pirie
Hannah: MaryAnn
Mrs. Hummel/Hummel Children/Lotty: Elli
Girl/Child/Tina/Daisy/Maid: Lavinia
Laurie: mb
Aunt March: Amy Gramour
Old Man/Dr. Bangs: Phil Chenevert
Mr. Laurence: David Lawrence
Mr. Davis/Shopman/Young Man #2/Clerk: Tom Crawford
Annie/May Chester: sherlock85
Clara/Miss Lamb/Kitty: ESFJ Girl
Mr. Lamb/Mr. Dashwood: Denny Sayers
Mrs. Moffat/Aunt Carrol/Old Lady/Mrs. Chester: Sally Mc
Major Lincoln/Tudor: Henry Frigon
Belle/Second Girl/Minnie: BookAngel7
Nan/Mrs. Kirke: Susanna
Sallie Gardiner Moffat: rashada
Hortense/Esther: Nadine Eckert-Boulet
Fred Vaughan: John Croudy
John Brooke: Peter Bishop
Kate Vaughan: BumbleVee
Ned Moffat/Parker/Young Man #1: coolkid2219
Frank Vaughan: John Fricker
Boy/Demi: E. Lee
Professor Bhaer: Rainer
Audio edited by: Elizabeth Klett (17 hr 30 min)
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Bewertungen
Excellent work as usual!
Lisa Duffy
(5 Sterne)
Narrated by Elizabeth Klett this story was the usual excellent work from LibriVox. The cast of characters were brought to life by the dedicated volunteers of LibriVox, read with passion and sorrow that made me laugh and cry in turn. I have spent the last couple of days in a stupor while I listened to the lives of the March girls unfold and I am sure that they will stay with me for many years to come. I recommend this beautifully written classic to anyone who enjoys a free flowing story and well defined characters.
Thanks to all of the volunteers! Excellent reading!
JJ
(5 Sterne)
When I first saw "dramatic reading section " I thought they will go way over the top and make it really pathetic. But everybody did the amazing job and really bring the characters alive! They also picked very good voice for each character. I was never that much into audio books but that was very enjoyable! Thanks to all the volunteers!
Great Cast
Eva
(5 Sterne)
Little women was a favorite novel of mine as a young girl and it had been years since I read it. Loved every minute of the dramatic reading. It reminded of both why and how much I loved this classic. The cast did a wonderful job and it has been a delightful experience. Thank you.
Puts the Movie to Shame
(5 Sterne)
Growing up I *thought* I had read Little Women, and certainly I had seen several of the movies dozens of times, but after listening to this I come to find I had read a dreadful ABRIDGED version of this tale and thus, did not truly know Little Women! Listening to it now, a grown mother, with many children in my care, I am astonished at Ms. Alcott's talent in character development as well as the tender descriptions which frame not only the lives of these characters but my own life as well. I see in myself in the unbridled tongue of Joe, the hope of Amy, the domesticity of Meg and, like most, I aspire to be more like Saintly Beth. The performances from the readers were better, honestly, than any audio book I have ever heard. Teddy was especially PERFECT as was Mr. Behr. I adored them both and swooned and chased my noisy children from the room at the most romantic moments so I could fully drink the characters in. Brilliant!
S.Weyrauch
(5 Sterne)
This is an excellent reading of this book. I loved all the different voices. The last time I read this book I was in 6th grade. I absolutely adored the characters and watching them grow and develop. The family relationships are so tenderly portrayed. it is hard to find that in current literature. This is a genuine classic and treasure.
Delightful!
Old Mama Squirrel
(5 Sterne)
I have always enjoyed this story, and the dramatic reading really brought it to life. All of the readers were excellent. There were a couple that had some sound quality issues, but that really didn't take away from the story or overall performance. Thank you, librivox for providing such quality audio books to the public for free.
wonderful listen
OBX12
(5 Sterne)
a great book with a true presentation My first dramatic reading which began with histation and ended wit with pleasure as an old favorite came to like with a totally different message than the one learned from a reading long ago Thank you to each reader and to those who make it possible
liciarenee
(5 Sterne)
Such a wonderful version of a wonderful book! Elizabeth Klett is my favorite Librivox reader, and she does a fantastic job as the narrator and voice of Jo. My boys and I also adore Karen Savage and Kara Shallenberg, so we were very excited to find this dramatic reading with all 3 of these ladies.