Return Of The Native Hardy, Thomas - Very Good

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Product Description Beautiful Eustacia is torn between two suitors--one who would help her escape her routine life in nineteenth-century rural England, and another who would make their home the Wessex heath where he was raised. Review "...If velvet could speak, it would sound like Rickman. He is great at the accents of the country folk, and he differentiates well between men and women, children and oldsters..." -- Sandy Bauers, Sacramento Bee, February 14, 1999 "A brilliant reading." -- The Listener "Alan Rickman's reading is outstanding. He has a plausible and adaptable West Country Burr, and he sings the local folk songs tunefully. But more than this, he has the perfectly paced delivery ... that brings the novel to life." -- Talking Business "Rickman's austere yet humane narrator is right for this tragic story of passion and loss." -- Financial Times "These Cover to Cover tapes offer up a delectable feast for fans of the spoken word. We're talking class act here - from the elegant covers to the accomplished readers." -- Deirdre Donahue, USA TODAY, December 3, 1998 About the Author Alan Rickman is best known for his roles in Die Hard (as Hans Gruber); Truly, Madly, Deeply; Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves; and Sense and Sensibility. His theater work includes seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Bristol, Old Vic, and Royal Court. His television role as the Rev. Mr. Slope in The Barchester Chronicles was highly acclaimed. He lives in England. From AudioFile Clym Yeobright, native of Egdon Heath, returns from the bright society of Paris and, as any reader of Hardy knows, all is not smooth. He is quickly taken by and marries the one woman he should not--Eustacia Vye. The suffering that follows is mitigated somewhat by the ending, but more by the mastery of Alan Rickman's reading. At the start, Rickman senses the voice for each character in Hardy's fictional world, and he maintains each character's personality throughout. He even manages to project Hardy's subtle shadings of tone with the rhythm and tempo of his narration, throwing in a song here and there because, in spite of his gloom, there is a festive strain to Hardy, as well. If you have a hard time reading this classic English writer, this is how to do it. P.E.F. (c) AudioFile, Portland, Maine

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