Extremely Enjoyable

A classic and engaging story. The cast are all very good with showing emotion without being overblown, and pronounce words correctly (nothing quite as confusing as when one word is pronounced as another!).

There are some changes in audio quality throughout the recording, and occasionally phrases are re-recorded and spliced in. It is not very subtle when this happens. Some speakers have different recording equipment, it seems, and sometimes there is more background noise than others. I thought this would bother me at first but I quickly adapted to it. I have auditory processing disorder, so when audio quality is bad it becomes very difficult for me to understand anything. Not once through this recording did I have to rewind to try to understand a phrase or sentence -- though the audio quality varies, it is always good enough for my silly ears to understand!

I much prefer having different actors for different characters; it can be difficult to keep who's speaking straight when one person is providing fifty voices. The actors and actresses in this are all distinct enough to tell apart very easily.

Overall a wonderful recording and one I would recommend!

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Terrible accents and annoying voices take much away from this classic.

It is clear some of the actors do not have native English accents. The actor who played Bingley and the actor who played Wickham clearly are American, and didn’t even try to put on a British accent. The actress who played Mrs. Bennett had the absolute most annoying voice and inflection, and I wanted to stop listening after hearing her talk the first time! I just prayed she didn’t have many speaking parts. It was terrible and I have no idea how the director allowed her to continue. Absolutely horrid.

It also appears there were issues with the volume level. At some points, the narrator would be at a normal volume, and seconds later she was very loud. I assume this was the splicing of different takes. Very unprofessional...

The worst part is definitely anytime Mrs. Bennett (the mother) would speak. She ruined this for me. I wanted to listen to this version because of the different voices (versus another version with just one narrator for all parts). Bad decision. Choose another version. This is the pits. You’ll want to stick a q-tip far down your ear holes. Terrible.

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Terrible acting

I was excited to buy an audiobook that contained multiple speakers as I thought that would better help with hearing tone of each character. Lizzie’s voice actress was terrible. Her tone never matched the tone of conversation. Darcy’s aunt was monotonous throughout her whole dialogues.
By far my least favorite purchase.

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Not worthwhile

Snarky Elizabeth, pallid Lady Catherine, Scottish accented Mr. Collins. Narrator without any ironic distance. In short, not a good production. only Mr. Darcy with listening to. Get the Emma Messnger reading instead

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The best choice for Pride and Prejudice!

I loved the narration and the variety of voice actors! It was so easy to listen to and even though I know what was coming up I was on the edge of my seat!

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Overall good, minor performance complaints

I love this story. The 4 stars is only because of the performance. I really like the cast, but there were times when I felt that the voice actor of Elizabeth or Lady Catherine (for example) were off.

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Awful audio quality

Story, of course, is amazing. The actors aren’t bad but the inconsistency of audio tone, volume and quality is pretty unbearable. I recommend the book but not this audio version.

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sound

I enjoyed the production. I prefer classics, even ones I enjoy reading, with a cast instead of just one performer.
my issue was the unevenness of the sound. It never got too loud or too soft, but you could tell different takes in the lines with changing tone or maybe location. It was a little jarring everytime it happened.

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You can hear all the love and care they placed to this audio book.

Honesty I have listened to this book thousands of times. The audio is not perfect but that to brings in some charm. It makes it feel like you could be close by to them or silently following them.

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Great performance

There was only, I believe it was, one area that was incorrect and one area my copy of the book I own incorrect. It was great to read and listen at the same time. I've never read a Jane Austen book until now and I think I shall read other ones.

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