A review by academiceditor
Persuasion by Jane Austen

4.0

NetGalley's new app was a bit glitchy, so it took 4 tries to download this book. I am glad I did, as it was enjoyable to listen to while doing other tasks. Of course, I have read the book several times and have seen every adaptation I can get my hands on, so the story wasn't exactly new.

I wasn't entirely happy to hear a male narrator at first, since this is a story with such strong female characters. The narrator grew on me, though--he voiced characters differently, but not to the point of caricature. I was puzzled that the narrator, the felicitously named Mike Read, opted for some modern and/or not very British pronunciations, such as "chase" for "chaise" and "Captain Ben-wick" instead of "Bennick." But those nitpicks don't get in the way of this masterpiece.

Thanks to the publishers and NetGalley for a digital ARC for the purpose of an unbiased review.