Althea

By: Madeleine Robins

Narrated by: Lauren Irwin

In her father’s household Althea Ervine was used to having the running of things - until her father disowned her (again) and Althea fled to her sister’s home in London. For the first time in her life Althea gave herself up to the gaiety of a purely social life, to the theatre and parties and the admiration of young men.

The most ardent of these young men was Edward Pendarly, and Althea thought she could like him very much. But the infuriating, fascinating Sir Tracy Calendar hinted that Edward’s intentions were not all they should be. But why did Sir Tracy care, and for that matter, what were Sir Tracy’s intentions?

©1977 Madeleine E. Robins (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

So very satisfying and a great HEA

The male main character in this book is so splendid, he's a wish fulfillment fantasy all on his own .... the female lead is also so very well written, and so likeable, and so easily understood, her fears and motivations, her culture shock at experiencing London and the Ton, all the characters in this book are beautifully fleshed out and their motivations and actions perfectly following their characteristics ... and the Grand Dame, how I wish she was part of my family ... this is as good as any Georgette Heyer book, as good as any Stephanie Laurens, it could be an episode of the Bridgertons ... this is a perfectly wonderful book, as are all of the Madeleine Robins books I've read. Enjoy!

Narrator was awful

I couldn't always tell who was speaking, her intonations and pronunciations were off. i didn't finish the story - the narrator made it too difficult

Bad narration

The story is a good light read, but the narrator pronounces so many words wrong that it is completely distracting. I would read this one if possible.

First review incorrect

The pronunciation is not poor just true to British English. Very interesting, I enjoyed the performance so much!

Great story. So so narration...

This is the second time I have listened to this narrator. She has a pleasant voice that is very nice to listen to. However, she needs to work on her pronunciation. She either buzzes over words she doesn’t know how to pronounce, other words she confidently pronounces VERY incorrect. It’s very distracting! I’m also embarrassed for her, if this is your profession, learn pronunciation.

The story is a great romance, no sexual content, which I appreciate. Will look forward to reading more from this author.

Frustration

The reader is somewhat arch and convinced of her talent. She needs to understand the languages she's speaking -- Ma'am rhymes with ham; and it took two hearings to understand the word "ennui". The reading puts me in mind (I don't know why) of the March girls performing one of Jo's more dramatic offerings. The story is delightful -- the reader doesn't need to hit us with its wit.

So. Many. Mispronounced. Words.

Sweet story, a bit thick and slow but sweet and fun as well. The biggest issue is with the narration. I get it, there's plenty of words to work with here and I can't imagine reading it all aloud....but... we're not talking 2 or 3 errors. Otherwise the narration is just lukewarm. Not engaging but not dreadful.

Terrible narrator ruins the mood

Decent performance but the narrator has NO idea how to pronounce certain words and she clearly has never bothered to look them up. So irritating that production didn’t bother to hire a competent narrator.

English accent requires refinement

Not sure what accent the narrator was supposed to have - it certainly was not English (as in from England). Quite irritating

Good story with good plot twists

I enjoyed the book immensely and definitely recommend it. Liked the characters and their depiction was consistent.