Freckles

De: Gene Stratton-Porter

Narrado por: Mary Starkey

Freckles, a plucky young man, lands a job as a watchman for a lumber company that logs timber in a mysterious forest swamp called the Limberlost.©1916 Gene Stratton Porter (P)1985 Books in Motion

Fantastic story. Poor performance.

I have loved this book since I was a kid. I have nothing but praise for the story. The performance left much to be desired. Even when the text describes “lilting brogue” or “cried with anguish” each line is delivered in the same monotone way. The burly Scotsman’s lines were read just like the 16 year old girl’s. *But* if you can fill in the emotion in your own mind as you would when you were reading from the book, I cannot recommend this story highly enough. Or find a better performance of it.

great book

This is the best audio book ever!I really enjoyed it. Recommendated read.My top favorite book

Doesn't get better!

Gene Stratton-Porter is our favorite with the kids to travel with. She makes for very peaceful trips! We just wish she would have written more books!

Read with passion and nice voices.

Was great to listen to during our family's long winter evenings. We've loved the story of Freckles for years, but this recording made it easier for the younger ones to enjoy it as well.

Great story of overcoming adversity

Love to read about people overcoming adversity through goodness and honor. Wish they made TV shows about these sorts of people.

Fun read!

I fell in love with Freckles, the angel, and the whole Limberlost gang. Fun read!

tear jerking, poor narration

My disappointment is that the narrator reads like a competent mother or teacher to her children. I would have preferred an actor to read this who could have honored Freckles great language and Irish brogue, voiced the Angel and the other characters.

The story was beautiful and well rounded--continuing through to the end of the tale where other authors would have dropped the reader. My only criticism is that I think Freckles should have been closer to 17-18 rather than 20. I understand his background intimidated him and made him more innocent than the average boy, but I felt his reactions to Angel were a little too naive.

Loved the book. Highly recommended!

Great Sorry/Poor Recording

This is a WONDERFUL, classic story! It’s beautiful, entertaining, unpredictable, and even educational. But the recording isn’t very good. The reader’s performance is so-so, but she doesn’t even attempt speaking in different voices, much less the various accents of the characters. The sound quality isn’t professional, and there are other voices and noises heard in the background, as if the narrator was recording at home with other people and maybe a TV playing in another room. It’s quiet but obvious and detracted from the lively story.

This book was great💋🤩😟😛😋😚

I loved this book so much, it is such a sad and wonderful story. I love that freckles was Irish ☘️ it makes it easer to imagine what he would look like.

This book was really interesting and intense and I think it would not be for younger children, just because it is so scary at parts. Not in a bad scary but as you grow to love freckles, when things happen and he gets hurt then you are like

OH NO THIS CAN’T BE HAPPENING! 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏼‍♂️🙈

But I loved the ending any way.

The narrator is so good at capturing your imagination and I can’t wait to hear her narrate again.

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THIS IS THE BEST BOOK EVER ( and I say that about a lot of books ) Lol 😂

Loved the story, overall great

Where does Freckles rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Very high

What was one of the most memorable moments of Freckles?

When he met the swamp angel

What three words best describe Mary Starkey’s voice?

Very good. The studio quality was sadly lacking. There was a lot of bleed over noise in the background on a particular part that made the story hard to listen to.