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Little Women

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Little Women

By: Louisa May Alcott
Narrated by: Emily Bauer, Laura Dern, Lauren Fortgang, Allison Hiroto, Carly Robins, Suzanne Toren
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Hollywood icon Laura Dern breathes new life into Louisa May Alcott’s classic coming-of-age tale that follows the lives of four sisters against a backdrop of the American Civil War. This autobiographical novel takes place in and around the girls’ New England home.

This great American novel demonstrates Alcott's extraordinary talent at portraying the joys and struggles of family life in an unforgettable way. Generations of people - young and old, male and female - have fallen in love with the March sisters. This classic of young adult fiction transcends genre, gender, and class with its examination of personal quests, societal restrictions, family ties, and the end of innocence.

This new audio original dramatisation of Little Women stars a full cast led by two-time Academy Award-nominee, four-time Golden Globe-winner, and Emmy winner Laura Dern (Little Women, Big Little Lies, Jurassic Park), along with veteran narrators Suzanne Toren, Lauren Fortgang, Allison Hiroto, Emily Bauer, and Carly Robins.

Public Domain (P)2019 Audible, Ltd
Classics Funny Feel-Good Heartfelt American Literature
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"I fell in love with the March sisters! I think it was full of so many lessons that apply to people's lives today. Laura Dern and the rest of the cast performed the lovable characters with charm and bubbly energy!"

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About the Performer

Since her breakout role in David Lynch’s 1986 classic, Blue Velvet, Dern has astounded audiences and critics alike as Rose in Rambling Rose, Ellie Sattler in Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park, Bobbi in Wild, and most recently, as the rage-fueled Renata Klein in Big Little Lies. In Audible’s Little Women, Dern narrates as Louisa May Alcott, bringing together a cast of perennial audio favorites, including Suzanne Toren (Pulitzer Prize winner, The Overstory by Richard Powers), Lauren Fortgang (I Thought It Was Just Me by Brené Brown), Allison Hiroto (1Q84 by Haruki Murakami), Emily Bauer (The Baby-Sitters Club by Ann M. Martin) and Carly Robins (All The Lovely Pieces by J.M. Winchester), among others.

About the Performer

Lauded as a prolific narrator by the Audiobook Publishers Association, Emily Bauer has a passion for truthful, honest storytelling and creating memorable characters across all genres. The recipient of multiple AudioFile Earphones, Listen-Up Awards, and Publishers Weekly Starred Reviews, Emily is also well-known for her animation work on shows such as Pokémon, Clifford the Big Red Dog, and Wallykazam!, and has done hundreds of commercials and jingles. Emily has narrated more than 200 audiobooks, including the InCryptid series by Seanan McGuire, the Razorland series by Anne Aguirre, and Life As We Knew It from the Last Survivors series by Susan Beth Pfeffer.

About the Performer

Lauren Fortgang is an NYC-based actor regularly working as an audiobook narrator for a vast roster of publishers, including Audible Studios, Hachette, Penguin Random House, Macmillan, Scholastic, and Blackstone Publishing. She's voiced hundreds of titles, including works by James Patterson, Joan Didion, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Candace Bushnell, Ann M. Martin, R. L. Stine, and Brené Brown. Lauren is a winner of both an Audie Award and multiple Earphones Awards whose work has been recognized by AudioFile magazine, the Audio Publishers Association (APA), the American Library Association (ALA), and Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), School Library Journal, Library Journal, USA Today, Market Watch, Bustle, Forbes, and Publishers Weekly.

About the Performer

Allison Hiroto is an actor, musician, and voice-over artist. Her voice-over work ranges from commercials to audiobooks, and she is an AudioFile Earphones Award winner and Audie nominee. As an actor, Allison is a member of La MaMa’s Great Jones Repertory Company, Loco 7 Dance Puppet Theatre, Yara Arts Group, and NYU's First Look Theatre Company. She has performed all over the world, including London, Taipei, Toronto, Bogota, Zagreb, and the Venice Biennale. Allison is also a grant recipient of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Creative Engagement Award.

About the Performer

Carly Robins is an NYC-based actress and voice-over artist. Having narrated more than 500 audiobooks, she works regularly with a variety of publishers and production houses, including Audible Studios, Hachette, Harper Collins, Macmillan, Blackstone Publishing, Simon & Schuster, Dreamscape, Tantor, and Brilliance. Audible recognized her work on its 2018 Romance Audiobook of the Year, The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang. In addition, her work has been recognized with starred reviews in Library Journal and Booklist, featured in USA Today, and highlighted in AudioFile and Audible's "Best of" lists. Carly can be heard on video games, commercials, animation, and more, as well as voicing the character Wicke on Pokémon. She has performed for 10 years in the NYC area and has written and produced her own work for stage and screen.

About the Performer

Suzanne Toren has appeared in works by acclaimed playwrights from Shakespeare and Moliere to Arthur Miller and Neil Simon, on Broadway (Goodbye, Fidel, starring Jane Alexander), off-Broadway (Westside Arts: A Shayna Maidel and From Door to Door; Castillo Theatre: Yiddish Death of a Salesman), and in regional theaters throughout the country (Paper Mill Playhouse: Great Expectations and A Tale of Two Cities; Philadelphia Drama Guild: A View from the Bridge; Pennsylvania Stage Company: Brighton Beach Memoirs; Syracuse Stage: The Seagull). In addition, she is an award-winning narrator (including, several times, "Narrator of the Year") of around 1,000 audiobooks. In 2019, she was honored with a Golden Voice Award from AudioFile for her "career achievements and invaluable contributions to the world of audiobooks."

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Unless it’s required reading, just rent the movie

Despite the different narrators, for the first many chapters it took some effort to get all the sisters straight. The only one I could picture was Winona Ryder as Jo.

The story was predictable, but it was mildly entertaining. I didn’t really like the characters so that made the book more realistic.

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Best book for 14-18 yr olds

Listened to this at least three time it’s is such a good book for day & night

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Wonderful reading of a beautiful classic!

I loved the reading of this book. The cast did a wonderful job. I would tell anyone to listen to this!

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Loved it!

I have seen 1 or 2 movies of this book and never realised how much of a gem this book is!

My absolute favourite part was that the girls liked to enact The Pilgrim’s Progress, which happens to be one of my favourite books too.

This books is so beautifully written and the reader feels part of the family and the adventure straight away.

I want to give my that and and appreciation to the author and all the narrators involved in this production!

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Wonderful audio play

Flies by aided by terrific audio performances & scene choices embellished by music and sound effects.

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A classic performed with vivacity and clarity

The performance of this classic novel made listening lively and enjoyable. The story contains many lessons and gems still applicable to life in the 21st century whilst taking the reader on a delightful trip into a bygone era.

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Thoroughly enjoyed this title..

This audible was better than most others that I have listened to, well done Audible

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Lovely Tail Brought to Life

I love how lively this makes the classic tail! The charactors become even more life like in this

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You know the story

l always love a good story and I've read it many times and saw the movie. Now i listened to a new cast of voices. Very well done...I would have changed Laurie to a younger voice but the others were spot on!

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Worth hearing again!

Beautifully read, acted and produced. Of all the Audible originals I’ve listened to, this has been my favorite and one I will return to again. Thank you Audible, for bringing a childhood favorite alive in such a special way.

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