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Dec 08, 2011
Lisa (Harmonybites)
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I loved everything about this one. The style, the characters. JK Rowling said the character of seventeen-year-old Cassandra Mortmain is "one of the most charismatic narrators" she'd ever met--and I concur.
It's the 1930s, and Cassandra, living with her family in a decrepit English castle, is keeping a journal. Her father may be going mad, her stepmother sometimes roams the country nude to commune with nature, the servant who has been raised with her shows all the signs of being infatuated, and h ...more
It's the 1930s, and Cassandra, living with her family in a decrepit English castle, is keeping a journal. Her father may be going mad, her stepmother sometimes roams the country nude to commune with nature, the servant who has been raised with her shows all the signs of being infatuated, and h ...more
Dec 15, 2023
Mo
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The audiobook version I attempted to listen to was the BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation. I could not could not discern who-was-who and who was speaking at any given time. I'll read a hard copy.
Audiobook
Holliday Grainger - Narrator
Toby Jones - Narrator
Many more narrators
Duration: 01:55:53
Abandoned after 5 torturous minutes. ...more
Audiobook
Holliday Grainger - Narrator
Toby Jones - Narrator
Many more narrators
Duration: 01:55:53
Abandoned after 5 torturous minutes. ...more
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