This is a GREAT NOVEL. I've been listening to a lot of classics lately and this is one of the very best. Definitely give it a try - I listened to it nonstop start to finish at work.
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Thank you for a beautiful escape from a long cold day in lockdown.A truly interesting novel giving interesting insights into past times and other ways .Yet this reveals that human nature does not change .
Thank you so much. It is a great help for readers whose native language is not english. I listen to this with the paper book and this makes reading more easy and gets me deeply into the story. And your voice is wonderful!
I also adore “The House of Mirth”, Ms Wharton’s prose is perfection. I fell into her writing after seeing the movie. The language is superb! I could listen to her every day for hours. I will certainly buy her books in hardcover just to look up words. What a magnificent writer!
Don’t miss The Customs of the Country, another Wharton gem, actually anything she writes is better than good....and if you like Wharton, you should indulge in some Henry James...Portrait of a Lady....and don’t judge on any films, so difficult to transpose internal dialogue to movies...
My favorite EW so far. I saw the film with the actress from the TV series (the X Files?). Didn't do the movie justice. Age of Innocence movie I couldn't watch bc I just did not like Daniel Day Lewis as Archer.
So good to find alternative reader to the Klett, who steamrolls her words out so clipped and pseudo (affected) british. This reader is not smug and truly seems to comprehend what she is reading for us, rather than just showing off. Enjoyable listening❤❤. Thankyou!
FWIW - I'm 83 and a confirmed male heterosexual with NOTHING in common with Edith Wharton's class background and experience. Age of innocence became my favorite Martin Scorcese movie of them all and still remains so - including Mean Streets, Taxi Driver and Casino. I never quite "got" why. Scorcese alludes to New York's better society's enforcement of their standards with "gangsterlike cruelty and efficiency." I understood that too and appreciated Edith Wharton's capture of that same ruthlessness. This reading of the Age of Innocence has the same detached, icy clarity as Joanne Woodward's narration in the 1993 move. What's to say except Thank you?
There really isn’t a need for you to mention you’re a heterosexual. The age of innocence is just an incredible book and movie for anyone to enjoy. Irrespective of your sexuality
And THANK YOU for your lovely comment. I have seen the movie a few times. I love listening to the book. Some of the expressions are so amazing that I want to write them down. There is SO MUCH in the book. 😊
I am thankful that I have seen the beautiful movie many times because I was not able to get through the first chapter of this reading. I guess I am no longer able to deal with the excess of words and verbosity, in some books, that I was able to skim through in my youth. I had the same problem with the merry-go-round style of "Mrs. Dalloway". Now that was a challenge and my mind finally said, "No".
He loved his world of security and predictability; he loved Mae for how beautifully she'd fit like a cog in the same world - as his wife. He lived with dignity and charity and principles; he didn't throw away the benefits of life (no addictions or infidelity). He and Mae raised decent children together. He had much to respect himself for. But I do wonder: he might have told Mae, as he looked at the downsides of living a life with a woman whom he KNEW would bore and disappoint him, in a lifestyle that would suffocate him, that he and she should not marry bc of his feelings about marriage with her. Why did he not call off the wedding? He and Ellen could have maintained distance for 2-3 years (during which Mae would have recovered and then been swept up in marriage). Then...
Loved the movie. But had questions about the characters and script. Went thru this entire book. I do thank our host for this audio book version. I did NOT find the answers though Which is dissapointing. Live the movie, everyone played their roles very well. Loved the beautiful dresses from that era. The beautiful and delicate items from smoking, to tableware, to everything. But people being overly polite to the point they misunderstand each other? To suggest otherwise is to say they whole society was psychic. Lol. They only spoke verbally now and then to entertain themselves. Lol. But there's more. More questions. Like Mr. Archer was contemplating killing his wife May at one point, so he could run off to Japan with her cousin?
I was so distracted by the Scorsese film (it is fantastic) that in it, I had not noticed how from the very beginning Archer is a total self-absorbed a-hole! I think the film was kinder to his character than Wharton was. A woman's take vs. a man's, I guess.
@@susanmercurio1060 Oh good... you saw it. I wonder about the two girls looking in the door. Are they too young to attend, or just trying to see who's there? Maybe it's "too soon" for them because they aren't "out" yet?
Wharton is recognized as a superlative author. I won't try to dispute her reputation. However I am more than an hour into this reading and the story has not progressed. The characters engage in trivial conversation about superficial concerns. I do not see the charm.
The narrator of the novel is so affected about the New York society that it annoys me often, come on they're just merchant families who have been rich for a few generations at most. They were neither nobles nor New York center of the world, I guess they're more or less just a bunch of cultureless upstarts in the eyes of Europe. I really don't see the point of being so full of themselves, given the author is very well read and travelled. Or maybe that's just the effect she wants to achieve? Presenting the narcissism of the provincial and self important newly rich, whose air is annoying and funny at the same time...
It was exactly what Edith Wharton wanted to achieve. You are right these people were rich arrivistes and as such, more prone to snobbery than anyone else. These people exist in todays society and are just as amusing or sad depending on one’s point of view. Jane Austin was also good as this kind of irony about those who thought them so great and good.
I think that EW’s goal is to portray this narrow, petty, hot-house world. This portion of “society” greatly overestimates their importance compared to the rest of the United States and the world.
Dear American lady, its not mama non mama which would mean mum not mum. Its mama' (accent on the second sillable). I understand that not everyone is an expert in opera, but why do you not consult Google? Is ignorance not a reason for shame in the US?
The narrator would be just barely tolerable if this were a ten-minute short story that I very much wanted to hear and could not get elsewhere. Over TWELVE hours..nope, nope, nope. Just checked with my local library and via Overdrive, I can for free listen to an excellent narrator for this book.
She is a very good reader (thank you Ms. Dayne!) -- and I've listened to many audiobooks on Audible and Overdrive. I'm sure I speak for many others when I say the UA-cam comment section won't miss your nastiness -- and about a FREE service, to boot.
Are you deaf or crazy? This is one of the smoothest, most un-annoying narrator I have ever heard! Not too fast, no smacking lip noises, not overly dramatic... If my voice sounded like that I would rejoice greatly!
The reader was great since the beginning of this great book.
Thanks.
This is a GREAT NOVEL.
I've been listening to a lot of classics lately and this is one of the very best.
Definitely give it a try - I listened to it nonstop start to finish at work.
Hire me 4 whatever job u do tht allows u 2 listen 2 entire novel whilst @ “work”.
Thank you so much for this public service.
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Thank You for this generous gift of a classic. Audible charge me £5.99 per month but you are giving us a gift of literature. Wunderbar!
Thank you for a beautiful escape from a long cold day in lockdown.A truly interesting novel giving interesting insights into past times and other ways .Yet this reveals that human nature does not change .
Thank you so much. It is a great help for readers whose native language is not english. I listen to this with the paper book and this makes reading more easy and gets me deeply into the story. And your voice is wonderful!
I also adore “The House of Mirth”, Ms Wharton’s prose is perfection. I fell into her writing after seeing the movie. The language is superb! I could listen to her every day for hours. I will certainly buy her books in hardcover just to look up words. What a magnificent writer!
"The House of Mirth" is so sad...so tragic.
Don’t miss The Customs of the Country, another Wharton gem, actually anything she writes is better than good....and if you like Wharton, you should indulge in some Henry James...Portrait of a Lady....and don’t judge on any films, so difficult to transpose internal dialogue to movies...
My favorite EW so far. I saw the film with the actress from the TV series (the X Files?). Didn't do the movie justice.
Age of Innocence movie I couldn't watch bc I just did not like Daniel Day Lewis as Archer.
So good to find alternative reader to the Klett, who steamrolls her words out so clipped and pseudo (affected) british.
This reader is not smug and truly seems to comprehend what she is reading for us, rather than just showing off. Enjoyable listening❤❤. Thankyou!
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Love Elizabeth Klett!
Excellent reading, fine job!!👍
You’re doing a good work. Your voice is soothing and I avoid sleeping pills. Thank you.
Her voiceeeee😍😍😍😍😍
Ms. Dayne's voice is soothing.
FWIW - I'm 83 and a confirmed male heterosexual with NOTHING in common with Edith Wharton's class background and experience. Age of innocence became my favorite Martin Scorcese movie of them all and still remains so - including Mean Streets, Taxi Driver and Casino. I never quite "got" why. Scorcese alludes to New York's better society's enforcement of their standards with "gangsterlike cruelty and efficiency." I understood that too and appreciated Edith Wharton's capture of that same ruthlessness. This reading of the Age of Innocence has the same detached, icy clarity as Joanne Woodward's narration in the 1993 move. What's to say except Thank you?
It would have been neat if Joanne Woodward had done a recorded reading of the book. After I saw the film I hear her voice whenever I reread the book.
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There really isn’t a need for you to mention you’re a heterosexual. The age of innocence is just an incredible book and movie for anyone to enjoy. Irrespective of your sexuality
There some interviews with MS here on UA-cam where he made me understand why this movie is enchanting.
And THANK YOU for your lovely comment. I have seen the movie a few times. I love listening to the book. Some of the expressions are so amazing that I want to write them down. There is SO MUCH in the book. 😊
I am thankful that I have seen the beautiful movie many times because I was not able to get through the first chapter of this reading. I guess I am no longer able to deal with the excess of words and verbosity, in some books, that I was able to skim through in my youth. I had the same problem with the merry-go-round style of "Mrs. Dalloway". Now that was a challenge and my mind finally said, "No".
Wonderful film by Scorsese.
Wharton was an exemplary prose stylist.
One of my favorite novels. Such a pleasure to have it read to me. Suggestion: “The House of Mirth.”
Wonderful thank you !😁
"Americans want to get away from amusement even more quickly than they want to get to it" describes every LA fan.
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Let us pity poor Newland for his weakness and indecisiveness((pathetic
He loved his world of security and predictability;
he loved Mae for how beautifully she'd fit like a cog in the same world - as his wife.
He lived with dignity and charity and principles; he didn't throw away the benefits of life (no addictions or infidelity). He and Mae raised decent children together.
He had much to respect himself for.
But I do wonder: he might have told Mae, as he looked at the downsides of living a life with a woman whom he KNEW would bore and disappoint him, in a lifestyle that would suffocate him, that he and she should not marry bc of his feelings about marriage with her. Why did he not call off the wedding?
He and Ellen could have maintained distance for 2-3 years (during which Mae would have recovered and then been swept up in marriage).
Then...
Always hated the ending and hoped Ellen would be given the address and visited him at his hotel
I watched the moments tic down while mentally screaming NO NO NO. IT CAN'T END LIKE THIS!!!!!! 😨😨😨😨😨😵😵😵😵😵
maybe Ellen didn't like him .
Fine narrator
Loved the movie. But had questions about the characters and script. Went thru this entire book. I do thank our host for this audio book version.
I did NOT find the answers though Which is dissapointing. Live the movie, everyone played their roles very well. Loved the beautiful dresses from that era.
The beautiful and delicate items from smoking, to tableware, to everything.
But people being overly polite to the point they misunderstand each other? To suggest otherwise is to say they whole society was psychic. Lol. They only spoke verbally now and then to entertain themselves. Lol.
But there's more. More questions. Like Mr. Archer was contemplating killing his wife May at one point, so he could run off to Japan with her cousin?
I was so distracted by the Scorsese film (it is fantastic) that in it, I had not noticed how from the very beginning Archer is a total self-absorbed a-hole! I think the film was kinder to his character than Wharton was. A woman's take vs. a man's, I guess.
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I hate Sillerton-Jackson and Lefferts - in the movie!
What is the picture that is on UA-cam with this podcast?
It's called "Too Soon" (they are waiting for the ball to start) by James Tissot from 1865
@@mosart7025 : Thank you
@@susanmercurio1060 Oh good... you saw it. I wonder about the two girls looking in the door. Are they too young to attend, or just trying to see who's there? Maybe it's "too soon" for them because they aren't "out" yet?
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Wharton is recognized as a superlative author. I won't try to dispute her reputation. However I am more than an hour into this reading and the story has not progressed. The characters engage in trivial conversation about superficial concerns. I do not see the charm.
People had a lot mote leisure and were not used to fast-paced action as we are today.
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The narrator of the novel is so affected about the New York society that it annoys me often, come on they're just merchant families who have been rich for a few generations at most. They were neither nobles nor New York center of the world, I guess they're more or less just a bunch of cultureless upstarts in the eyes of Europe. I really don't see the point of being so full of themselves, given the author is very well read and travelled. Or maybe that's just the effect she wants to achieve? Presenting the narcissism of the provincial and self important newly rich, whose air is annoying and funny at the same time...
but that is what they were like. it was a carry on from the arrivals from UK all those years before.
It was exactly what Edith Wharton wanted to achieve. You are right these people were rich arrivistes and as such, more prone to snobbery than anyone else. These people exist in todays society and are just as amusing or sad depending on one’s point of view. Jane Austin was also good as this kind of irony about those who thought them so great and good.
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However , I think he DID rather miss the point .
I think that EW’s goal is to portray this narrow, petty, hot-house world. This portion of “society” greatly overestimates their importance compared to the rest of the United States and the world.
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Dear American lady, its not mama non mama which would mean mum not mum. Its mama' (accent on the second sillable). I understand that not everyone is an expert in opera, but why do you not consult Google? Is ignorance not a reason for shame in the US?
Not when it comes to foreign languages.
You should be ashamed of your condescension.
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The narrator would be just barely tolerable if this were a ten-minute short story that I very much wanted to hear and could not get elsewhere. Over TWELVE hours..nope, nope, nope. Just checked with my local library and via Overdrive, I can for free listen to an excellent narrator for this book.
You poor delicate (histrionic) little flower.
She is a very good reader (thank you Ms. Dayne!) -- and I've listened to many audiobooks on Audible and Overdrive. I'm sure I speak for many others when I say the UA-cam comment section won't miss your nastiness -- and about a FREE service, to boot.
Are you deaf or crazy? This is one of the smoothest, most un-annoying narrator I have ever heard! Not too fast, no smacking lip noises, not overly dramatic...
If my voice sounded like that I would rejoice greatly!
You could speed up the audio.
I had the option of listening through Audible to another narrator. I much prefer this reader, she is wonderful, in my opinion.