Desperate Remedies
Thomas Hardy
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Cytherea Graye is poor, but accepts a post as lady's maid to the eccentric Miss Aldclyffe, the woman whom her father had loved but had not been able to marry. Cytherea in turn loves a young architect, Edward Springrove; but will Miss Adclyffe's machinations, the knowledge that Edward is already engaged to a woman whom he does not love, and the urgent need to support her sick brother drive Cytherea to accept the hand of Aeneas Manston? Will true love triumph in the end or will she be forced to live a life of misery with a man she doesn't love? ( Michele Eaton ) (15 hr 55 min)
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excellent readers, another fine Hardy novel
dahszil
Thank you all readers, in this collaborative. I hope that more collaboratives perform second, third and so on, so forth, readings of many of Thomas Hardy(and other author's) novels already read solo. I'll, with great trepidation, volunteer to read a few chapters if need be. My former chorus master said i was a good natural monotone :). i was hoping at least a limited range within baritone...oh well... Hardy is immortal to me but i doubt he was egotistical to aspire to be one of the greatest novelists Miss Aldclyffe and Aeneas Manston seem almost as diabolical, nefarious as bill and hillary clinton !!! :) . im about at chapter 13. I'll try to edit,revise and,or extend my "review"(i.e. mostly irrelevant non sequitur, sorry its best i can do. but i feel i have a right since there may be some of my and others broken up puzzle pieces(i.e non sequitur or rambling remarks that have some value)when i finish listening. Desperate Remedies is a book that is hard to put down or stop listening too to take a break. btw, I hope i'm not the only one who misses the dearly beloved Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014). She must be in a better place, god bless her. thanks to librivox, internet archive, and others who have saved her charming, down to earth, Elder voice for posterity
Fun melodrama
שמעון עין גל
I understand that this is one of Hardy's earlier novels. It is fun to read, incorporates the wonder descriptions and scene settings that among Hardy's trademarks, and maintains suspense pretty well, but the precipitation of melodrama is way over the top and is sometimes unintentionally silly sounding. Still, it's a great listen.
Pleasant change
Susan
Finally ! A Hardy novel where the woman isn’t bad & none of the good characters kill themselves ! 😁. Seriously a pleasant change from many of Hardy’s novels. Quite long & the suspense & mystery just keep building ! Happy to have listened to this !
Excellent
A LibriVox Listener
I thoroughly enjoyed the above title. The 'readers' (without exception) enhance the experience. I had never read this title even though Thomas Hardy is a firm favourite of mine, but I was hooked from the start. A great big thank you to all involved. Frances
aliciaandherbooks
Delightful story with excellent characterization and emotional impact. I guessed several of the twists part way through, but that did not lessen my enjoyment.
A very exciting story
KAB
I usually find Hardy to be dark & almost depressing, but this was an excellent mystery.
excellent reading
abbeer
This is one of the best Librivox recordings I've heard. All readers are wonderful. Thank you!
Exciting!
Kathi Sharp
Well plotted, exciting, a page turner. Hardy also has a beautiful way of setting a scene.