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Good Wives

By: Louisa May Alcott
Narrated by: Lorelei King
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Good Wives continues the story of the Little Women, the March sisters Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, as they approach womanhood. Meg longs to begin her new life with John Brook, though they can never be rich; Jo returns to devote herself to literature, and to Beth, whose illness has left her weak but whose serenity shines through the household; and Amy has gone to Aunt March, bribed with the offer of drawing lessons. Laurie remains irrepressible, with his high spirits and sense of fun, though his pursuit of Jo’s affections seems unlikely to succeed…

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What a lovely story. I would have loved to have listened to this. The only problem was that the narration was in a rather soft voice, and the characters voices were very loud. Where are the sound engineers on these? Incredibly jarring. You could either turn it down to not hear the loud character voices and then not be able to hear the narrator, or, you could turn it up to hear the narrator and have the character voices be far too loud. Oh well.

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Amy Curtus March's marriage to Theodore Lawrence,and His and Amy's daughter Elizabeth's golden curls and gifts.

Amy Curtus March's marriage to Theodore Lawrence,and His and Amy's daughter Elizabeth's golden curls and gifts.

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Captivating. Wholesome but not stodgy. Kept my interest and filled in many narratives from “Little Women.”

A classic .

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The overall sorry is interesting. I find the upper-class pompousness a bit trying. The narration was well done. Worth the read.

Good Wives

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I feel challenged and inspired to live better and brighter! I live the sweetness of the family relationships, the trials, temptations, sorrows and successes. So true to life.

Classic for good reason

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This is just a condensed version of Little Women. All these stories were told already

Duplicated

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I’m in chapter 10 and, so far, there is nothing new. Just like in Little Women when Jo rewrites and heavily edits one of her stories to get it published, Alcott has done the same with Good Wives. Only Meg is married. It’s as if she cut & paste from LW. Disappointing.

So Far Nothing New - Don’t Waste A Credit or Your Time

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I couldn’t get past the 1st chapter. The narration was so stilted that I couldn’t pay attention to the story.

Stilted narration ruined it for me

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Audio is good but could be a bit livelier. The story itself is the same.

Audio is okay

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This is just parts taken from Little Women. Very disappointed and a waste of money

Not a new story

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