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Brilliant rendition!

Revisado: 03-01-20

I had read Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, as a child. Lately, I’ve had a hankering to read the classics again, but not having the time to do so, picked up audiobooks as an alternative. I approached Alison Larkin’s version with a mixture of trepidation and curiosity - the former as I had greatly loved Dickens’ books and was concerned about whether audio versions could do them justice or change the mental image I had had of the story, the latter driven by the narrator’s choice to change Pip’s gender to a woman – I wanted to see what impact this would have on the story. Well, to say that I was absolutely blown away by Larkin’s rendition of Dickens’ classic, is an understatement! Larkin brought the story to life in a manner that was astonishing! Her outstanding vocal range – her voice changes as Pip grows from a little girl to an adult woman, the rasp of the Convict, the shaky madness of Miss Havisham, the overbearing precision of Jaggers, were all brought to life into fully developed flesh and blood characters in a way that would have made Dickens proud. And the choice of Pip as a woman – it was amazing to see how well the story stood up to the change. In fact, I would go as far as to say that the change deepened and brought to life aspects of the story that would otherwise have escaped notice. Larkin’s narration benefits hugely from the fact that she has immense empathy for the characters, lending them depth and fleshing them out into the extraordinary creatures that the genius of Dickens concocted. I wholeheartedly endorse this audiobook!

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