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The Shuttle


Unabridged Audiobook

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Book
3
Narrator
2
Release Date
August 26, 2016
Duration
19 hours 50 minutes
Summary
Rosalie Vanderpoel, the daughter of an American multimillionaire marries an impoverished English baronet and goes to live in England. She all but loses contact with her family in America. Years later her younger sister Bettina, beautiful, intelligent and extremely rich, goes to England to find what has happened to her sister. She finds Rosalie shabby and dispirited, cowed by her husband's ill treatment. Bettina sets about to rectify matters. She meets Lord Mount Dunstan, an impoverished earl, who lives nearby and they fall in love, but he cannot speak because it would look as if he were after her money...

This is a romance but it is also about the rejuvenating effects of Americans and American money on a somewhat decadent English aristocracy. (Summary by Tabithat)
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I was surprised to find how much I enjoyed this under-known Edwardian romance exploring the rise of the American tycoon fascinated by British aristocracy and heritage, with rich American heiresses marrying impoverished titled Brits. I loved the indomitable American heroine, determined to rescue her sister from an abusive marriage with a truly villainous English brother-in-law, and falling for an Englishman herself in the process. Exciting, melodramatic, romantic and satisfying — everybody gets their just desserts. The best thing about this audiobook, one of the free Librivox recordings narrated by amateur volunteers, is how fabulous the narrator is. She is every bit as good as a professional voice actor. All the characters came to life beautifully. A happy find!

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Anonymous

Interesting story with a sweet young girl, villain and strong, brave heroine. Narration was perfect

The Shuttle

The Shuttle

Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
Read by: Tabithat
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