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LibriVox recording of Bunner Sisters, by Edith Wharton. Read by Margaret Espaillat.
“Bunner Sisters,” like “The Age of Innocence” is set in 1870s New York, however the lives of Ann Eliza and Evelina Bunner reflect impoverished New York. The sisters run a "very small shop, in a shabby basement, in a sidestreet already doomed to decline." Shabby as it is, the sisters are happy in their small orderly community of supportive women. The story tells of the destruction of this life, and how the once content sisters are thrown into the realistic world outside of their little shop. (Summary by Margaret)
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“Bunner Sisters,” like “The Age of Innocence” is set in 1870s New York, however the lives of Ann Eliza and Evelina Bunner reflect impoverished New York. The sisters run a "very small shop, in a shabby basement, in a sidestreet already doomed to decline." Shabby as it is, the sisters are happy in their small orderly community of supportive women. The story tells of the destruction of this life, and how the once content sisters are thrown into the realistic world outside of their little shop. (Summary by Margaret)
For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.
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Download M4B (94MB)
Reviews
Reviewer:
lanternland
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July 26, 2020
Subject: I listened to it yet again
Subject: I listened to it yet again
Sad sad story. Old New York City. Superbly read by Margaret Espaillat.
I don't know what the the 2015 reviewer is going on about. Not this book.
I don't know what the the 2015 reviewer is going on about. Not this book.
Reviewer:
dahszil
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August 25, 2015
Subject: Margaret Espaillat is one of favorite readers
Subject: Margaret Espaillat is one of favorite readers
A fine insightful, profound, yet at times hurmorous short novel by the great writer Edith Wharton. However she was wrong about top down social reform. Most successful reform comes from the bottom up. from the grass roots majority.
sincerely
dahszil
male
usa
dahszil, me: i pray and hope for the end of the US empire and restoration of the free, fair, an more distribution of wealth US republic and as a peaceful, loving, contributor member of the world's family of nations)
sincerely
dahszil
male
usa
dahszil, me: i pray and hope for the end of the US empire and restoration of the free, fair, an more distribution of wealth US republic and as a peaceful, loving, contributor member of the world's family of nations)
