This is quite a good rendition of a very worthwhile novel. The majority of the readers are energetic and enjoyable. I very much enjoyed the consistency of having the same readers performing the same narrators throughout the novel. Highly recommended! Quality performance RoseofShalott 2009-04-18 22:29:26 2009-04-18 22:29:26 4 I think it dragged out a little bit longer than necessary. Ann is a young woman with a history of mental illness who hides a terrible secret. Laura is a young woman in love who is to be married, not for love, but because of a promise to her father, even tho her heart loves another. Just before the wedding, Ann contacts Laura to warn her that her husband to be is not a good man. Ann is not believed, and the wedding goes on as planned. Shortly thereafter, Laura's life becomes a living nightmare at the hands of her cruel husband, who lives in fear of the secrets of his past and the fact that a mentally deranged woman holds them and could spill them at any moment. What could those secrets be? How can those secrets be used to free poor Laura from her wicked husband? Readers were very good, only a few tinny sounding recordings, and all were very easy to understand. Pretty good book mikezane 2009-05-21 13:57:55 2009-05-21 13:57:55 4 This was a good story with lots of twists and turns. All of the narration was really good and very well done. The person who does the horrible uncle was so fantastic. I really thought it was that character talking. Keep up the Good work whoever put this collaboration together. Excellent collaboration benefitsingers 2009-05-29 15:26:47 2009-05-29 15:23:38 5 From Wikipedia: A poor art master, Walter Hartright, is employed to teach two young women in Cumberland, and falls in love with one of them, Laura. His feelings are returned, but she is already engaged to another. They are parted and she marries, but she and Marian, her resourceful half-sister, are then caught up in her new husband's plot to steal her fortune and identity. Laura is stripped of her name and money, and almost of her sanity, but is rescued by Marian and protected by the faithful Hartright. He and Marian battle to expose the fraud and reclaim Laura's identity, fortune and position in society. Throughout the story they encounter a mysterious woman in white, whose own sad story seems entangled with those of Laura and her husband, and who plays a crucial role in the novel's main events. My comments: This Librivox reading is a bit unusual in that a specific reader takes on all of the chapters which are narrated by a specific character. It takes quite a bit of planning, and editing, to bring it all together, and the result is excellent. Walter Hartright is very well read by Tim Bulkeley. The book is a bit long, and I agree with another reviewer who said that it seems to drag at times. Overall though, it does move well and it's worth the listen. Well done group collaberation ListeninginChicago 2009-07-24 14:41:23 2009-07-24 14:41:23 4 4 4.25