SENSE & SENSIBILITY

Kate Reading's clever narration of Joanna Trollope's most recent novel is one of its greatest pleasures. A successful novelist of modern manners, Trollope has transferred Jane Austen's novel of the same title to the modern age. Whether you find it delightful or tiresome will depend on how believable you find the transfer, but no matter what, Reading's take on the book is a delight. She amusingly voices everyone from self-involved teenaged girl to blustering old gentleman and drawling Eton graduate, and in between narrates the text in her signature clear, full voice. Light listening done beautifully. A.C.S. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine [Published: FEBRUARY 2014]