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Sleep, Pale Sister
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
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Sleep, Pale Sister
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Summary
Henry Chester, a domineering and puritanical Victorian artist, is in search of the perfect model. In nine-year-old Effie he finds her.
Ten years later, lovely, childlike and sedated, Effie seems the ideal wife. But something inside her is about to awaken.
Drawn by her lover, Mose, into a dangerous underworld of intrigue and blackmail, she meets Fanny Miller, the brothel-keeper, and her shadowy daughter, Marta - murdered ten years ago on the day of Henry's weekly visit...And as friendship becomes possession and Henry's secret past is revealed, Effie and Marta plan their revenge together.
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- stella
- 07-02-15
Wow!!!!
Where does Sleep, Pale Sister rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
fantastic, in the top 10, but as always Joanne Harris can shock you
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
yes, just wanted to keep listening, it was enthralling , dark but enthralling
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- JayJay
- 19-04-19
Another really good Joanne Harris
I really enjoy Joanne Harris’ mixture of magic and reality and this was a very good example of both. Steven Pacey’s narration was superb as ever. There really isn’t a better narrator out there!
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- Amazon Customer
- 17-10-16
Brilliant; but macabre.
Talented author. No one wins in this story. I thought too it was a difficult piece for the narrator. He did 100% well. Narrator was a good choice to read this difficult piece. I would like to see authors like D Harkness read some of this author's works to get a feel of what real story writing is about. This story is a bit occult, a bit cliff-hanger, a bit insight into how women could be seen as belongings, & a bit about the predatory nature of the psyche in all of us (male or female).
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- E. Morse
- 04-06-23
Unforgettable!
A brilliant story.
I couldn't put it down.
Joanne Harris is such an imaginative writer and her use of language is magical.
The narration was good but I felt the dealing with the different characters voices could have been better.
But overall I would thoroughly recommend this book.
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- Carolyn
- 24-04-24
Not my favourite Joanne Harris by a long way!
It wasn’t a story that I enjoyed, it was pretty unpleasant to say the least. What I found most confusing though was that I really wished the chapters were named for the character ‘talking’ rather than just the chapter number. Often took me a while to decide who it was! That said, I still enjoy the ghostly, spiritual side of her stories and the hint of magic.
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- Dr
- 25-03-13
Sleep, Tired Reader
Joanne Harris has written some books I have loved and some I have absolutely loathed - this is definitely in the latter category. I lost all interest well before a quarter of it was finished and only got to the end through sheer determination. I disliked all of the characters and really didn't care what happened to any of them. If you suffer from insomnia it might help because it is so boring; nothing much happens apart from drug-induced fantasies issuing from the brains of several psychologically-flawed and unpleasant characters. The one star is given for the narrator. Steven Pacey tries his best but he can't work miracles.
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