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The Household
- Narrated by: Sophia Money-Coutts, Stacey Halls, Tuppence Middleton
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
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Summary
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, SET AGAINST CHARLES DICKENS' HOME FOR FALLEN WOMEN
'Absorbing . . . Halls weaves together the elements of her story with great skill' Sunday Times
'Acutely observed and beautifully written' Daily Mail
'Compelling and richly detailed' Good Housekeeping
'Captivating' Woman
'Meticulously researched and compelling' Red
'Keeps the reader enthralled' Prima
'Exquisitely written . . . full of heart and hope' Fabulous
The house, she was promised, is the first clean page in a new book for girls like her . . .
1847, Shepherds Bush. Charles Dickens' home for fallen women is about to open its doors. Part refuge, part reformatory, the house and its location are top secret, and Martha Gelder and Josephine Nash among its first inmates. But faced with the chance to redeem themselves, how badly do they want it?
Across town, in her Piccadilly mansion, Dickens' friend, the millionaire Angela Burdett Coutts, receives news that turns her orderly world upside down. Her stalker has been freed from prison, and she knows it's only a matter of time before their nightmarish game resumes once more.
As the women's worlds collide in ways they could never have expected, they will discover that freedom always comes at a price . . .
'I devoured The Household . . . Meticulously researched and thoroughly entertaining. This is undoubtedly Halls' best novel yet - I can't wait to see what she writes next' Elizabeth Macnea
'I loved The Household . . . Full of heart, humaneness and menace. I enjoyed every second' Beth Underdown
*Sunday Times bestseller 19.04.25*
*Winner of the Women's Prize Futures Award 2022*
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- Anna
- 26-04-24
Disappointing
I was eagerly awaiting this book as I loved Stacey Hall's previous books. However, the style of this one was different. I loved the first person narrator in previous books, which worked fantastically on audiobook. They were also more relatable and gave fascinating insights into the history of the time. However, this book was a series of characters in third person. It felt more disjointed and impersonal. There were some interesting themes but these didn't develop quite as I'd like and bordered on sentimentalism. I felt it would have been so much more interesting and deeper in the style of the previous novels. I felt it was all diluted a but by the number of characters it was following. I also really wasn't impressed with the ending.
In all, it wasn't a bad historical fiction read, but it was so full of promise that it just didn't live up to.
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- mrs k r dodson
- 22-09-24
Amazing
Couldn’t stop listening to this book, I felt I was there with the girls in the cottage, so real
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- Awatta
- 01-06-24
Difficult to follow
I have read all Stacy Hall's previous books and was so excited to see she'd written another and the premise sounded great. But not having the first person perspective ruined it for me. I kept having to go back and really think about what was going on and who we were with, which made the story so hard to follow, in comparison. Such a shame. I guess because ij her other stories there were only really 2 main characters it would have been too much to do everyone's perspective but it felt muddled to me. Hopefully she goes back to her usual way of writing for the next one. I'm half way through this and struggling when I read the others so quickly because I couldn't put them down!
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- HOWIE
- 17-04-24
Another great listen
I found this audiobook harder to get into unlike with Stacey’s previous 3 masterpieces. Once I was there however I found it difficult to pause and I found the narrators brought it all so brilliantly to life. The plot was different and it’s a really good touch to know that some of the story as well as Urania Cottage were from reality. Some good twists as usual as well as some clever surprises.
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- Clare
- 18-04-24
Fascinating and well-researched
Loved the interview at the end too, which was an unexpected bonus. Stacey Halls brought the darker side of life in early Victorian London into sharp focus. The narration was also excellent. I can’t wait to read the author’s next book.
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- Ms Hilary Thornton
- 20-06-24
Very good fictionalised version of the Dickens “experiment”
Characters were well drawn and lots of the iniquities of Victorian London regarding women are explored. I felt that the story was a little unevenly told and one of the problems of Audible is that you can’t move about to check details. I didn’t like the narration - lots of strange emphases.
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- Amazon Customer
- 15-10-24
Another great book from Stacey Halls
Another great book from Stacey Halls who has a gift for bringing historical fiction to life. The book takes the reader back to a time of fallen women and well meaning philanthropists. The characters are richly drawn and wonderfully colourful. The plot keeps you engaged from start to finish.
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- A Chichester
- 23-10-24
Detail
Loved it thank you please
Write again soon and the question at the end were really lovely to listen to.
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- RubyShoes
- 11-08-24
The dynamic duo
The writing style of Stacey Halls and superb voice of Tuppence Middleton make for such an enjoyable listen. I'm extremely picky with narration and it makes or breaks a book for me. A. Stacey Halls book is always well worth a credit for me consistent in the quality of writing and Tuppence brings the characters to life so well. Together they are the dynamic duo 🤓
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- Mrs calire s m morris
- 26-04-24
Fabulous narration and story.
Hated putting this down. Brilliant characters and story line particularly as it’s based on truth although all characters are fictional.
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