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The Go-Between
- Author
- L.P. Hartley
- Narrator
- Sean Barrett
- Publisher
- Naxos AudioBooks
- Publish Date
- 1 October 2016
- Run Time
- 10 hours 39 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Critics Review
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Narrator Sean Barrett brings his range and sensitivity to this classic coming-of-age novel in which an older man rediscovers his childhood diary. Barrett’s natural rhythm contemporises any anachronisms, and his ability to shift between the weariness of the elderly protagonist and the curiosity and vibrancy of the youth he remembers sounds effortless. As the novel journeys into the heartaches of adolescence, Barrett uses his considerable experience to retain the sense of clandestine intimacy that comes with the writing of a diary. Never overstating emotion, Barrett’s reading lulls the listener into a sense of security, making the dramatic events that follow all the more dynamic. He perfectly echoes Hartley’s tone – seamlessly weaving romance, drama, and the verve of youth in this timeless Victorian story.
Z.S., AudioFile
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Details
- Author
- L.P. Hartley
- Narrator
- Sean Barrett
- Duration
- 10 hours 39 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 October 2016
- ISBN
- 9781781980262
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Naxos AudioBooks
- Genre
- Fiction: general and literary
Synopsis
‘The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.’ Haunting, moving, evocative, The Go-Between is L.P. Hartley’s heartbreaking novel about social constraints and childhood innocence. During the long hot summer of 1900, young Leo Colston is invited to stay for a month at a lordly, aristocratic manor in Norfolk. There he falls in love with his friend’s older sister, who commissions him to ferry secret messages to the local farmer, her lover. His naiveté sustains their affair, until ultimately leading to an event that will change their lives irrevocably.
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