A Company of Swans

by Eva Ibbotson Narrated by Patricia Connolly

Overview

Weekly ballet classes are Harriet Morton's only escape from her intolerably dull life. So when she is chosen to join a corps de ballet which is setting off on a tour of the Amazon, she leaps at the chance to run away for good. Performing in the grand opera houses is everything Harriet dreamed of, and falling in love with an aristocratic exile makes her new life complete. Swept away by it all, she is unaware that her father and intended fiance have begun to track her down...

Editorial Reviews

OCT/NOV 08 - AudioFile

Sail the Amazon with Harriet Morton and her fellow ballerinas. Bound by a promise, the usually prim Harriet escapes her strict 1912 British household to join a Russian ballet company headed for Brazil. Patricia Conolly's delivery of dreamy descriptions of the Amazon jungle will intoxicate listeners. Add to the exotic setting a winsome heroine and her thoughtful lover, Rom, and the result is irresistible. Conolly's voice wends its way through Harriet's tumultuous love story with the fluidity of the Amazon itself. Her tone expertly foreshadows the story's many peregrinations. She also reproduces Rom's calm lilt and the Russian and French accents of the ballet corps, improving upon the text. A COMPANY OF SWANS is a charming mix of Ibbotson's fine brush strokes and Conolly's nuanced reading. C.A. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940160470696
Publisher:	W. F. Howes Ltd
Publication date:	08/01/2008
Edition description:	Unabridged
Sales rank:	1,040,637

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