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Title: Sarah's Cottage

Author: D. E. Stevenson

Narrator: Hilary Neville

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-01-09

Publisher: ISIS Audio Books

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 91 votes

Genres: Romance, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

They work together, collaborating in translations for a publisher. Charles embarks on more ambitious writing, his autobiography, yet increasingly it is not books but life itself that engrosses him and Sarah. In particular Frederica, the daughter of Sarah's frivolous and pleasure-seeking sister, commands their sympathy and love.

One by one the characters of a large attractive family make their appearance but it is through Frederica that the nexus of family problems is finally resolved.

Members Reviews:

Engaging old fashioned story

Sarah and her husband are newly married. Husband has survived many years in a prison camp and has turned his back on his homeland of Germany. Together, the couple embrace their small, gentle world of rural simplicity in the Scottish highlands. They are close to Sarah's aging parents, who live nearby; they take Sarah's neglected niece under their wing and save her from the attentions of a handsome ne'er do well. It isn't suspenseful or funny, just a gentle and curiously engaging story about unpretentious, kind people whom you would love to have as friends and neighbors. Narration is just right for this story--well differentiated characters, eloquent but no scenery chewing. If you want a break from nail biting suspense, step in to the world of D. E. Stevenson for a few hours and feel refreshed and restored.

Charming and peaceful Scottish novel

D.E. Stevenson was a wonderful author. Imagine a small town series such as the Mitford novels by Jan Karon or the Miss Read books, but in this case the setting is the countryside of Scotland during the 1940's and 50's. The warmth of Stevenson's characters always leave me smiling and wishing them well. Well done, Audible! Please offer more.

Good but it's part 2 of a duology

This book is good but to me it lacks something without first having read Sarah Morris Remembers - or listened to it. Sarah Morris Remembered tells the pre-war and wartime love story of Sarah and Charles Reed which is even better I think than Sarah's Cottage. I hope Audible will add Sarah Morris Remembered!

Classic D.E. Stevenson

These classic books,long out of print, are such a welcome addition to Audible . Author D.E. Stevenson is often compared to Jane Austin and the Brontes. I was so pleased to find that Audible had acquired some of them on audio. I have been a long time fan of Stevenson I have almost every book she has written and these vintage stories from England only improve with listening.

D.E. Stevenson has over 50 books to her credit which were translated into many languages, transcribe into braille then made into "Talking books" The most famous books were the "Mrs Tim Christie" series that came out during WW2. I can only hope that someone will record these and Audible will acquire the rights to offer them here in the U.S.

.The only ones I did not like as much were the previously unpublished works " The Fair Miss Fortune" and" Peter West". These were her first novels and she did not feel they were up to her standards and did not allow them to be published while she was alive.

Anyone who likes Pastoral Settings in England and Scotland during the middle of last century will love these books.

A delightful glimpse of the past

I love the job that Hilary Neville had done reading several books by D. E. Stevenson.