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Gramercy Park
Written by Paula Cohen
Narrated by Alyssa Bresnahan
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
This novel, selected by the Literary Guild, Doubleday Book Club, and the Book-ofthe- Month Club, has been hailed as "Daphne du Maurier meets Edith Wharton." Set in turn-of-the-century New York, it is a tale of passion, intrigue, and murder. Mario Alfieri, the world's most famous tenor, is preparing to make his debut at the Met. As he rents a house facing Gramercy Park, he discovers a pale young woman hiding in its music room. Her love-and secrets-soon mesmerize the great man.
Author
Paula Cohen
Paula Cohen has been a passionate Victorian for as long as she can remember, and has always been obsessed with opera. She lives with her husband and their cat. She is the author of Gramercy Park, also published by Fourth Estate.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Because this audio book was part of the Audible Escape romance package, I shouldn't have been surprised that it was too much a romance for me. Instant love. Woebegone damsels in distress. It read like a Victorian overwrought novel. It was melodramatic and most improbably. Nevertheless, it was a somewhat satisfying read if you are in a Victorian romance mood but don't want to go for the real stuff. The Audible version narration was good except for extremely short breaks between chapter, and that was rather confusing.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Very enjoyable read. Wonderful depiction of upper-class NY society in the 1880s. The hero is a world famous opera tenor and the whole book has the feel of an opera libretto! Whilst it is basically a romance, the book covers many more controversial topics such as child abuse, anti-semitism etc.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is a wonderful tale of a great, feted, Italian tenor and a reclusive,frightened young woman who is haunted by her past. It was set lushly in new York's Gilded Age.Heroes, ingeneus, villians, this book has them all!It was probably too cliché for many, while the hero should have been more flawed and the villian should have had some kind of saving grace. However, I ate it up! I loved it! I think I really enjoyed the comfort of the predictablity and familiarity that such a story provides.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Very interesting until the end, when things wrap up too easily. Mystery story of a young girl living in her guardian's house. He dies and it's discovered that a man named Chadwick wants her, but an Italian opera singer gets her instead, setting off a tale of revenge and background trauma.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Wonderful unique story about an opera singer and the young girl he finds hiding in his late friend's house.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wonderful book!!!! I loved every page!