South Riding (Abridged) Audiobook

" If you loved MIDDLEMARCH and are interested in 1930s rural England, you probably should check this one out. "

" A collection of wonderful character pieces that the author regrettably did not have time to tie adequately together before her death at a young age. "

" A book meant to be leisurely read, meandering as it did over the English countryside, briefly touching on the lives of many inhabitants. The prose did not justify spending that much time on it. Meaningful observations, but could have been written in many fewer pages. Maybe I'm just growing weary of the epic English novel. "

" I wanted to read this book before watching the BBC production, which I've had on my DVR the last few months. The book is fine enough. The storylines are interesting, although many of the main characters aren't as fun and lovable as I would have liked. I guess that's what you would expect of a novel taking place in the depression era. I found the book a little long and a little preachy. Very anti capitalism. Still, it grabbed me, and I enjoyed reading it. "

" I wanted to read this because it's set fairly near where I grew up. And it turned out to be a Rattling Good Read as well. "

" Josie should read this! Middlemarch of the 20th Century? "

" Not really my sort of book but I read it for a reading group. Its easy to read, but very soap opera-ish. Some characters did seem to act out of character sometimes, that was slightly annoying. The end was also disappointing. "

" Wonderful writing. Each character seemed to come to you fully formed and felt as if you knew them even though she uses very deft strokes of her pen to describe them. Brilliantly told story of social struggles and personal ambitions and morals. "

" Found this had too many characters and was pleased about the list of characters at the front of the book as I kept turning back to it. "

" I remember loving this when I read it at school, look forward to seeing the tv adaptation "

" A tale of local politics doesn't sound promising, but I truly enjoyed this book. "

" This book is a real acheivement. A huge cast, a clever episodic structure and real characters make this book, not only one of the best novels of the 1930s (and it is so much of it's time), but also very distinctive. "

" Another influential and great book. I can't believe I hadn't heard of Winifred Holtby until the new Tv Series, written by Andrew Davies "

" 'Now a major BBC drama' "

" I was interested in reading this book because Masterpiece Classics made a miniseries adaptation of it. It's thought-provoking. There are parts of the story that irritate me. It's also kind of depressing. "

" Not my bag. Read for book group, otherwise I wouldn't have. "

" Loved the Masterpiece version on PBS. I'm 20% through the book, and I'm taking my time reading it slowly to enjoy the details. "

" Very much an early 20th century Elizabeth Gaskell, which is to say brilliant and very real but a bit on the depressing side. "

" If you loved MIDDLEMARCH and are interested in 1930s rural England, you probably should check this one out. "

" This novel, set in Yorkshire in the 1930's, has a caste of fascinating characters, and the writing is superb. "

" I enjoyed this. The characters are brilliantly written. Its a bit to philosophical at times and sometimes I wanted to shout 'Oh pull yourself together !' at Sarah but on the whole a lovely book. "