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SeaStar
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Posted: Feb 09 2012 at 9:34pm | IP Logged Quote SeaStar
as an audiobook.

We have listened to the first three Anne books on cd narrated by Barbara Carusoe, who does a fantastic job

But apparently Anne of Windy Poplars was a later book and is not in the public domain, so there are not many audio recordings available.

I did find one copy through World Cat, and we have it now, but the narrator is probably one of the worst I've ever listened to , and we are feeling the pain after Barbara. I don't want the story to be ruined for us, so we may have to switch to reading it aloud ourselves.

As a long shot, I thought I would ask here if anyone has found a source for this book on tape.

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Posted: Feb 10 2012 at 7:29am | IP Logged Quote CrunchyMom
I have not seen an audio version of that book. In addition to its being in the public domain, it might also be that the book, imo, would be difficult to narrate well. It is mostly a series of letters that Anne writes to Gilbert while they are engaged.

Fwiw, I do think that you could easily skip it and go on to the next book without missing anything. I like the book, but aside from introducing the housekeeper at windy poplars (who visits Anne in a chapter of Rainbow Valley), you won't be confused or behind on anything coming later in the series.

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Posted: Feb 11 2012 at 3:20pm | IP Logged Quote SusanJ
Ditto that you can skip Windy Poplars and not miss anything. I read them all on Kindle but Windy Poplars was the only one not available. They are pretty easy to find cheaply at used bookstores and such so you can keep your eyes open for a hard copy to read down the road.

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