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The Seven Sisters [Audiobook] (Audio Cassette)

by Margaret Drabble (Author)
3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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  • Audio Cassette
  • Publisher: ISIS Audio Books (Dec 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0753115905
  • ISBN-13: 978-0753115909
  • Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 16.5 x 3.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars On the Top of her Form, 1 Oct 2002
By Ms. M. Wilde "vildi26" (SURREY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Seven Sisters (Hardcover)
Margaret Drabble - from her first book - charted the progress of the English family life in the welfare state. Her keen eye for detail makes readers nostalgic for years less influenced by television. Her protagonists were energetic, larky intelligent women. Candida Wilton - the diarist of "Seven Sisters" is the older version of those amazing characters and so, a bit slower. When the book opens, Candida has been living alone for a couple of years since being supplanted by a younger woman. Her headmaster ex-husband and her daughters having reduced her to invisible wife-work - they don't appear to notice she has gone. By now, she has come to terms with solitude, managing a small budget and coping. It sounds depressing but domesticated wives are watchers, and slowly her wry, crafty humour emerges into the diary. The spirited young woman she must have been, made her choose a flat in a mixed area of West London - very unlike the Georgian house in Sussex she left behind. Candida's life started to change when the building where she took evening classes was redeveloped into a health club, and she was encouraged to join. The flattening of her personality from a long boring marriage, begins to open out - she suggests the old classmates meet to continue their study. They discuss travelling to the Mediterranean to follow in the footsteps of Virgil's story. Then an unexpected windfall encourages her to organise the trip - six assorted intelligent women - and an exotic tour operator who drives their vehicle - makes seven. The grey of Ladbroke Grove explodes into brilliant colour and they start their great adventure. The atmosphere of symbolism & legend is beautifully maintained - a kind of tranquility produced by supportive companions on a pilgimage together. Then a minor drama from the inquisitive husband, temporarily brings her family nearer - but by this time - she is complete on her own. Candida is a beautiful character - a witty grumpy, complex and intelligent woman. I read every page slowly with pleasure - it's a marvellous book.
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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Well worth the flawed end, 12 Aug 2003
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This review is from: The Seven Sisters (Paperback)
This is the first Drabble book I have read and I enjoyed the first three quarters (probably a little more) very much indeed. Undoubtedly women of a certain age and trauma (myself included) will have a lot in common with the storyline - but the humour and characters in the book stop this being "typical". At a time when I was finding it hard to read, this book really did draw me into the narrative very quickly and I very much liked the motley collection of characters the book draws together. Whilst the end is not all it could be the majority of the book is well worth that disappointment (which you see coming anyway). This is one I shall be giving out as birthday presents this coming year with no problems whatsoever.
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17 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars For Drabble and Virgil fans only., 16 Jun 2003
By J. M. Gopaul (Essex) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Seven Sisters (Paperback)
You will probably enjoy this novel if you are, as I am, a woman of similar age to the author and already a Drabble fan. Otherwise, I would not recommend it.
I got the impression that Margaret Drabble wrote it with no clear idea where it was going or how to resolve it. Unless I missed their significance, there are characters and incidents which lead nowhere, and points in the book where the plot veers drastically, and unconvincingly, in a different direction.
Nevertheless, the main body of the novel, concerning the seven womens' excursion to the Mediterranean in the steps of Virgil's Aeneid is very enjoyable and the book is worth reading for this alone.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining
I have not read Margaret Drabble's entire extensive list of novels, but I have always enjoyed them from as far back as I can recall. Read more
Published 15 months ago by LindyLouMac

3.0 out of 5 stars One for the Saga louts
Margaret Drabble writes in a conventional style just on the literary side of populist, much less dense than the quasi-academic novels of her sister, A. S. Byatt. Read more
Published on 1 Aug 2007 by Trevor Coote

2.0 out of 5 stars Not one of her best
I usually devour Margaret Drabble's books in a couple of days but, weeks later, I am still struggling with this one. Read more
Published on 8 Jan 2006

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good
I really enjoy Margaret Drabble's books and this one is pretty good. However I do not rate it as highly as some of her others.
Published on 21 May 2004

4.0 out of 5 stars A Nice Change Of Pace
I'm a newcomer to the work of Margaret Drabble and from what I can tell she isn't someone that writes books that I would normally gravitate towards but, I must say I really... Read more
Published on 5 Mar 2003 by Caroline P. Hampton

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