Book description
Recommended by Rachael'O Caledonia!'s Janet is a classic comic heroine, in that she is also a classic tragic heroine: lonely, unloved, overlooked, and yet somehow staunchly herself throughout. And who that self is is truly splendid: imaginative, spiky, bookish, fiercely intelligent, and completely socially unaware. Her family despise her - her mother Vera finds even the sight of Janet reading 'peculiarly irritating'. Her schoolmates make use of her intelligence to cheat on their homework and laugh at her 'exaggerated stories of her incompetence in every aspect of the day's routine, and the dire consequences it provoked', while also preferring to avoid spending any actual time with her. We know from the start how Janet will end the novel - dead in her mother's black lace evening dress, twisted on the stone staircase in the dilapidated castle in which her family live and run a boarding school - and by the end we'll know how and why she got there, but all the real fun is in the journey the novel takes us on through 'l'étouffoir familial', the family suffocation chamber (Proust by way of Janet).'
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience