Listen to the Nightingale [Paperback]

Rumer Godden (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Puffin Books (1992)
• ASIN: B000XR5Z8C
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful story, real and wise, with people I loved, June 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Listen to the Nightingale (Paperback)

This story is happy in deep ways--not superficial. The author understands the world of ballet, and how a girl might feel when poverty and responsibility could keep her from being the fine artist she could be. The story is intriguing and the writing is masterful. IF THIS BOOK WERE REISSUED IN HARDCOVER I WOULD BUY LOADS OF THEM AND GIVE THEM TO EVERYONE I LIKE.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fans of "Ballet Shoes," take note!, February 9, 2001

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This review is from: Listen to the Nightingale (Paperback)

If you loved Noel Streatfeild's "Ballet Shoes," you'll be just as passionate about Rumer Godden's "Listen to the Nightingale." Certainly they are very different books, by very different authors. But what I find similar is each author's ability to create vivid, complex characters. Like Streatfeild, Godden isn't afraid to give weaknesses to adults and strengths to children. Charlotte is a very talented dancer - but she tells lies, loses a role to a false friend, has her feelings bruised, and through it all keeps the reader's sympathy and interest. The ballet background is beautifully detailed, but it's the personalities that are so memorable.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rumer Godden's consummate artistry delights the soul, August 7, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Listen to the Nightingale (Paperback)

"Listen to the Nightingale" is an enchanting work. It revives, in part, the setting of Godden's "A Candle for St. Jude," for Charlotte Tew, who was Lottie in "A Candle for St. Jude," afrer the death of the famed dancer Anna Holbein and the closing of her school,studies at the Royal Ballet School. Lottie's deepening engagement with the dance. her journey from the London streets to the stage, her fascination with Salvador, and the profound impact her time at the school has on her and her aunt, will delight even those who do not yet know Miss Godden's work. Treat yourself!