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by umvi 1666 days ago
I listened to Treasure Island[0] on librivox and was impressed with the quality of the voice actor (Adrian Praetzellis). Beware though, some books are fragmented and performed by N different voice actors/actresses which can be jarring.

[0] https://librivox.org/treasure-island-by-robert-louis-stevens...

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Another excellent narrator with a British accent is Karen Savage. She has read many complete works by Jane Austen and E. Nesbit, among other titles, and is as good as any professional voice actor:

  - 'Pride and Prejudice' (Austen)
  - 'Sense and Sensibility' (Austen)
  - 'The Story of the Treasure Seekers' (Nesbit)
  - 'The Railway Children' (Nesbit)
  - many others (says 141 total matches)
http://www.karenrsavage.com/blog/
Direct link listing her books on librivox:

https://librivox.org/reader/103?primary_key=103&search_categ...

You can tell she's good because her books are copied and sold on Audible.
wow, that's an incredible amount of work
HN lurker for years, created an account just to say how much I love the librivox recordings by Adrian Praetzellis. His "Wind in the Willows" is just wonderful.