The opening of Normal People by Sally Rooney, read by Camille. Try the other narrators below, then drop your own copy and hear the whole book.
Narrated by
Camille
Young, British female with a friendly and helpful tone, conveying confidence and efficiency.
Right, Connell says. Marianne did pretty good too.
Can we go?
Lorraine pauses in the untying of her apron.
I didn’t realise we were in a rush, she says.
He puts his hands in his pockets and suppresses an irritable sigh, but suppresses it with an audible intake of breath, so that it still sounds like a sigh.
About this sample
Sally Rooney writes dialogue without quotation marks; the narration has to carry who is speaking. Camille’s natural British cadence keeps Connell and Lorraine distinct.
This is exactly what you hear in the app. Every narrator above is ready for your own books, along with the rest of our 265 narrators in 42 languages.
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