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Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Bk 1) (Audio Cassette) (Unabridged)
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Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Bk 1) (Audio Cassette) (Unabridged)
Author: Stephenie Meyer, Ilyana Kadushin (Narrator)
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Book Information
Publisher: Listening Library
Book Type: Audio Cassette
Members Wishing: 55
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ISBN-13: 9780307282958 - ISBN-10: 0307282953
Publication Date: 12/2005
Reading Level: Young Adult

Book Description:
Unabridged: 8 Cassette Tapes, Running Time: 13 hours
Narrator: Ilyana Kadushin

"Softly he brushed my cheek, then held my face between his marble hands. 'Be very still,' he whispered, as if I wasn''t already frozen. Slowly, never moving his eyes from mine, he leaned toward me. Then abruptly, but very gently, he rested his cold cheek against the hollow at the base of my throat."

As Shakespeare knew, love burns high when thwarted by obstacles. In Twilight, an exquisite fantasy by Stephenie Meyer, readers discover a pair of lovers who are supremely star-crossed. Bella adores beautiful Edward, and he returns her love. But Edward is having a hard time controlling the blood lust she arouses in him, because -- he's a vampire. At any moment, the intensity of their passion could drive him to kill her, and he agonizes over the danger. But, Bella would rather be dead than part from Edward, so she risks her life to stay near him, and the novel burns with the erotic tension of their dangerous and necessarily chaste relationship.

Meyer has achieved quite a feat by making this scenario completely human and believable. She begins with a familiar YA premise (the new kid in school), and lulls us into thinking this will be just another realistic young adult novel. Bella has come to the small town of Forks on the gloomy Olympic Peninsula to be with her father. At school, she wonders about a group of five remarkably beautiful teens, who sit together in the cafeteria but never eat. As she grows to know, and then love, Edward, she learns their secret. They are all rescued vampires, part of a family headed by saintly Carlisle, who has inspired them to renounce human prey. For Edward's sake they welcome Bella, but when a roving group of tracker vampires fixates on her, the family is drawn into a desperate pursuit to protect the fragile human in their midst. The precision and delicacy of Meyer's writing lifts this wonderful novel beyond the limitations of the horror genre to a place among the best of YA fiction.


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Crystal J. (dorolerium) wrote on 1/10/2009...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

From an adult perspective, this book is horribly irresponsible. This is not the kind of relationship people should be striving for, and because of that, in some ways I feel like teenaged girls should not be reading it. I’m not for censorship, so the kiddies can read what they want, but they should all really talk to their parents about the book afterwards. Edward is controlling, manipulative, threatening, and stalkery. Not the kind of man y’all want to be with, ladies! But don’t forget! He is beautiful!

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Jeanette R. (thebeakeeper) wrote on 2/2/2009...


i LOVE LOVE LOVE this book! it is definitely in my top 5 favorite books of all time. i only wish i had read it BEFORE seeing the movie, because i realize how badly certain characters were cast (except Edward- he makes me swoon- in the book and the movie!) this is such a great story. im not usually into vampire books but i love the take on it. im starting the next book tomorrow. i wish the series didnt have an ending!


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Isabella Swan (Primary Character)
Edward Cullen (Primary Character)
Charlie Swan (Major Character)
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