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No Talent
Written by Lucy Ellen Guernsey 1 audiobook with Academy Voices
Lucy Ellen Guernsey was a nineteenth century American author who lived in Rochester, New York. More about Lucy Ellen Guernsey →
Estelle Belong-Smrtnikova
Read by a real person Estelle Belong-Smrtnikova 7 audiobooks with Academy Voices
Estelle Smrtnikova is a multilingual voice-over artist and narration director based in Cologne, Germany. Hear more from Estelle →
Literary

No Talent

by Lucy Ellen Guernsey · read by Estelle Belong-Smrtnikova · 1 hr 40 min

Amity Bogardus thinks she has no talent. She also thinks she is plain.

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Amity Bogardus thinks she has no talent. She also thinks she is plain. When she overhears her own family say as much, she retreats to a summer-house on her grandfather's estate and stays there alone. Then a kind companion, Mrs. Paget, comes to stay. Lucy Ellen Guernsey wrote this quiet story in 1880 for young readers. It is about slowly learning that a person's worth does not depend on beauty, success or praise, and about the value of small acts of service. Estelle Belong-Smrtnikova reads it in a little under two hours. For anyone who likes gentle old-fashioned stories about growing up.

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Details
Length
1 hr 40 min
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Released
January 2026
Publisher
Academy Voices
Language
English
ISBN
9798295386305
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Who narrates the No Talent audiobook?

This edition of No Talent by Lucy Ellen Guernsey is narrated by Estelle Belong-Smrtnikova.

How long is the No Talent audiobook?

It runs 1 hr 40 min, unabridged, so you hear the complete text.

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