A Son At The Front
Edith Wharton
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This is an overlooked novel by the author of House Of Mirth, Age Of Innocence, and more. She already became the first woman to win the Pulitzer prize for literature before this novel was written. Edith Wharton is known for her combination of social observations, criticism, and compassion. This WWI novel is told from the point of view of parents, forced to live their own lives when their son is at the front. John and Julia are divorced parents. When their only son George enlists, Julia and her second husband do their best to give him a desk job. But George shocks everybody by enlisting. His mother is horrified, his father and stepfather are secretly proud. But would he return alive? - Summary by Stav Nisser (10 hr 50 min)
Chapters
Chapter I | 16:18 | Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020) |
Chapter II | 18:02 | Read by MLC13 |
Chapter III | 20:24 | Read by MLC13 |
Chapter IV | 24:17 | Read by MLC13 |
Chapter V | 17:10 | Read by MLC13 |
Chapter VI | 6:26 | Read by ChadH94 |
Chapter VII | 16:30 | Read by MLC13 |
Chapter VIII | 21:51 | Read by MLC13 |
Chapter IX | 20:33 | Read by ChadH94 |
Chapter X | 17:20 | Read by ChadH94 |
Chapter XI | 22:47 | Read by ChadH94 |
Chapter XII | 21:51 | Read by ChadH94 |
Chapter XIII | 17:13 | Read by ChadH94 |
Chapter XIV | 24:46 | Read by ChadH94 |
Chapter XV | 15:04 | Read by Riley McGuire |
Chapter XVI | 14:40 | Read by ChadH94 |
Chapter XVII | 19:42 | Read by ChadH94 |
Chapter XVIII | 12:38 | Read by ChadH94 |
Chapter XIX | 18:36 | Read by ChadH94 |
Chapter XX | 17:47 | Read by ChadH94 |
Chapter XXI | 15:46 | Read by MLC13 |
Chapter XXII | 7:47 | Read by MLC13 |
Chapter XXIII | 10:57 | Read by MLC13 |
Chapter XXIV | 23:22 | Read by MLC13 |
Chapter XXV | 18:08 | Read by MLC13 |
Chapter XXVI | 16:20 | Read by Claire Wilde |
Chapter XXVII | 19:28 | Read by Alison Gilchrist |
Chapter XXVIII | 17:00 | Read by Jeff Mattison |
Chapter XXIX | 17:13 | Read by MLC13 |
Chapter XXX | 18:41 | Read by MLC13 |
Chapter XXXI | 22:14 | Read by Riley McGuire |
Chapter XXXII | 14:38 | Read by Riley McGuire |
Chapter XXXIII | 19:51 | Read by Riley McGuire |
Chapter XXIV | 22:27 | Read by Riley McGuire |
Chapter XXXV | 14:22 | Read by Riley McGuire |
Chapter XXXVI | 28:31 | Read by Riley McGuire |
Reviews
Dawcat
I found it very hard to listen to as the reading was very stilted as if the reader was struggling with the text. Added to that every so often a pasted in word would be magnified ..one where the pronunciation was impossible for the reader so some other source was used. I found myself focusing more on the struggling reader than the story. It was such a battle for him there was nothing left for emotion or variance in tone.
Great Book, Mixed Reading
Wharton Lover
The first 6 or 7 chapters (read by women) are great but then a heavily accented male voice reads too quickly, fails to differentiate characters in dialogue, mispronounces words and in general disrupts the flow. That being said, other voices return & restore the reading. Still, this one male voice inadvertently draws attention to itself and away from the story. Disappointing