The Inheritors
Joseph Conrad
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The Inheritors: An Extravagant Story (1901) is a quasi-science fiction novel on which Ford Madox Ford and Joseph Conrad collaborated. It looks at society's mental evolution and what is gained and lost in the process. Written before the first World War, its themes of corruption and the effect of the 20th Century on British aristocracy appeared to predict history. In the novel, the metaphor of the "fourth dimension" is used to explain a societal shift from a generation of people who have traditional values of interdependence, being overtaken by a modern generation who believe in expediency, callously using political power to bring down the old order. - Summary by Wikipedia (7 hr 10 min)
Chapters
| Chapter 1 | 30:03 | Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024) |
| Chapter 2 | 19:11 | Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024) |
| Chapter 3 | 25:37 | Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024) |
| Chapter 4 | 25:58 | Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024) |
| Chapter 5 | 20:20 | Read by Chuck Williamson |
| Chapter 6 | 26:36 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Chapter 7 | 13:31 | Read by Michael Fassio |
| Chapter 8 | 22:09 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
| Chapter 9 | 17:20 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
| Chapter 10 | 30:49 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
| Chapter 11 | 22:05 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
| Chapter 12 | 18:24 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
| Chapter 13 | 24:49 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
| Chapter 14 | 25:08 | Read by Michael Fassio |
| Chapter 15 | 27:01 | Read by Michael Fassio |
| Chapter 16 | 17:04 | Read by Michael Fassio |
| Chapter 17 | 25:39 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
| Chapter 18 | 26:14 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
| Chapter 19 | 12:40 | Read by Michael Fassio |
Reviews
A LibriVox Listener
It drags on and on and on and the ending Is very bland