The Merry-Go-Round
W. Somerset Maugham
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Basil Kent marries Jenny Bush, because he believes that is the honourable thing to do after getting her pregnant, but he realizes that he is really in love with Hilda Murray. Grace Castillyon, an established married woman of position, has fallen hopelessly in love with young Reggie Bassett, who is only playing with her. Bella Langton ignores the short remaining days of Herbert Field who is suffering from consumption, and determines to marry him so that he can afford to spend the winters abroad. The Merry-Go-Round weaves together these relationships, adorned by the peripheral figures of Miss Ley and Frank Hurrell, observers of what is going on, who also have their own stories to tell.
- Summary by Lilith Branda (0 hr 47 min)
Chapters
Part 1 Chapter 1 | 20:24 | Read by OCTL7 |
Chapter 2 | 21:35 | Read by OCTL7 |
Chapter 3 | 22:47 | Read by OCTL7 |
Chapter 4 | 22:45 | Read by OCTL7 |
Chapter 5 | 18:23 | Read by OCTL7 |
Chapter 6 | 43:11 | Read by OCTL7 |
Chapter 7 | 27:56 | Read by OCTL7 |
Chapter 8 | 23:33 | Read by OCTL7 |
Chapter 9 | 21:23 | Read by OCTL7 |
Chapter 10 | 25:20 | Read by OCTL7 |
Chapter 11 | 23:51 | Read by OCTL7 |
Chapter 12 | 16:58 | Read by OCTL7 |
Chapter 13 | 42:41 | Read by OCTL7 |
Part 2 Chapter 1 | 26:43 | Read by OCTL7 |
Chapter 2 | 16:24 | Read by OCTL7 |
Chapter 3 | 29:20 | Read by OCTL7 |
Chapter 4 | 22:12 | Read by OCTL7 |
Chapter 5 | 34:06 | Read by TR Love |
Chapter 6 | 24:25 | Read by TR Love |
Chapter 7 | 31:55 | Read by TR Love |
Chapter 8 | 24:02 | Read by Liz Petersen |
Chapter 9 | 27:52 | Read by Liz Petersen |
Chapter 10 | 29:09 | Read by Liz Petersen |
Chapter 11 | 35:35 | Read by TR Love |
Chapter 12 | 31:00 | Read by TR Love |
Chapter 13 | 31:56 | Read by TR Love |
Chapter 14 | 37:44 | Read by TR Love |
Chapter 15 | 34:37 | Read by Judith Parker |