In Old Plantation Days
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Read by Jim Locke
With this collection of short stories, Dunbar sought to draw on the success of his dialect poems by recreating and portraying the southern plantation during slavery. The stories focus on the stereotypical portrait of slaves as obedient workers happy to spend their lives in service of their benevolent owner. His attempt to find success was only partially realized, as his stories drew not only criticism but, in some cases, anger at their very stereotypical nature. The book itself, however, proved to be more lucrative than previous fiction works had been for the author. (Summary by Special Collections and Archives, Wright State University) (5 hr 46 min)
Chapters
Aunt Tempe's Triumph | 12:57 | Read by Jim Locke |
Aunt Tempe's Revenge | 14:52 | Read by Jim Locke |
The Walls of Jericho | 14:51 | Read by Jim Locke |
How Brother Parker Fell from Grace | 14:04 | Read by Jim Locke |
The Trousers | 12:49 | Read by Jim Locke |
The Last Fiddling of Mordaunt's Jim | 14:52 | Read by Jim Locke |
A Supper by Proxy | 14:35 | Read by Jim Locke |
The Trouble about Sophiny | 12:18 | Read by Jim Locke |
Mr. Groby's Slippery Gift | 12:24 | Read by Jim Locke |
Ash-Cake Hannah and Her Ben | 13:58 | Read by Jim Locke |
Dizzy-Headed Dick | 11:57 | Read by Jim Locke |
The Conjuring Contest | 12:43 | Read by Jim Locke |
Dandy Jim's Conjure Scare | 11:42 | Read by Jim Locke |
The Memory of Martha | 14:04 | Read by Jim Locke |
Who Stands for the Gods | 10:46 | Read by Jim Locke |
A Lady Slipper | 14:28 | Read by Jim Locke |
A Blessed Deceit | 13:58 | Read by Jim Locke |
The Brief Cure of Aunt Fanny | 15:09 | Read by Jim Locke |
The Stanton Coachman | 12:10 | Read by Jim Locke |
The Easter Wedding | 10:32 | Read by Jim Locke |
The Finding of Martha | 25:28 | Read by Jim Locke |
The Defection of Maria Ann Gibbs | 15:33 | Read by Jim Locke |
The Judgment of Paris | 16:01 | Read by Jim Locke |
Silent Sam'el | 12:27 | Read by Jim Locke |
The Way of a Woman | 11:37 | Read by Jim Locke |
Reviews
could have had a better reader
Suzie
I give the reader credit for volunteering, but he reads in a dreadful monotone, varied occasionally by a sing song, and he stumbled and bumbled with the dialect so that at times what he was reading was unintelligible. These stories are a glimpse into how white folk viewed the lives of their slaves, but listening to this reader was so difficult that I gave up.
Unbearable
Cape Codder
I cannot comment on the content, as I never was able to listen to an appreciable amount of it; the reason - the reader. Bless him for volunteering, but he is positively unbearable to listen to!
A LibriVox Listener
I did read/listen to the end. Happy to say I enjoy and identify with all the characters. Congratulations, author, may Karma have eased your road.