Show Boat
Edna Ferber
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Published in 1926, Show Boat tells of three generations of the Hawks-Ravenal family and the Cotton Blossom Floating Palace Theatre on the Mississippi and other rivers, from the Reconstruction Era of the 1880s, to the Gilded Age and Roaring Twenties. The story was made into a Broadway musical in 1927 and into films (both a silent film and a partial "talkie") in 1929.
NOTE: There are issues of race in the story, particularly anti-Black stereotypes and derogatory terms. It is LibriVox's policy to record texts as written. - Summary by TriciaG (10 hr 57 min)
Chapters
Chapter 1 | 45:25 | Read by docdlmartin |
Chapter 2 | 38:17 | Read by Olivia Mazzone |
Chapter 3 | 26:52 | Read by docdlmartin |
Chapter 4 | 31:14 | Read by docdlmartin |
Chapter 5 | 48:31 | Read by docdlmartin |
Chapter 6 | 48:36 | Read by FloraMetrick |
Chapter 7 | 30:41 | Read by FloraMetrick |
Chapter 8 | 32:19 | Read by FloraMetrick |
Chapter 9 | 45:11 | Read by FloraMetrick |
Chapter 10 | 38:51 | Read by FloraMetrick |
Chapter 11 | 38:57 | Read by FloraMetrick |
Chapter 12 | 14:56 | Read by Krista Zaleski |
Chapter 13 | 31:55 | Read by FloraMetrick |
Chapter 14 | 37:31 | Read by FloraMetrick |
Chapter 15 | 23:23 | Read by Yoganandh T |
Chapter 16 | 40:29 | Read by FloraMetrick |
Chapter 17 | 32:13 | Read by Jay Randolph |
Chapter 18 | 24:53 | Read by KimberlyB |
Chapter 19 | 27:11 | Read by FloraMetrick |
Reviews
Robotic Reader, Couldn't Listen
TLocke
I had been hoping this title would be added. Imagine my disappointment when I couldn't even finish the first chapter. The reader on that chapter and many others, was so monotone and robotic sounding I truly couldn't listen. I know they are volunteers, but perhaps a trial chapter could be proof listened before an entire book is done?
Chris
Please ban this reader from volunteering