Seventeen


Read by Jonathan Burchard

(4.6 stars; 41 reviews)

Seventeen: A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family, Especially William is a humorous novel by Booth Tarkington that gently satirizes first love, in the person of a callow 17-year-old, William Sylvanus Baxter. Seventeen takes place in a small city in the Midwestern United States shortly before World War I. It was published as sketches in the Metropolitan Magazine in 1914, and collected in a single volume in 1916, when it was the bestselling novel in the United States. (Summary by Wikipedia) (6 hr 39 min)

Chapters

William 4:19 Read by Jonathan Burchard
The Unknown 10:09 Read by Jonathan Burchard
The Painful Age 9:09 Read by Jonathan Burchard
Genesis And Clematis 8:46 Read by Jonathan Burchard
Sorrows Within A Boiler 9:37 Read by Jonathan Burchard
Truculence 5:35 Read by Jonathan Burchard
Mr. Baxters Evening Clothes 3:54 Read by Jonathan Burchard
Jane 14:25 Read by Jonathan Burchard
Little Sisters Have Big Ears 6:16 Read by Jonathan Burchard
Mr. Parcher And Love 16:22 Read by Jonathan Burchard
Beginning A True Friendship 12:54 Read by Jonathan Burchard
Progress Of The Symptons 19:10 Read by Jonathan Burchard
At Home To His Friends 10:53 Read by Jonathan Burchard
Time Does Fly 15:00 Read by Jonathan Burchard
Romance Of Statistics 14:11 Read by Jonathan Burchard
The Shower 13:56 Read by Jonathan Burchard
Jane's Theory 17:17 Read by Jonathan Burchard
The Big, Fat Lummox 13:42 Read by Jonathan Burchard
I Dunno Why It Is 9:20 Read by Jonathan Burchard
Sydney Carton 11:35 Read by Jonathan Burchard
My Little Sweethearts 14:58 Read by Jonathan Burchard
Forshadowings 18:27 Read by Jonathan Burchard
Fathers Forget 16:05 Read by Jonathan Burchard
Clothes Make The Man 20:05 Read by Jonathan Burchard
Youth And Mr. Parcher 13:03 Read by Jonathan Burchard
Miss Boke 17:50 Read by Jonathan Burchard
Marooned 15:45 Read by Jonathan Burchard
Rannie Kirsted 15:39 Read by Jonathan Burchard
Don't Forget 26:07 Read by Jonathan Burchard
The Bride-To-Be 15:01 Read by Jonathan Burchard

Reviews

seventeen year old boy falls for ridiculous girl


(4 stars)

This reminds me of my sons at that age. it was interesting to look at things through the eyes of this young fellow. I enjoyed the characters and the reading was very well done. The annoying girl who had the boys heads in a whirl ... what can I say. She had these young boys experiencing their first crushes. Who can account for young love? The depth of the feelings and blindness to her obvious flaws... well that can happen. I enjoyed it.

Funny Ha Ha


(5 stars)

Jonathon Burchard has a unique talent for bringing out the humor in Booth Tarkington's books. He's recorded several, but this one is the best, and especially funny to anyone who has ever had teenaged children.

seventeen


(1.5 stars)

I am a fan of the author, but ... One of the main characters spoke baby talk all of the way through the book. SAVE YOUR TIME!


(4.5 stars)

Wanted to give 5 stars but for some reason it won't let me. Thank you! Great job reading! Tarkington is always a lot of fun!


(4 stars)

The reader is hilarious when he makes his voice high pitched for a female character.


(5 stars)

Jonathan Burchard does a splendid job of reading this hilarious classic!

Just wonderful


(5 stars)

loved it. and well read. Thank you

terrific


(5 stars)

Both reader and story line were great