Arthur Mervyn
Charles Brockden Brown
Read by Margaret Espaillat
Arthur Mervyn is the story of a young man from the country who arrives in a city stricken with Yellow Fever. He soon comes down with the illness and is rescued by a kindly doctor. Arthur tells the doctor and his wife the story of his life, thereby gaining the doctor’s confidence and good will. However, others familiar with Arthur tell another tale, and the doctor’s as well as the reader’s confidence in Arthur is shaken. Brown, who himself contracted Yellow Fever during an outbreak in New York City, vividly describes the horrors of the disease and its effects on an early American city. (Summary by Margaret) (17 hr 29 min)
Chapters
Chapter 1 | 32:31 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 2 | 18:46 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 3 | 22:07 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 4 | 25:36 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 5 | 23:17 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 6 | 13:20 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 7 | 18:32 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 8 | 27:15 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 9 | 22:30 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 10 | 18:25 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 11 | 24:54 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 12 | 33:30 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 13 | 21:34 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 14 | 19:49 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 15 | 18:52 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 16 | 20:33 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 17 | 19:59 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 18 | 24:33 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 19 | 19:44 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 20 | 20:15 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 21 | 21:18 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 22 | 15:50 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 23 | 22:14 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 24 | 22:30 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 25 | 19:46 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 26 | 20:27 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 27 | 21:27 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 28 | 21:41 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 29 | 20:55 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 30 | 20:48 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 31 | 20:28 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 32 | 23:57 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 33 | 26:21 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 34 | 31:31 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 35 | 18:35 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 36 | 17:46 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 37 | 20:54 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 38 | 13:05 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 39 | 38:48 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 40 | 15:15 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 41 | 15:54 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 42 | 13:18 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 43 | 13:24 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 44 | 16:19 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 45 | 24:40 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 46 | 36:44 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 47 | 22:15 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Chapter 48 | 26:55 | Read by Margaret Espaillat |
Reviews
was really enjoying until...
hlnorris
certain racially charged scenes ruined my good time. the author definitely had some unfortunate ideas about white superiority. this is obviously pretty par for the course for the era but still, be aware going in. other than that the first act was engaging and grim in a delightful way.. the ending was a little more saccharine than i was hoping for but still fun.
Surprisingly Good
may1nster
A very interesting American Gothic, and a very good text to use when describing an unreliable narrator.