The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors
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A 1908 NaNoWriMo forerunner, told in twelve chapters, each with a different author. The basic plot was to show how an engagement or marriage would affect and be affected by an entire family. The project became somewhat curious for the way the authors' contentious interrelationships mirrored the sometimes dysfunctional family they described in their chapters. The collaboration may have been an uncomfortable one, but a final product did emerge with some clever and entertaining contributions from its often squabbling authors. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia and others by Annise) (7 hr 32 min)
Chapters
The Father, by William Dean Howells | 41:58 | Read by Tom Lennon |
The Old-maid Aunt, by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman | 42:35 | Read by MaryAnn |
The Grandmother, by Mary Heaton Vorse | 24:17 | Read by Amy Gramour |
The Daughter-in-Law, by Mary Stewart Doubleday Cutting | 26:55 | Read by Kalynda |
The School-Girl, by Elizabeth Jordan | 29:33 | Read by Heather Lawrence |
The Son-in-Law, by John Kendrick Bangs | 34:44 | Read by Sandra Estenson |
The Married Son, by Henry James | 1:04:33 | Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
The Married Daughter, by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps | 43:09 | Read by Elizabeth Klett |
The Mother, by Edith Wyatt | 31:35 | Read by TriciaG |
The School-Boy, by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews | 43:52 | Read by David Stryker |
Peggy, by Alice Brown | 38:03 | Read by Vsilverlining |
The Friend of the Family, by Henry van Dyke | 31:01 | Read by David Leeson |