Through the Fray
G. A. Henty
Read by GabrielleC
Ned Sankey is a quick-tempered, strong-willed boy during the Luddite riots in Yorkshire. The happy times at the beginning of the story are soon marred by the death of his father. From there things only get worse. When things take a turn for the worst, how will he respond? (Summary by GabrielleC) (8 hr 19 min)
Chapters
00 - Preface | 2:42 | Read by GabrielleC |
01 - A Fishing Expedition | 23:41 | Read by GabrielleC |
02 - The Fight on the Moor | 23:09 | Read by GabrielleC |
03 - A Cropper Village | 24:56 | Read by GabrielleC |
04 - The Worms Turn | 24:22 | Read by GabrielleC |
05 - The New Master | 24:36 | Read by GabrielleC |
06 - The Thief Detected | 23:02 | Read by GabrielleC |
07 - A Terrible Shock | 21:59 | Read by GabrielleC |
08 - Ned is Sorely Tried | 25:02 | Read by GabrielleC |
09 - A Painful Time | 23:41 | Read by GabrielleC |
10 - Troubles at Home | 22:34 | Read by GabrielleC |
11 - The New Machinery | 21:31 | Read by GabrielleC |
12 - Murdered! | 22:08 | Read by GabrielleC |
13 - Committed for Trial | 23:33 | Read by GabrielleC |
14 - Committed for Trial | 23:21 | Read by GabrielleC |
15 - Not Guilty | 22:09 | Read by GabrielleC |
16 - Luke Marner's Sacrifice | 22:57 | Read by GabrielleC |
17 - A Lonely Life | 34:50 | Read by GabrielleC |
18 - Ned is Attacked | 37:44 | Read by GabrielleC |
19 - The Attack on Cartwright's Mill | 22:44 | Read by GabrielleC |
20 - Cleared at Last | 28:31 | Read by GabrielleC |
Reviews
WRONG READER FOR THIS BOOK!!!
Avid Listener
This was certainly not Henty's best book, but a better narration would have helped. I have heard this reader on chapters of multi-reader books and the approach has always been the same: unprojected speech at "fast forward." One or two chapters are liveable, but an entire book? No thank you! If you are staunch fan of Henty you might persevere as did I, but for prospective listeners who are not familiar with his historicity, I urge you to seek other of his books first.
Randall
Randall Morton
The authorship certainly would cause a reader to have high expectations of an entertaining book. The story can not be entertaining if it cannot be understood. I could not understand the dialect. Since I couldn't decider the words, I had to stop listening. So many words seem to be in a foreign tongue. A version #2 could be of great help.
solid enjoyable book.
Deichholz
Reader was very animated. She even did a passable version of the rather difficult brogue set in portions of the dialog. Some lack of clarity, so should not be listened to in a noisy environment.
PDXer
Book was good; main reader needs to slow down just a wee bit. Can’t understand some words because they are all run together.
Ann b
Speed reading and poor diction impossible to listen to this. Story might be good but could not listen beyond the 1st chapter
Maria Wiebe
would give 5 stars but the reader is difficult to understand .
unfortunate diction
clayton dale
the narrators articulation wasn't clear
A LibriVox Listener
she sounds like she is reading with a retainer in her mouth. I hope she got her teeth straight and is a beautiful swan now, because she sounds like the ugly duckling for this reading.