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A Son At The Front

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(4,308 Sterne; 13 Bewertungen)

This is an overlooked novel by the author of House Of Mirth, Age Of Innocence, and more. She already became the first woman to win the Pulitzer prize for literature before this novel was written. Edith Wharton is known for her combination of social observations, criticism, and compassion. This WWI novel is told from the point of view of parents, forced to live their own lives when their son is at the front. John and Julia are divorced parents. When their only son George enlists, Julia and her second husband do their best to give him a desk job. But George shocks everybody by enlisting. His mother is horrified, his father and stepfather are secretly proud. But would he return alive? - Summary by Stav Nisser (10 hr 50 min)

Chapters

Chapter I

16:18

Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020)

Chapter II

18:02

Read by MLC13

Chapter III

20:24

Read by MLC13

Chapter IV

24:17

Read by MLC13

Chapter V

17:10

Read by MLC13

Chapter VI

6:26

Read by ChadH94

Chapter VII

16:30

Read by MLC13

Chapter VIII

21:51

Read by MLC13

Chapter IX

20:33

Read by ChadH94

Chapter X

17:20

Read by ChadH94

Chapter XI

22:47

Read by ChadH94

Chapter XII

21:51

Read by ChadH94

Chapter XIII

17:13

Read by ChadH94

Chapter XIV

24:46

Read by ChadH94

Chapter XV

15:04

Read by Riley McGuire

Chapter XVI

14:40

Read by ChadH94

Chapter XVII

19:42

Read by ChadH94

Chapter XVIII

12:38

Read by ChadH94

Chapter XIX

18:36

Read by ChadH94

Chapter XX

17:47

Read by ChadH94

Chapter XXI

15:46

Read by MLC13

Chapter XXII

7:47

Read by MLC13

Chapter XXIII

10:57

Read by MLC13

Chapter XXIV

23:22

Read by MLC13

Chapter XXV

18:08

Read by MLC13

Chapter XXVI

16:20

Read by Claire Wilde

Chapter XXVII

19:28

Read by Alison Gilchrist

Chapter XXVIII

17:00

Read by Jeff Mattison

Chapter XXIX

17:13

Read by MLC13

Chapter XXX

18:41

Read by MLC13

Chapter XXXI

22:14

Read by Riley McGuire

Chapter XXXII

14:38

Read by Riley McGuire

Chapter XXXIII

19:51

Read by Riley McGuire

Chapter XXIV

22:27

Read by Riley McGuire

Chapter XXXV

14:22

Read by Riley McGuire

Chapter XXXVI

28:31

Read by Riley McGuire

Bewertungen

(1 Sterne)

I found it very hard to listen to as the reading was very stilted as if the reader was struggling with the text. Added to that every so often a pasted in word would be magnified ..one where the pronunciation was impossible for the reader so some other source was used. I found myself focusing more on the struggling reader than the story. It was such a battle for him there was nothing left for emotion or variance in tone.

Great Book, Mixed Reading

(3 Sterne)

The first 6 or 7 chapters (read by women) are great but then a heavily accented male voice reads too quickly, fails to differentiate characters in dialogue, mispronounces words and in general disrupts the flow. That being said, other voices return & restore the reading. Still, this one male voice inadvertently draws attention to itself and away from the story. Disappointing