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The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors

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An unusual concept,with each of the twelve chapters written by a different author. The original idea was to see how a single engagement and marriage affects the whole family, but as each author took on a chapter and, possibly, based it on their own family, it showed contention, conflict and, ultimately, a very dysfunctional family.

- Summary by Lynne T (7 hr 13 min)

Chapters

THE FATHER, by William Dean Howells

35:31

Read by CMachado

THE OLD-MAID AUNT, by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

44:18

Read by Winnifred Assmann

THE GRANDMOTHER, by Mary Heaton Vorse

29:15

Read by Lynne T

THE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, by Mary Stewart Cutting

30:05

Read by Colleen McMahon

THE SCHOOL-GIRL, by Elizabeth Jordan

32:53

Read by Shannon Santos

THE SON-IN-LAW, by John Kendrick Bangs

27:36

Read by Douglas Wood

THE MARRIED SON, by Henry James

53:06

Read by Cbteddy

THE MARRIED DAUGHTER, By Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

46:02

Read by Natalie Fortier

THE MOTHER, by Edith Wyatt

30:22

Read by Jennifer Wilson

THE SCHOOL-BOY, By Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews

30:45

Read by Inkell

PEGGY, by Alice Brown

38:00

Read by Yoganandh T

THE FRIEND OF THE FAMILY, by Henry Van Dyke

35:28

Read by Lyndon Ashworth