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The Precipice

Gelesen von Mary Schneider

(4,562 Sterne; 8 Bewertungen)

Elia Peattie was an outspoken journalist and social activist who gave her attention to such areas as orphanages, charity hospitals, the Wounded Knee massacre, capital punishment, and the like. The Precipice is partially based on the life of her close friend Katherine Ostrander, a social work pioneer, and tells of the evolution of Kate Barrington after her college years and with it the evolution of society as a whole and women in particular in pre-World War I America. Friendship, romance, betrayal, searchings of the soul, dreams, and shattered hopes -- all the stuff of life -- bring Kate to full realization of her true self. (Introduction by Mary Schneider) (10 hr 54 min)

Chapters

01 - Chapter I

17:05

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02 - Chapter II

13:31

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03 - Chapter III

27:51

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04 - Chapter IV

15:53

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05 - Chapter V

21:03

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06 - Chapter VI

23:35

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07 - Chapter VII

25:33

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08 - Chapter VIII

20:50

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09 - Chapter IX

17:23

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10 - Chapter X

14:41

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11 - Chapter XI

16:07

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12 - Chapter XII

14:26

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13 - Chapter XIII

18:19

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14 - Chapter XIV

25:19

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15 - Chapter XV

15:25

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16 - Chapter XVI

24:17

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17 - Chapter XVII

19:17

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18 - Chapter XVIII

15:45

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19 - Chapter XIX

19:19

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20 - Chapter XX

15:30

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21 - Chapter XXI

26:49

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22 - Chapter XXII

18:27

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23 - Chapter XXIII

13:39

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24 - Chapter XXIV

22:06

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25 - Chapter XXV

17:35

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26 - Chapter XXVI

21:16

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27 - Chapter XXVII

18:18

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28 - Chapter XXVIII

23:54

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29 - Chapter XXIX

28:08

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30 - Chapter XXX

14:05

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31 - Chapter XXXI

16:47

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32 - Chapter XXXII

12:01

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33 - Chapter XXXIII

13:19

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34 - Chapter XXXIV

13:05

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35 - Chapter XXXV

14:18

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Bewertungen

(5 Sterne)

Another stellar audio book from Librivox! Schools would be well advised to use this invaluable tool to educate our children! It will expand their knowledge of different times and viewpoints, yet timeless in its understanding of the human experience! If we teach our children how to think, we will bring ourselves closer to the superior education "elite's" children receive at their boarding schools! They teach the slave class how to obey and to accept the mind-numbing boredom of rote memorization of useless facts and fictions producing greater endurance in tolerating the mindless, repetitive physical motion inherant in factory assembly line work. Take heart, in the end; we win!

(4 Sterne)

The reader is excellent although a bit monotone. This book is interesting and ends nicely. Some of the concepts are overly stated. I admire the heroine, who remains steadfast in her beliefs and her dedication to the marginalized.