The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors, Version 2


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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 27:37 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 30:23 Read by Jennifer Wilson
THE SCHOOL-BOY, By Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews 30:46 Read by Inkell
PEGGY, by Alice Brown 38:00 Read by Yoganandh T
THE FRIEND OF THE FAMILY, by Henry Van Dyke 35:29 Read by Lyndon Ashworth