The Breaking Point


Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)

(4.5 étoiles; 856 critiques)

Mary Roberts Rinehart -- "America's Agatha Christie," as she used to be called -- set this story in a New York suburban town, shortly after the end of the first world war. Dick Livingstone is a young, successful doctor, who in the course of events becomes engaged to Elizabeth Wheeler. But there is a mystery about his past, and he thinks himself honor-bound to unravel it before giving himself to her in marriage. In particular, a shock of undetermined origin has wiped out his memory prior to roughly the last decade. Rinehart, who presumably had been reading, or reading about, the then popular Sigmund Freud, plays on what today is called "repressed memory," as she takes Dick into his past, and into the dangers that, unknown to him, lurk there. Is she correct about the behavior of memory? Who knows? After all, this is not a clinical treatise, but a work of fiction, one of the thrillers that made her such a popular writer of the earlier twentieth century.(Introduction by Nicholas Clifford) (11 hr 27 min)

Chapitres

01 - Chapter I 18:08 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
02 - Chapter II 11:36 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
03 - Chapter III 22:52 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
04 - Chapter IV 6:27 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
05 - Chapter V 9:51 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
06 - Chapter VI 7:41 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
07 - Chapter VII 15:15 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
08 - Chapter VIII 9:34 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
09 - Chapter IX 7:20 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
10 - Chapter X 7:45 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
11 - Chapter XI 21:58 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
12 - Chapter XII 12:53 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
13 - Chapter XIII 23:27 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
14 - Chapter XIV 16:15 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
15 - Chapter XV 12:52 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
16 - Chapter XVI 16:36 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
17 - Chapter XVII 8:31 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
18 - Chapter XVIII 9:41 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
19 - Chapter XIX 10:23 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
20 - Chapter XX 8:41 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
21 - Chapter XXI 14:24 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
22 - Chapter XXII 16:09 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
23 - Chapter XXIII 14:34 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
24 - Chapter XXIV 18:12 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
25 - Chapter XXV 19:50 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
26 - Chapter XXVI 13:54 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
27 - Chapter XXVII 15:31 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
28 - Chapter XXVIII 14:39 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
29 - Chapter XXIX 10:54 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
30 - Chapter XXX 11:03 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
31 - Chapter XXXI 16:57 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
32 - Chapter XXXII 14:36 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
33 - Chapter XXXIII 13:18 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
34 - Chapter XXIV 15:09 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
35 - Chapter XXXV 18:40 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
36 - Chapter XXXVI 15:40 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
37 - Chapter XXXVII 9:08 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
38 - Chapter XXXVIII 21:25 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
39 - Chapter XXXIX 21:31 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
40 - Chapter XL 20:45 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
41 - Chapter XLI 25:28 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
42 - Chapter XLII 18:07 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
43 - Chapter XLIII 6:02 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
44 - Chapter XLIV 11:34 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
45 - Chapter XLV 17:02 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
46 - Chapter XLVI 9:16 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
47 - Chapter XLVII 19:24 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
48 - Chapter XLVIII 6:25 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)

Critiques

Awesome story - loved it


(5 étoiles)

Okay, it's a bit far fetched, but still good. Our hero has met the woman of his dreams, but he has a gap in his memory that he wants filled. So he returns to the place he thinks that will jog his memory. Unfortunately it works, and he forgets the ten years he has spent as an honored doctor and only sees himself as a killer on the run. Fortunately, he has earned some friends who want to help him, but will it be too little, too late? Can he reclaim his position as a doctor and fiance? Reader was excellent, no complaints. I really enjoyed this story.

A very good story


(5 étoiles)

This is a very good story -- long, but good. I'm learning that Mary Roberts Rinehart was very good at writing the complexities of relationships, the nuances of emotions, and in combining those human elements with some well thought out mysteries. This Librivox volunteer reader did a very good job. (I must say that I've seen MRR praised as "an American Agatha Christie"; that she is not. Christie is controlled and concise and packs a lot into her much thinner books, whereas Rinehart rambles on prodigiously with minute details of actions and emotions. Both are good writers, but they are very, very different.)


(4 étoiles)

A very good book. I felt a variety of emotions from sadness to joy. A writing of life where all is not rosey. Really enjoyed this narrator. He did a great job and it makes a difference.


(5 étoiles)

Excellent story and great reading. The twists of conflict are well executed, and though there is a little drudgery involved, if you can make it through, you will be rewarded by the end of the novel. This book touches on the theme of romantic love with a magnifying glass: can even the breaking point defeat true love? and it answers with a resounding, 'No. It can cause one to spurn it or to attempt to rip it from one's chest, but if it is true, then even though it turns to bitter jealousy and rage, it is only so because it is indeed real and must make its veracity of presence known in some form or another.'

A very enjoyed leisurely listen


(5 étoiles)

The reader has a perfect narrator's voice! The story is intriguing; although a bit slow moving it is very well-woven and worth the patience to slowly experience all the angles.

The Breaking Point


(5 étoiles)

I loved this book. The plot was easy followed, gripping with lots of twists. Very nicely recorded.

good story great reader


(4 étoiles)

this story is definitely worth your time to listen. it wasn't the blow your socks off, keep you up late because you can't put it down story but not many books are. :-) good quality recording talented reader well written story A big sincere thank you to the reader and sound engineer (if they are not the same person) for donating your time and energy to a cause that is very dear to me.... my personal entertainment! lol enjoy everyone

Well crafted story, excellent reading


(5 étoiles)

This was one of those books that I didn't want to end. The characters were so well crafted that I felt like I knew them personally. All of my emotions were exercised and the ending was perfect. Nicholas Clifford is a gifted reader. I would listen to him read a tax form!