A Son At The Front


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(4.3 stars; 13 reviews)

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)

Kapitel

Chapter I 16:18 Gelesen von Beth Thomas (1974-2020)
Chapter II 18:02 Gelesen von MLC13
Chapter III 20:24 Gelesen von MLC13
Chapter IV 24:17 Gelesen von MLC13
Chapter V 17:10 Gelesen von MLC13
Chapter VI 6:26 Gelesen von ChadH94
Chapter VII 16:30 Gelesen von MLC13
Chapter VIII 21:51 Gelesen von MLC13
Chapter IX 20:33 Gelesen von ChadH94
Chapter X 17:20 Gelesen von ChadH94
Chapter XI 22:47 Gelesen von ChadH94
Chapter XII 21:51 Gelesen von ChadH94
Chapter XIII 17:13 Gelesen von ChadH94
Chapter XIV 24:46 Gelesen von ChadH94
Chapter XV 15:04 Gelesen von Riley McGuire
Chapter XVI 14:40 Gelesen von ChadH94
Chapter XVII 19:42 Gelesen von ChadH94
Chapter XVIII 12:38 Gelesen von ChadH94
Chapter XIX 18:36 Gelesen von ChadH94
Chapter XX 17:47 Gelesen von ChadH94
Chapter XXI 15:46 Gelesen von MLC13
Chapter XXII 7:47 Gelesen von MLC13
Chapter XXIII 10:57 Gelesen von MLC13
Chapter XXIV 23:22 Gelesen von MLC13
Chapter XXV 18:08 Gelesen von MLC13
Chapter XXVI 16:20 Gelesen von Claire Wilde
Chapter XXVII 19:28 Gelesen von Alison Gilchrist
Chapter XXVIII 17:00 Gelesen von Jeff Mattison
Chapter XXIX 17:13 Gelesen von MLC13
Chapter XXX 18:41 Gelesen von MLC13
Chapter XXXI 22:14 Gelesen von Riley McGuire
Chapter XXXII 14:38 Gelesen von Riley McGuire
Chapter XXXIII 19:51 Gelesen von Riley McGuire
Chapter XXIV 22:27 Gelesen von Riley McGuire
Chapter XXXV 14:22 Gelesen von Riley McGuire
Chapter XXXVI 28:31 Gelesen von Riley McGuire

Bewertungen


(1 stars)

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 stars)

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