A Son At The Front
Edith Wharton
Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers





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





Dawcat
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





Wharton Lover
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