Deerbrook
Harriet Martineau
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A three volume novel, Deerbrook (1839) is a story of middle class country life with a surgeon hero.
Like the later and more famous novel Middlemarch, Deerbrook describes the life of country people in a fictional English town. The Grey family live in one of the loveliest houses in Deerbrook, but a change in their lives is going to take place... The Ibbotson sisters, Hester and Margaret, orphaned distant cousins of Mr. Grey. Like in Jane Austen's novels, we see how the sisters are trying to advance themselves. In Victorian England, the chief way for women to "advance themselves" is to marry well. But will they succeed? And if they succeed, will they be happy?(Summary by Stav Nisser and Wikipedia) (22 hr 7 min)
Chapters
| 01 - An Event. | 24:35 | Read by Arielle Lipshaw |
| 02 - Moonlight of Townsfolk. | 8:41 | Read by Elli |
| 03 - Making Acquaintance. | 15:32 | Read by Elli |
| 04 - Morning Calls. | 16:11 | Read by Elli |
| 05 - The Meadows. (Part 1) | 27:48 | Read by Chris Caron |
| 06 - The Meadows. (Part 2) | 22:49 | Read by Christine Blachford |
| 07 - The School-Room. | 36:35 | Read by garyday |
| 08 - Family Confidence. | 15:21 | Read by garyday |
| 09 - Family Correspondence | 34:29 | Read by Linda Andrus |
| 10 - Child’s Play. | 20:09 | Read by Linda Andrus |
| 11 - A Party of Pleasure. (Part 1) | 20:56 | Read by Rosie |
| 12 - A Party of Pleasure. (Part 2) | 19:59 | Read by Rosie |
| 13 - Mediation. | 27:34 | Read by Chris Caron |
| 14 - A Turn in the Shrubbery. | 28:37 | Read by Linda Andrus |
| 15 - Sophia in the Village. | 19:02 | Read by Linda Andrus |
| 16 - Preparing for Home. | 37:59 | Read by Linda Andrus |
| 17 - Maria and Margaret. (Part 1) | 24:21 | Read by Chris Caron |
| 18 - Maria and Margaret. (Part 2) | 20:07 | Read by Chris Caron |
| 19 - Home. | 24:22 | Read by garyday |
| 20 - First Hospitality. | 25:33 | Read by Chris Caron |
| 21 - Grandmamma in Retreat. | 21:10 | Read by Chris Caron |
| 22 - Home at "The Hopes'." | 42:55 | Read by Chris Caron |
| 23 - Enderby News. | 19:33 | Read by Chris Caron |
| 24 - Consciousness to the Unconscious. | 27:55 | Read by Chris Caron |
| 25 - The Meadows in Winter. | 22:39 | Read by Chris Caron |
| 26 - Moods of the Mind. | 19:26 | Read by Linda Andrus |
| 27 - Warnings. | 32:56 | Read by Linda Andrus |
| 28 - Long Walks. | 16:36 | Read by Chris Caron |
| 29 - Disclosures. | 38:04 | Read by Chris Caron |
| 30 - A Morning in March. | 30:34 | Read by Chris Caron |
| 31 - Deerbrook Commotions. (Part 1) | 25:38 | Read by Linda Andrus |
| 32 - Deerbrook Commotions. (Part 2) | 21:40 | Read by Linda Andrus |
| 33 - Deerbrook Commotions. (Part 3) | 25:55 | Read by Linda Andrus |
| 34 - Coming to an Understanding. | 12:01 | Read by Chris Caron |
| 35 - Condolence. | 30:36 | Read by Chris Caron |
| 36 - Keeping Sunday. | 23:11 | Read by Chris Caron |
| 37 - Going to Rest. | 15:53 | Read by Chris Caron |
| 38 - Moving Onward. | 26:41 | Read by Chris Caron |
| 39 - Old and Young. | 26:33 | Read by Chris Caron |
| 40 - Boating. (Part 1) | 31:02 | Read by garyday |
| 41 - Boating. (Part 2) | 33:03 | Read by garyday |
| 42 - The Next Day. (Part 1) | 24:48 | Read by garyday |
| 43 - The Next Day. (Part 2) | 23:16 | Read by garyday |
| 44 - The Conqueror. | 12:31 | Read by Chris Caron |
| 45 - The Victims. | 36:43 | Read by Chris Caron |
| 46 - The Long Nights. (Part 1) | 19:20 | Read by Chris Caron |
| 47 - The Long Nights. (Part 2) | 20:55 | Read by Chris Caron |
| 48 - Lightsome Days. (Part 1) | 23:46 | Read by garyday |
| 49 - Lightsome Days. (Part 2) | 20:08 | Read by garyday |
| 50 - Deerbrook in Shadow. | 35:47 | Read by Chris Caron |
| 51 - Church-Going. | 15:46 | Read by garyday |
| 52 - Working Round. | 26:17 | Read by Chris Caron |
| 53 - Late Religion. | 15:52 | Read by garyday |
| 54 - Rest of the Placable. | 15:39 | Read by garyday |
| 55 - Deerbrook in Sunshine. | 22:00 | Read by garyday |
Reviews
can not understand reader
jaded_grl
chapter one was very good. but i could not understand much of what the reader said in chapter two because of her very strong accent. and when i realized she read more chapters i had to give up. i miss so much information from her accent that i would be lost trying to follow the story.
Kim B
The story is really good but the main reader’s mispronouncing common words every other sentence is really grating. If he’d have pulled out a dictionary he’d have been fine.
Unknown
Readers throughout the entire novel make this classic inaccessible. So disappointing.
josamtess
Could not understand readers were they speaking English?