The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors


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A 1908 NaNoWriMo forerunner, told in twelve chapters, each with a different author. The basic plot was to show how an engagement or marriage would affect and be affected by an entire family. The project became somewhat curious for the way the authors' contentious interrelationships mirrored the sometimes dysfunctional family they described in their chapters. The collaboration may have been an uncomfortable one, but a final product did emerge with some clever and entertaining contributions from its often squabbling authors. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia and others by Annise) (7 hr 32 min)

Chapitres

The Father, by William Dean Howells 41:58 Lu par Tom Lennon
The Old-maid Aunt, by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman 42:35 Lu par MaryAnn
The Grandmother, by Mary Heaton Vorse 24:17 Lu par Amy Gramour
The Daughter-in-Law, by Mary Stewart Doubleday Cutting 26:55 Lu par Kalynda
The School-Girl, by Elizabeth Jordan 29:33 Lu par Heather Lawrence
The Son-in-Law, by John Kendrick Bangs 34:44 Lu par Sandra Estenson
The Married Son, by Henry James 1:04:33 Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
The Married Daughter, by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 43:09 Lu par Elizabeth Klett
The Mother, by Edith Wyatt 31:35 Lu par TriciaG
The School-Boy, by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews 43:52 Lu par David Stryker
Peggy, by Alice Brown 38:03 Lu par Vsilverlining
The Friend of the Family, by Henry van Dyke 31:01 Lu par David Leeson