Oldtown Folks
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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1870's rural Massachusetts communities became famous as “Oldtown” in Harriet Beecher Stowe's 7th novel and national bestseller. Based partially on her husband Rev. Calvin Stowe's childhood memories and other old timers' recollections, this story of growing up in rural New England just after the American Revolution is one of the earliest examples of local color writing in New England. Young Horace Holyoke, the novel's narrator, describes life during the early Federalist years, capturing its many rich ideas, customs, and family lore. Villagers wrestle with loyalties to the fledgling government, and with the new secular rationalism provoked by the young nation’s Founders. Clashes between Puritanism, Calvinism, and Arminianism abound. This book helped with the depreciation of Calvinism in that time. Summary by Michele Fry (22 hr 46 min)
Kapitel
Preface | 3:49 | Gelesen von Michele Fry |
Ch.1 Old Town And The Minister | 22:20 | Gelesen von Lynne T |
Ch.2 My Father | 12:40 | Gelesen von Denise Nordell |
Ch.3 My Grandmother | 17:46 | Gelesen von Denise Nordell |
Ch.4 The Village Do-Nothing | 25:22 | Gelesen von Michele Fry |
Ch.5 The Old Meeting-House | 52:49 | Gelesen von Michele Fry |
Ch.6 Fire-Light Talk In My Grandmother's Kitchen | 54:21 | Gelesen von Michele Fry |
Ch.7 Old Crab Smith | 27:28 | Gelesen von Michele Fry |
Ch.8 Miss Asphyxia | 26:48 | Gelesen von Michele Fry |
Ch.9 Harry's First Day's Work | 10:36 | Gelesen von Denise Nordell |
Ch.10 Miss Asphyxia's System | 24:22 | Gelesen von Denise Nordell |
Ch.11 The Crisis | 15:45 | Gelesen von Colman Shew |
Ch.12 The Lion's Mouth Shut | 15:16 | Gelesen von Michele Fry |
Ch.13 The Empty Bird's-Nest | 9:00 | Gelesen von Crystal Rogers |
Ch.14 The Day In Fairy-Land | 28:22 | Gelesen von Michele Fry |
Ch.15 The Old Manor-House | 21:56 | Gelesen von Michele Fry |
Ch.16 Sam Lawson's Discoveries | 21:58 | Gelesen von Michele Fry |
Ch.17 The Visit To The Haunted House | 43:29 | Gelesen von Michele Fry |
Ch.18 Tina's Adoption | 31:14 | Gelesen von Michele Fry |
Ch.19 Miss Mehitable's Letter, and the Reply, Giving Further Hints of the Story | 52:30 | Gelesen von Michele Fry |
Ch.20 Miss Asphyxia Goes In Pursuit, and my Grandmother Gives Her Views on Educ… | 32:00 | Gelesen von Michele Fry |
Ch.21 What is to be Done with the Boy? | 27:34 | Gelesen von Michele Fry |
Ch.22 Daily Living In Old Town | 34:36 | Gelesen von Colman Shew |
Ch.23 We Take a Step Up In The World | 35:07 | Gelesen von Michele Fry |
Ch.24 We Behold Grandeur | 32:43 | Gelesen von Michele Fry |
Ch.25 Easter Sunday | 45:31 | Gelesen von Michele Fry |
Ch.26 What "Our Folks" Said At Oldtown | 25:00 | Gelesen von Michele Fry |
Ch.27 How We Kept Thanksgiving At Oldtown | 35:01 | Gelesen von Denise Nordell |
Ch.28 The Raid On Oldtown, And Uncle Fliakim's Bravery | 29:58 | Gelesen von Michele Fry |
Ch.29 My Grandmother's Blue Book | 55:00 | Gelesen von Michele Fry |
Ch.30 We Begin To Be Grown-Up People | 30:59 | Gelesen von Michele Fry |
Ch.31 What Shall We Do With Tina? | 18:55 | Gelesen von Michele Fry |
Ch.32 The Journey To Cloudland | 15:39 | Gelesen von Gnomesb |
Ch.33 School-Life in Cloudland | 47:32 | Gelesen von Michele Fry |
Ch.34 Our Minister in Cloudland | 36:11 | Gelesen von Michele Fry |
Ch.35 The Revival Of Religion | 27:58 | Gelesen von Colman Shew |
Ch.36 After The Revival | 24:28 | Gelesen von Michele Fry |
Ch.37 The Minister's Wood-Spell | 20:58 | Gelesen von Michele Fry |
Ch.38 Ellery Davenport | 26:32 | Gelesen von Gnomesb |
Ch.39 Last Days In Cloudland | 21:28 | Gelesen von Michele Fry |
Ch.40 We Enter College | 23:50 | Gelesen von Michele Fry |
Ch.41 Night Talks | 11:46 | Gelesen von Crystal Rogers |
Ch.42 Spring Vacation At Oldtown | 25:59 | Gelesen von Gnomesb |
Ch.43 What Our Folks Thought About It | 28:01 | Gelesen von Michele Fry |
Ch.44 Marriage Preparations | 22:27 | Gelesen von Kathrine Engan |
Ch.45 Wedding Bells | 25:28 | Gelesen von Michele Fry |
Ch.46 Wedding After-Talks At Oldtown | 13:00 | Gelesen von Michele Fry |
Ch.47 Behind The Curtain | 17:40 | Gelesen von Kathrine Engan |
Ch.48 Tina's Solution | 16:51 | Gelesen von Michele Fry |
Ch.49 What Came Of It | 23:19 | Gelesen von Michele Fry |
Ch.50 The Last Chapter | 16:51 | Gelesen von Michele Fry |
Bewertungen
great book! mostly good readers!





Uncle Ell Weisgal
great book made even better with the chapters read by Michele Fry. she is truly gifted and I am lucky enough to get to listen to Ms Fry. thank y'all and thank you Librivox
Oldtown Folks





A LibriVox Listener
As usual, a very enjoyable book by Ms Stowe. A tad difficult to get into, but once got into, well worth the trouble. Always interesting to me, the insight into the days of the earlier times, the hardships of the ‘foundling’ children, the toughness of the lower working class and the privileges of the upper class. The religious theme could prove tedious to many folk, but, in my opinion, I think our world of today needs moral guidance to sort it out. The readers are excellently suited to the script, apart from one chapter, but it could be the fact that the female readers are so good that the gentleman rather stands out. Their accents are interesting, but being used to varying accents, this did not distract from the reading. Thank you all for an enjoyable reading!





Francie
sweet and enjoyable. h b stowe wrote a simple but well written book, here