A Woman of Genius: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A Woman of Genius, credited to Mary Hunter Austin, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of A Woman of Genius by Mary Hunter Austin. Read in English by Amy Dunkleberger In this 1912 novel, Mary Hunter Austin (1868-1934) draws inspiration from her own life to tell the story of a gifted woman caught between her public ambition and her private desire. Beginning with her post-Civil War Midwestern girlhood, Austin chronicles the tumultuous life -- its romantic and artistic challenges -- of "tragic actress" Olivia Lattimore. With lyrical insight, she explores the many social and economic obstacles talented women like Olivia face in their pursuit of self-fulfillment. In America’s cynical Gilded Age, Austin asks, can a “woman of genius” find both happiness and success? Summary by Amy Dunkleberger

Recording facts

• Recording title: A Woman of Genius
• Author credits: Mary Hunter Austin
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 34
• Listed recording duration: 13:37:12

Catalogue topics

• marriage
• ambition
• midwest
• gender roles
• actresses

Opening tracks: first 24 of 34

1. 01 - Book I, Chapter I — 10:43
2. 02 - Book I, Chapter II — 22:41
3. 03 - Book I, Chapter III — 19:39
4. 04 - Book I, Chapter IV — 19:41
5. 05 - Book I, Chapter V — 22:16
6. 06 - Book I, Chapter VI — 23:32
7. 07 - Book I, Chapter VII — 25:43
8. 08 - Book I, Chapter VIII — 22:48
9. 09 - Book I, Chapter IX — 18:20
10. 10 - Book II, Chapter I — 21:00
11. 11 - Book II, Chapter II — 21:57
12. 12 - Book II, Chapter III — 21:14
13. 13 - Book II, Chapter IV — 21:12
14. 14 - Book II, Chapter V — 27:11
15. 15 - Book II, Chapter VI — 28:00
16. 16 - Book II, Chapter VII — 23:58
17. 17 - Book II, Chapter VIII — 23:42
18. 18 - Book II, Chapter IX — 21:31
19. 19 - Book II, Chapter X — 27:37
20. 20 - Book III, Chapter I — 29:05
21. 21 - Book III, Chapter II — 24:15
22. 22 - Book III, Chapter III — 19:54
23. 23 - Book III, Chapter IV — 21:57
24. 24 - Book III, Chapter V — 27:33

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