An Anonymous Story: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
An Anonymous Story by Anton Chekhov: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 18 original MP3 tracks, 2:58:11 running time and a link to listen.
An Anonymous Story, credited to Anton Chekhov, 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 An Anonymous Story by Anton Chekhov. (Translated by Constance Garnett.) Read in English by Expatriate In "An Anonymous Story," Chekhov continues to explore his favorite themes of superfluous men, ironic rakes, exploited women, and the dangers of social conventions to human happiness. The Anonymous Narrator is a feckless, would-be revolutionary who gets himself hired on as a flunkey in the household of the young useless aristocrat Orlov, hoping to spy out some useful information for the Cause. Orlov seduces the beautiful Zinaida Fyodorovna away from her husband but quickly tires of her. The Narrator, another in the long line of Russian literary superfluous men, allows Orlov to use him to deceive Zinaida Fyodorovna, hating himself for it all the while. In the end he does his weak best to rescue the spurned mistress and her newborn child from their sufferings. Chekhov's subtle sympathy for the women victimized by conventional marriage is demonstrated in his narration of Zinaida Fyodorovna's tragic unraveling, ending in a masterful final chapter of heartbreaking ambiguity. (Summary by Expatriate)
Recording facts
- Recording title: An Anonymous Story
- Author credits: Anton Chekhov
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 18
- Listed recording duration: 2:58:11
Catalogue topics
- chekhov
- Russian Literature
- novellas
Track guide
- 01 - Chapter 01 — 10:12
- 02 - Chapter 02 — 4:39
- 03 - Chapter 03 — 13:46
- 04 - Chapter 04 — 11:52
- 05 - Chapter 05 — 13:05
- 06 - Chapter 06 — 16:03
- 07 - Chapter 07 — 7:18
- 08 - Chapter 08 — 6:49
- 09 - Chapter 09 — 7:38
- 10 - Chapter 10 — 11:00
- 11 - Chapter 11 — 14:00
- 12 - Chapter 12 — 9:04
- 13 - Chapter 13 — 6:42
- 14 - Chapter 14 — 7:52
- 15 - Chapter 15 — 10:09
- 16 - Chapter 16 — 3:38
- 17 - Chapter 17 — 13:35
- 18 - Chapter 18 — 10:49
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