Esther Waters: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Esther Waters, credited to George Moore, 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 Esther Waters by George Moore, read by LibriVox volunteers, proofed by Karen Merline and Tricia G, coordinated by Miss Stav and Bridget Gaige, and produced by Karen Merline. "She stood on the platform watching the receding train. A few bushes hid the curve of the line; the white vapour rose above them, evaporating in the pale evening. A moment more and the last carriage would pass out of sight. The white gates swung forward slowly and closed over the line". Thus opens the novel about Esther Waters, young, pious woman from a poor working class family who, while working as a kitchen maid, is seduced by another employee, becomes pregnant, is deserted by her lover, and against all odds decides to raise her child as a single mother. Esther Waters is one of a group of Victorian novels that depict the life of a "fallen woman". It is considered to be Moore's best novel. Moore lived from 1852 to 1933(Summary from Wikipedia, revised by Stav Nisser.)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Esther Waters
• Author credits: George Moore
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 48
• Listed recording duration: 14:11:45

Catalogue topics

• audio books
• fiction
• novel
• England

Opening tracks: first 24 of 48

1. 01 - Chapter 01 — 17:08
2. 02 - Chapter 02 — 27:00
3. 03 - Chapter 03 — 20:31
4. 04 - Chapter 04 — 8:51
5. 05 - Chapter 05 — 8:14
6. 06 - Chapter 06 — 10:14
7. 07 - Chapter 07 — 6:33
8. 08 - Chapter 08 — 13:25
9. 09 - Chapter 09 — 23:49
10. 10 - Chapter 10 — 11:53
11. 11 - Chapter 11 — 20:10
12. 12 - Chapter 12 — 17:21
13. 13 - Chapter 13 — 30:30
14. 14 - Chapter 14 — 12:31
15. 15 - Chapter 15 — 10:18
16. 16 - Chapter 16 — 14:35
17. 17 - Chapter 17 — 23:10
18. 18 - Chapter 18 — 28:13
19. 19 - Chapter 19 — 19:01
20. 20 - Chapter 20 — 31:50
21. 21 - Chapter 21 — 17:56
22. 22 - Chapter 22 — 9:28
23. 23 - Chapter 23 — 15:49
24. 24 - Chapter 24 — 13:38

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