Marriage, as it was, as it is and as it should be: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
Marriage, as it was, as it is and as it should be by Annie Besant: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 5 original MP3 tracks, 3:12:08 running time and a link to listen.
Marriage, as it was, as it is and as it should be, credited to Annie Besant, 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 Marriage, as it was, as it is and as it should be by Annie Besant. Read in English by LibriVox volunteers. In this short pamphlet, Annie Besant - a well-known British women's rights activist - lays down British marriage laws as they were at her time. She opposes the view of married women as mere property of their husbands, with virtually no rights of their own, and makes suggestions for the improvement of marriage law, footed on equality of the sexes. In the second part of the pamphlet, she advocates for a law governing full divorce, instead of only the separation of husband and wife the church was granting, unwillingly, if at all. Although the pamphlet was written in 1882, Besants views of equality of men and women in both marriage and divorce law are surprisingly modern. Her ideas of shared parenting in case of a divorce have not been realised until very recently.( Summary by Ava)
Recording facts
- Recording title: Marriage, as it was, as it is and as it should be
- Author credits: Annie Besant
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 5
- Listed recording duration: 3:12:08
Catalogue topics
- marriage
- family
- divorce
- relationships
Track guide
- 01 - Marriage, Section 1 — 45:09
- 02 - Marriage, Section 2 — 36:04
- 03 - Marriage, Section 3 — 48:11
- 04 - Divorce, Section 1 — 28:19
- 05 - Divorce, Section 2 — 34:25
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