Mary: A Fiction: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Mary: A Fiction, credited to Mary Wollstonecraft, 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 Mary: A Fiction by Mary Wollstonecraft. Read in English by TriciaG Mary: A Fiction, published in 1788, is a tragic story that decries marriages not based on love. It can be considered an example of feminist fiction. Mary's parents are in a loveless marriage. As the second-born, female child, she is neglected; her education is self-directed from books, nature, and her own inclinations. Her inclinations, however, are towards genius and religion. Mary becomes the heiress of her parents' fortune when her brother dies. To keep the family property together due to litigation, her parents marry her to a boy she has never met. After the ceremony, he goes to the Continent, and Mary devotes herself to her weak, sickly friend, Ann. She is disgusted with the thought of living with her husband - a weak, shallow man. Strong love for Ann, love for a "better" man, religion, and benevolence support Mary through a life on the run from conventional duty. - Summary by TriciaG

Recording facts

• Recording title: Mary: A Fiction
• Author credits: Mary Wollstonecraft
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 32
• Listed recording duration: 2:44:43

Catalogue topics

• tragedy
• Friendship
• feminist fiction
• marriage of convenience
• dysfunctional marriage
• conventional marriage

Opening tracks: first 24 of 32

1. 00 - Advertisement (Preface) — 2:24
2. 01 - Chapter 1 — 7:02
3. 02 - Chapter 2 — 7:43
4. 03 - Chapter 3 — 4:30
5. 04 - Chapter 4 — 7:35
6. 05 - Chapter 5 — 8:36
7. 06 - Chapter 6 — 4:04
8. 07 - Chapter 7 — 3:34
9. 08 - Chapter 8 — 2:39
10. 09 - Chapter 9 — 6:51
11. 10 - Chapter 10 — 1:43
12. 11 - Chapter 11 — 7:11
13. 12 - Chapter 12 — 2:50
14. 13 - Chapter 13 — 4:12
15. 14 - Chapter 14 — 4:13
16. 15 - Chapter 15 — 3:41
17. 16 - Chapter 16 — 10:26
18. 17 - Chapter 17 — 2:03
19. 18 - Chapter 18 — 8:59
20. 19 - Chapter 19 — 6:21
21. 20 - Chapter 20 — 7:07
22. 21 - Chapter 21 — 2:11
23. 22 - Chapter 22 — 3:40
24. 23 - Chapter 23 — 7:42

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