Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man, credited to Sinclair Lewis, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man, by Sinclair Lewis. Read by Don Jenkins. "At thirty-four Mr. Wrenn was the sales-entry clerk of the Souvenir Company. He was always bending over bills and columns of figures at a desk behind the stock-room. He was a meek little bachelor--a person of inconspicuous blue ready-made suits, and a small unsuccessful mustache." Mr. Wrenn, however has a rich inner life embellished by his own imagination. When he comes into a modest inheritance, he feels he ought to learn to get out and wander a bit, and then his education begins. He finds life more "interesting", perhaps than he had "imagined". . . (Introduction by Don Jenkins)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man
• Author credits: Sinclair Lewis
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 19
• Listed recording duration: 7:41:41

Catalogue topics

• humor
• comedy
• romance

Track guide

1. Chap. 01, MR. WRENN IS LONELY — 31:32
2. Chap. 02, HE WALKS WITH MISS THERESA — 37:44
3. Chap. 03, HE STARTS FOR THE LAND OF ELSEWHERE — 19:13
4. Chap. 04, HE BECOMES THE GREAT LITTLE BILL WRENN — 20:39
5. Chap. 05, HE FINDS MUCH QUAINT ENGLISH FLAVOR — 15:31
6. Chap. 06, HE IS AN ORPHAN — 21:55
7. Chap. 07, HE MEETS A TEMPERAMENT — 31:40
8. Chap. 08, HE TIFFINS — 22:56
9. Chap. 09, HE ENCOUNTERS THE INTELLECTUALS — 28:20
10. Chap. 10, HE GOES GIPSYING — 18:11
11. Chap. 11, HE BUYS AN ORANGE TIE — 20:48
12. Chap. 12, HE DISCOVERS AMERICA — 31:20
13. Chap. 13, HE IS 'OUR MR. WRENN' — 26:45
14. Chap. 14, HE ENTERS SOCIETY — 21:55
15. Chap. 15, HE STUDIES FIVE HUNDRED, SAVOIUR FAIRE, AND LOTSA-SNAP OFFICE MOTTOES — 20:43
16. Chap. 16, HE BECOMES MILDLY RELIGIOUS AND HIGHLY LITERARY — 35:45
17. Chap. 17, HE IS BLOWN BY THE WHIRLWIND — 31:24
18. Chap. 18, AND FOLLOWS A WANDERING FLAME THROUGH PERILOUS SEAS — 16:15
19. Chap. 19, TO A HAPPY SHORE — 9:14

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