The Age of Innocence (dramatic reading): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Age of Innocence (dramatic reading), credited to Edith Wharton, 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 The Age of Innocence (dramatic reading) by Edith Wharton. Read in English by a full cast of LibriVox volunteers. The Age of Innocence centers on an upper-class couple's impending marriage, and the introduction of a woman plagued by scandal whose presence threatens their happiness. Though the novel questions the assumptions and morals of 1870s' New York society, it never devolves into an outright condemnation of the institution. In fact, Wharton considered this novel an "apology" for her earlier, more brutal and critical novel, The House of Mirth. Not to be overlooked is Wharton's attention to detailing the charms and customs of the upper caste. The novel is lauded for its accurate portrayal of how the 19th-century East Coast American upper class lived, and this, combined with the social tragedy, earned Wharton a Pulitzer Prize — the first Pulitzer awarded to a woman. Edith Wharton was 58 years old at publication; she lived in that world, and saw it change dramatically by the end of World War I. The title is an ironic comment on the polished outward manners of New York society, when compared to its inward machinations. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast list: Newland Archer: Winston Tharp Lawrence Lefferts: Ernst Pattynama and: Algy Pug Christine Nillson : Elizabeth Klett and: Jenn Broda Sillerton Jackson: Bill Mosley Young Man/Thorley/Waiter/Mr. Merry: John Trevithick Mrs. Manson Mingott: Elizabeth Klett May Welland: CaprishaPage Mrs. Welland: Beth Thomas and: TJ Burns Ellen Olenska: Amanda Friday and: Lydia Mrs. Archer: Arielle Lipshaw Julius Beaufort: Jason Mills Janey Archer: Libby Gohn Henry van der Lyden: Ron Altman Louisa van der Lyden: Maryanka Gertrude Lefferts/Maid: Charlotte Duckett Nastasia : Diana Majlinger Duke of St. Austrey: Alan Mapstone Mrs. Struthers: Stefanie Heinrichs Butler: Oxenhandler Mr. Letterblair: tovarisch Ned Winsett: ToddHW Mr. Welland: Alan Mapstone Marchioness Medora Manson: Libby Gohn Dr. Carver: Alan Mapstone and Bob Neufeld Reggie Chivers: Drpage The Rector/Gov. of New York: tovarisch M. Riviere: ToddHW Miss Blenker/Young Lady: Naomi Park Miss Sophy Jackson: Elizabeth Klett Regina Beaufort: Charlotte Duckett Mrs. Lovell Mingott: Astrid Fingerhut Dallas: Chuck Williamson Narration: CaprishaPage and: Kathrine Engan and: ambsweet13 and: Pari Editing: CaprishaPage and: ToddHW

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Age of Innocence (dramatic reading)
• Author credits: Edith Wharton
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 34
• Listed recording duration: 11:19:23

Catalogue topics

• dramatic readings

Opening tracks: first 24 of 34

1. 01 - Book I, Chapter 01 — 19:53
2. 02 - Book I, Chapter 02 — 13:57
3. 03 - Book I, Chapter 03 — 15:15
4. 04 - Book I, Chapter 04 — 11:45
5. 05 - Book I, Chapter 05 — 19:21
6. 06 - Book I, Chapter 06 — 17:54
7. 07 - Book I, Chapter 07 — 13:53
8. 08 - Book I, Chapter 08 — 16:17
9. 09 - Book I, Chapter 09 — 26:27
10. 11 - Book I, Chapter 11 — 17:50
11. 12 - Book I, Chapter 12 — 23:49
12. 13 - Book I, Chapter 13 — 16:23
13. 14 - Book I, Chapter 14 — 15:34
14. 15 - Book I, Chapter 15 — 19:30
15. 16 - Book I, Chapter 16 — 19:37
16. 17 - Book I, Chapter 17 — 20:10
17. 18 - Book I, Chapter 18 — 22:56
18. 19 - Book II, Chapter 19 — 21:59
19. 20 - Book II, Chapter 20 — 25:00
20. 22 - Book II, Chapter 22 — 17:52
21. 23 - Book II, Chapter 23 — 20:19
22. 24 - Book II, Chapter 24 — 11:45
23. 25 - Book II, Chapter 25 — 19:48
24. 26 - Book II, Chapter 26 — 23:57

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