The Benefactress: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Benefactress by Elizabeth von Arnim: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 32 original MP3 tracks, 11:28:06 running time and a link to listen.
The Benefactress, credited to Elizabeth von Arnim, 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 Benefactress by Elizabeth von Arnim. Read in English by Helen Taylor Anna Estcourt, twenty-five and beautiful, is the penniless ward of her distant brother and his exasperating wife. Turning down all offers of marriage, scornful at the thought of leaning on a man for help and comfort, she thinks only of the independence which seems an impossible dream. But out of the blue Uncle Joachim, her mother's brother, leaves her a handsome property in Germany. Her longed for independence is within her grasp, and though it's a rocky beginning with the locals, she loves her new home. Keen to use her new-found wealth for the benefit of others, she embarks on a plan to throw open her doors to distressed gentlewomen - a project which takes a far greater physical and emotional toll than she could have imagined. Although she maintains that she is not interested in men, might the friendship of her neighbouring landowner, Axel Lohm, make her new life a little easier to bear?... A warm, charming story which is packed with Elizabeth von Arnim's trademark humour and wry observation of character. It's also a perceptive critique of society's constraints on women, holding up a glass to all the artfulness and falseness of 'femininity' - but despite its strong feminist overtones, it manages simultaneously to be a wonderful romantic comedy! - Summary by Helen Taylor
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Benefactress
- Author credits: Elizabeth von Arnim
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 32
- Listed recording duration: 11:28:06
Catalogue topics
- romance
- romantic comedy
Opening tracks: first 24 of 32
- 01 - Chapter 1 — 21:52
- 02 - Chapter 2 — 13:34
- 03 - Chapter 3 — 28:55
- 04 - Chapter 4 — 11:01
- 05 - Chapter 5 — 39:23
- 06 - Chapter 6 — 34:44
- 07 - Chapter 7 — 34:26
- 08 - Chapter 8 — 20:40
- 09 - Chapter 9 — 16:01
- 10 - Chapter 10 — 29:58
- 11 - Chapter 11 — 19:05
- 12 - Chapter 12 — 22:54
- 13 - Chapter 13 — 18:33
- 14 - Chapter 14 — 17:45
- 15 - Chapter 15 — 30:13
- 16 - Chapter 16 — 15:27
- 17 - Chapter 17 — 18:43
- 18 - Chapter 18 — 20:41
- 19 - Chapter 19 — 18:26
- 20 - Chapter 20 — 17:01
- 21 - Chapter 21 — 25:38
- 22 - Chapter 22 — 23:18
- 23 - Chapter 23 — 17:16
- 24 - Chapter 24 — 26:04
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