The Devil's Garden: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Devil's Garden, credited to William Babington Maxwell, 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 Devil's Garden by William Babington Maxwell. Read in English by Tom Weiss Risque for its time, but tame by today's standards, The Devil's Garden is a story of passion and mystery. William Dale, the main character of the story is Postmaster of Rodhaven. He is introduced as an honest peasant of uncompromising temper, whose rough nature is ever softened by his pretty wife Mavis. Mavis is an orphan raised by her Aunt Petherick. Known as Will, and referred to as Dale throughout the story, he gets into trouble at the post office but thanks to the intervention of the local magnet of Rodhaven, he is cleared and reinstated. At the height of his joy, his wife meets him in London. Together they dine at a good restaurant and attend a music hall performance. Dale's evening in London is transformed into a catastrophe when he learns a past secret about Mavis that threatens his marriage. Confronted with this secret, Will and Mavis struggle to make their marriage work and become successful. Ironically, Dale is eventually confronted by the same scenario. The novel was a top ten Publisher's Weekly Best Seller in 1914. The book was banned in London. At times, the book seems slow and the listener may wonder what point the author is trying to make. Then suddenly, Maxwell sends you into a frenzy with something unexpected. ( Tom Weiss)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Devil's Garden
• Author credits: William Babington Maxwell
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 35
• Listed recording duration: 12:09:26

Catalogue topics

• mystery

Opening tracks: first 24 of 35

1. 01 - Chapter 1 — 31:25
2. 02 - Chapter 2 — 25:33
3. 03 - Chapter 3 — 20:30
4. 04 - Chapter 4 — 26:12
5. 05 - Chapter 5 — 22:11
6. 06 - Chapter 6 — 14:17
7. 07 - Chapter 7 — 33:02
8. 08 - Chapter 8 — 33:38
9. 09 - Chapter 9 — 26:20
10. 10 - Chapter 10 — 18:29
11. 11 - Chapter 11 — 16:28
12. 12 - Chapter 12 — 13:52
13. 13 - Chapter 13 — 36:21
14. 14 - Chapter 14 — 16:40
15. 15 - Chapter 15 — 14:35
16. 16 - Chapter 16 — 15:21
17. 17 - Chapter 17 — 15:08
18. 18 - Chapter 18 — 14:07
19. 19 - Chapter 19 — 21:45
20. 20 - Chapter 20 — 5:24
21. 21 - Chapter 21 — 9:51
22. 22 - Chapter 22 — 8:45
23. 23 - Chapter 23 — 22:26
24. 24 - Chapter 24 — 14:44

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