The Egoist: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Egoist, credited to George Meredith, 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 Egoist, by George Meredith. The Egoist is a tragicomical novel by George Meredith published in 1879. The novel recounts the story of self-absorbed Sir Willoughby Patterne and his attempts at marriage; jilted by his first bride-to-be, he vacillates between the sentimental Laetitia Dale and the strong-willed Clara Middleton. More importantly, the novel follows Clara's attempts to escape from her engagement to Sir Willoughby, who desires women to serve as a mirror for him and consequently cannot understand why she would not want to marry him. Thus, The Egoist dramatizes the difficulty contingent upon being a woman in Victorian society, when women's bodies and minds are trafficked between fathers and husbands to cement male bonds. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Egoist
• Author credits: George Meredith
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 51
• Listed recording duration: 22:17:56

Catalogue topics

• tragicomedy
• tragicomical
• marriage
• Victorian society

Opening tracks: first 24 of 51

1. 00 - Prelude — 14:24
2. 01 - Chapter I — 7:50
3. 02 - Chapter II — 12:52
4. 03 - Chapter III — 23:21
5. 04 - Chapter IV — 42:28
6. 05 - Chapter V — 28:07
7. 06 - Chapter VI — 26:37
8. 07 - Chapter VII — 35:27
9. 08 - Chapter VIII — 17:15
10. 09 - Chapter IX — 29:18
11. 10 - Chapter X — 44:45
12. 11 - Chapter XI — 33:53
13. 12 - Chapter XII — 16:11
14. 13 - Chapter XIII — 31:51
15. 14 - Chapter XIV — 23:18
16. 15 - Chapter XV — 30:45
17. 16 - Chapter XVI — 21:45
18. 17 - Chapter XVII — 19:20
19. 18 - Chapter XVIII — 21:05
20. 19 - Chapter XIX — 33:03
21. 20 - Chapter XX — 30:43
22. 21 - Chapter XXI — 33:30
23. 22 - Chapter XXII — 33:08
24. 23 - Chapter XXIII — 35:55

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