The Eyes of the World: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Eyes of the World, credited to Harold Bell Wright, 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 Eyes of the World, by Harold Bell Wright. Read by Tom Weiss. The Eyes of the World was the Best Selling Book for 1914 according to Publisher's Weekly. The novel explores what Harold Bell Wright views as the false world of artists, writers, critics, and their wealthy patrons. Two of the main characters are the famous author, Conrad LaGrange and Aaron King, an aspiring artist. LaGrange regretfully describes his writings as “filthy stories in good English” and feels he has sold his soul to become successful. While in California, recovering from a physical breakdown, he befriends Aaron King whose mother he knew when he was a boy. Lagrange serves as counselor to the young man, for he knows the pitfalls of success from his own experience. (Summary by Tom Weiss)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Eyes of the World
• Author credits: Harold Bell Wright
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 42
• Listed recording duration: 11:33:11

Catalogue topics

• fiction

Opening tracks: first 24 of 42

1. 01 - His Inheritance — 13:22
2. 02 - The Woman with the Disfigured Face — 22:43
3. 03 - The Famous Conrad LaGrange — 35:13
4. 04 - At The House On Fairlands Heights — 20:00
5. 05 - The Mystery Of The Rose Garden — 26:08
6. 06 - An Unknown Friend — 16:15
7. 07 - Mrs. Taine In Quaker Gray — 17:33
8. 08 - The Portrait That Was Not A Portrait — 16:08
9. 09 - Conrad Lagrange's Adventure — 24:54
10. 10 - A Cry In The Night — 15:38
11. 11 - Go Look In Your Mirror, You Fool — 16:25
12. 12 - First Fruits of His Shame — 9:49
13. 13 - Myra Willard's Challenge — 15:46
14. 14 - In The Mountains — 25:27
15. 15 - The Forest Ranger's Story — 20:11
16. 16 - When The Canyon Gates Are Shut — 16:24
17. 17 - Confession In The Spring Glade — 14:30
18. 18 - Sibyl Andres and the Butterflies — 9:35
19. 19 - The Three Gifts and Their Meanings — 11:40
20. 20 - Myra's Prayer and the Ranger's Warning — 13:41
21. 21 - The Last Climb — 14:05
22. 22 - Shadows of Coming Events — 10:28
23. 23 - Outside the Canyon Gates Again — 5:47
24. 24 - James Rutlidge Makes a Mistake — 18:58

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