The Fixed Period: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Fixed Period, credited to Anthony Trollope, 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 Fixed Period by Anthony Trollope. Read in English by volunteer readers This book is set in 1980 in the Republic of Britannula, which is a fictional island near New Zealand. It deals with euthanasia as a radical solution to the problem of the aged. The novel is in the form of a personal account written by the President of Britannula about the island's recent history. It has often been said that when the book came out Trollope had reached the age of 67. Interesting is the fact that this is the exact age at which all Britannulans are required by law to retire from their worldly affairs and begin a year of preparation for death. (Summary by Michele Eaton)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Fixed Period
• Author credits: Anthony Trollope
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 12
• Listed recording duration: 7:11:11

Catalogue topics

• age
• dystopian fiction
• euthanasia
• elderly
• fictional memoir

Track guide

1. 01 - Introduction — 29:34
2. 02 - Gabriel Crasweller — 28:19
3. 03 - The First Break-down — 24:55
4. 04 - Jack Neverbend — 32:21
5. 05 - The Cricket-match — 51:13
6. 06 - The College — 36:20
7. 07 - Columbus And Galileo — 36:02
8. 08 - The John Bright — 41:27
9. 09 - The New Governor — 36:32
10. 10 - The Town-hall — 35:11
11. 11 - Farewell — 41:44
12. 12 - Our Voyage To England — 37:33

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