The Greater Inclination: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Greater Inclination, credited to Edith Wharton, 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 Greater Inclination by Edith Wharton. Read by Elizabeth Klett. This is Edith Wharton's earliest published collection of short stories (1899). Like much of her later work, they touch on themes of marriage, male/female relationships, New York society, and the nature and purpose of art. One of the stories, "The Twilight of the God," is written as a short play. The role of Warland is read by mb, and the role of Oberville by Bruce Pirie. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Greater Inclination
• Author credits: Edith Wharton
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 8
• Listed recording duration: 5:07:48

Catalogue topics

• audio
• wharton
• short stories

Track guide

1. 1 - The Muse's Tragedy — 31:37
2. 2 - A Journey — 24:58
3. 3 - The Pelican — 40:46
4. 4 - Souls Belated — 58:55
5. 5 - A Coward — 33:02
6. 6 - The Twilight of the God — 25:56
7. 7 - A Cup of Cold Water — 56:24
8. 8 - The Portrait — 36:15

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