The Green Carnation: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Green Carnation by Robert Smythe Hichens: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 15 original MP3 tracks, 4:52:54 running time and a link to listen.
The Green Carnation, credited to Robert Smythe Hichens, 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 Green Carnation by Robert Smythe Hichens. Read in English by ElleyKat; James K. White; Lisa Reichert The Green Carnation, first published anonymously in 1894, was a scandalous novel by Robert Hichens whose lead characters are closely based on Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas - also known as 'Bosie', whom the author personally knew. It was an instant succès de scandale on both sides of the Atlantic. The book features the characters of 'Esmé Amarinth' (Wilde), and 'Lord Reginald (Reggie) Hastings' (Douglas). The words put in the mouths of the hero and his young friend in the story are mostly gathered from the sayings of their originals. Robert Hichens spent nearly a year "in the company of the men" and was able to accurately recreate the atmosphere and relationship between Oscar and Bosie. The book was withdrawn from circulation in 1895, but by that time the damage had been done. Wilde soon stood three consecutive trials for Gross Indecency and was sentenced to two years at hard labor. The Green Carnation was one of the works used against him by the prosecution. (Summary by Wikipedia)
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Green Carnation
- Author credits: Robert Smythe Hichens
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 15
- Listed recording duration: 4:52:54
Catalogue topics
- oscar wilde
- general fiction 1800-1900
Track guide
- 01 - Chapter 1 — 17:35
- 02 - Chapter 2 — 12:45
- 03 - Chapter 3 — 16:49
- 04 - Chapter 4 — 10:34
- 05 - Chapter 5 — 26:51
- 06 - Chapter 6 — 18:53
- 07 - Chapter 7 — 25:59
- 08 - Chapter 8 — 15:38
- 09 - Chapter 9 — 15:37
- 10 - Chapter 10 — 30:38
- 11 - Chapter 11 — 25:58
- 12 - Chapter 12 — 15:23
- 13 - Chapter 13 — 19:01
- 14 - Chapter 14 — 29:20
- 15 - Chapter 15 — 11:53
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