The Heir: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Heir by Vita Sackville-West: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 21 original MP3 tracks, 5:09:32 running time and a link to listen.
The Heir, credited to Vita Sackville-West, 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 Heir by Vita Sackville-West. Read in English by Lee Smalley This collection’s title is taken from its first story, a novella, which is followed by four shorter tales, all expertly and sensitively drawn. Story 1, “The Heir,” concerns an inheritance as told from the point of view of the heir, an unmarried middle-aged man. Its subtitle, “A Love Story,” is not a reference to another person but to the inheritance. Story 2, “The Christmas Party,” tells of a longtime family alienation and separation followed by a shocking reunion. Story 3, “Patience,” is a touching tale of an apparently “comfortable” marriage, but where the husband tends to lapse into his secret memories of a long-past love. The title is the name both of a version of Solitaire that his wife often plays and of her coping with her husband’s curious mental absences. Story 4, “Her Son,” is the poignant story of an aging mother eagerly planning for the future with her long-absent son, now returning but with his own private ideas. Story 5, “The Parrot,” is a short allegory about the unremitting need for freedom. ( Lee Smalley)
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Heir
- Author credits: Vita Sackville-West
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 21
- Listed recording duration: 5:09:32
Catalogue topics
- short stories
- novella
- family
- inheritance
- mother-son relationship
- marital relations
Track guide
- 01 - Story1, The Heir: 1 — 22:56
- 2 - 3 — 16:30
- 03 - 4 - 5 — 15:52
- 04 - 6 - 7 — 12:20
- 05 - 8 - 9 — 17:28
- 06 - 10 - 12 — 18:30
- 07 - 13 - 14 — 15:42
- 08 - 15 - 16 — 23:10
- 09 - 17 - 18 — 9:42
- 10 - Story 2, The Christmas Party:1 - 2 — 14:16
- 11 - 3 - 6 — 12:42
- 12 - 7 - 8 — 14:11
- 13 - 9 - 11 — 11:53
- 14 - 12 - 16 — 19:04
- 15 - Story 3, Patience — 15:43
- 16 - Story 4, Her Son: 1 — 11:31
- 17 - 2 - 3 — 15:17
- 18 - 4 - 6 — 13:49
- 19 - 7 - 8 — 8:09
- 20 - 9 - 11 — 13:44
- 21 - Story 5, The Parrot: 1 - 2 — 7:03
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