The Hero: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Hero by W. Somerset Maugham: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 23 original MP3 tracks, 8:18:21 running time and a link to listen.
The Hero, credited to W. Somerset Maugham, 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 Hero by W. Somerset Maugham. Read in English by Lilith Branda James Parsons comes home to Little Primpton after serving in the Boer War. The whole town is proud of their new hero, who was awarded the Victoria Cross for risking his life to save a fellow soldier. However, for Jamie, nothing is the same anymore. His varied experience after leaving home has changed his worldview completely and he finds it impossible to go back to his former way of life and beliefs. Torn between individual freedom and obligations towards his family, Maugham portrays Jamie's struggles and social intolerance. - Summary by OCTL7
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Hero
- Author credits: W. Somerset Maugham
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 23
- Listed recording duration: 8:18:21
Catalogue topics
- Great Britain
- 20th century
- social life and customs
- south african war
Track guide
- 01 - Epigraph & Chapter 1 — 24:07
- 02 - Chapter 2 — 18:32
- 03 - Chapter 3 — 26:49
- 04 - Chapter 4 — 24:58
- 05 - Chapter 5 — 22:56
- 06 - Chapter 6 — 25:04
- 07 - Chapter 7 — 26:55
- 08 - Chapter 8 — 22:40
- 09 - Chapter 9 — 20:30
- 10 - Chapter 10 — 17:20
- 11 - Chapter 11 — 22:50
- 12 - Chapter 12 — 26:42
- 13 - Chapter 13 — 21:42
- 14 - Chapter 14 — 19:37
- 15 - Chapter 15 — 15:59
- 16 - Chapter 16 — 20:03
- 17 - Chapter 17 — 20:09
- 18 - Chapter 18 — 24:38
- 19 - Chapter 19 — 23:31
- 20 - Chapter 20 — 21:10
- 21 - Chapter 21 — 21:30
- 22 - Chapter 22 — 22:10
- 23 - Epilogue — 8:29
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