The Homely Heroine: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Homely Heroine, credited to Edna Ferber, 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 Homely Heroine, by Edna Ferber. Read by Phil Chenevert Who ever heard of a plain and downright homely heroine? Isn't a heroine by definition beautiful? Well, Edna Ferber, in her well known style that later produced Show Boat and Giant, tells us about just such a heroine in the first of these four special short stories. They are special to me because of their insight into the deep courage and faith of 'ordinary' people, people like most of us. And of course our failings and frailties and sometimes, the prince does not marry the right person. The other stories are A Bush League Hero, What she Wore and The Man Who Came Back. (Summary by Phil Chenevert)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Homely Heroine
• Author credits: Edna Ferber
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 4
• Listed recording duration: 1:37:55

Catalogue topics

• ferber
• short stories

Track guide

1. 1 - The Homely Heroine — 21:55
2. 2 - A Bush League Hero — 24:18
3. 3 - What She Wore — 25:31
4. 4 - The Man Who Came Back — 26:12

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