The House by the Medlar Tree: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The House by the Medlar Tree, credited to Giovanni Verga, 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 House by the Medlar Tree by Giovanni Verga. (Translated by Mary A. Craig.) Read in English by Tom Denholm In a nineteenth century Sicilian fishing village, the Malavoglia family gambles everything on being able to profit from a cargo of lupin nuts. The cargo is lost at sea and a succession of misfortunes and tragedies assails the family. A masterpiece of social commentary hailed within Italy but neglected by the wider world, The House by the Medlar Tree ranks alongside the works of Zola, Dickens or Balzac among the great books of European literature. The book is the inspiration behind the 1948 film 'La Terra Trema' ('The Earth Trembles'), one of the earliest works of the great Italian director Luchino Visconti. - Summary by Tom Denholm

Recording facts

• Recording title: The House by the Medlar Tree
• Author credits: Giovanni Verga
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 20
• Listed recording duration: 9:18:24

Track guide

1. 00 - Introduction — 7:09
2. 01 - Chapter 1 — 24:22
3. 02 - Chapter 2 — 35:39
4. 03 - Chapter 3 — 13:43
5. 04 - Chapter 4 — 25:06
6. 05 - Chapter 5 — 23:00
7. 06 - Chapter 6 — 37:38
8. 07 - Chapter 7 — 38:45
9. 08 - Chapter 8 — 29:03
10. 09 - Chapter 9 Pt 1 — 28:09
11. 10 - Chapter 9 Pt 2 — 27:54
12. 11 - Chapter 10 — 39:04
13. 12 - Chapter 11 — 42:13
14. 13 - Chapter 12 — 34:19
15. 14 - Chapter 13 Pt 1 — 26:10
16. 15 - Chapter 13 Pt 2 — 30:00
17. 16 - Chapter 14 Pt 1 — 25:09
18. 17 - Chapter 14 Pt 2 — 21:51
19. 18 - Chapter 15 Pt 1 — 24:56
20. 19 - Chapter 15 Pt 2 — 24:14

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