The Lane that had no Turning, and Other Tales concerning the People of Pontiac: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Lane that had no Turning, and Other Tales concerning the People of Pontiac, credited to Gilbert Parker, 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 Lane that had no Turning, and Other Tales concerning the People of Pontiac by Gilbert Parker. Read in English by Michele Fry; Kate Follis; LizzieHexam; Phil Schempf; Brandy Morgan; MaryAnn; Eva Davis; Nemo This is a collection of short stories by Gilbert Parker. Parker was a Canadian writer who wrote a number of bestsellers that had a lasting influence on Canadian literature, but whose importance for his time is now largely overlooked. One of the prime examples of his art is the short story collection The Lane that had no Turning, which is a series of short stories set in the fictional provincial town of Pontiac in Quebec. This collection "contains some of his best work, and is viewed by some as being in the tradition of such Gothic classics as Stoker's Dracula and James's The Turn of the Screw." (Wikipedia). This edition also contains six Parables of a Province, which are very different in style from the rest of the book, but add an interesting additional facet to the collection. - Summary by Carolin

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Lane that had no Turning, and Other Tales concerning the People of Pontiac
• Author credits: Gilbert Parker
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 30
• Listed recording duration: 10:25:29

Catalogue topics

• Gothic
• Canada
• Quebec
• stories
• short
• 1900
• 2017
• province

Opening tracks: first 24 of 30

1. 00 - Dedication — 5:34
2. 01 - The Lane that had no Turning, part 1 — 42:54
3. 02 - The Lane that had no Turning, part 2 — 37:12
4. 03 - The Lane that had no Turning, part 3 — 55:03
5. 04 - The Lane that had no Turning, part 4 — 37:08
6. 05 - The Absurd Romance of P'tite Louison — 13:43
7. 06 - The Little Bell of Honour — 51:58
8. 07 - A Son of the Wilderness — 13:25
9. 08 - A Worker in Stone — 19:39
10. 09 - The Tragic Comedy of Annette — 7:52
11. 10 - The Marriage of the Miller — 8:15
12. 11 - Mathurin — 15:18
13. 12 - The Story of the Lime-Burner — 12:57
14. 13 - The Woodsman's Story of the Great White Chief — 8:02
15. 14 - Uncle Jim — 17:33
16. 15 - The House with the Tall Porch — 9:02
17. 16 - Parpon the Dwarf — 46:13
18. 17 - Times were Hard in Pontiac — 12:44
19. 18 - Medallion's Whim — 24:20
20. 19 - The Prisoner — 13:22
21. 20 - An Upset Price — 21:05
22. 21 - A Fragment of Lives — 10:09
23. 22 - The Man that Died at Alma — 23:02
24. 23 - The Baron of Beaugard — 29:36

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