The Last of the Valerii: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Last of the Valerii by Henry James: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 2 original MP3 tracks, 1:15:05 running time and a link to listen.
The Last of the Valerii, credited to Henry James, 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 Last of the Valerii, by Henry James. Read by Nicholas Clifford. An unnamed American painter resident in Rome serves as narrator in this story, watching as his god-daughter Martha, becomes the wife of Prince Marco Valerio. The young bride is eager to use some of her American fortune in the service of archeology at the Villa Valerio, her husband's somewhat run down Roman house. Archeology can be, her god-father suggests, a rather expensive hobby, but to his (and her) surprise, the dig brings to light a lovely marble statue of Juno. Martha is overjoyed, but it is soon clear that her husband is overcome by the discovery, and overcome in ways that are to be disquieting. In this, as in several of James's stories, there are elements of the supernatural -- or so the reader might invited to believe. To what, in any case, will the discovery lead? (Introduction by Nicholas Clifford
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Last of the Valerii
- Author credits: Henry James
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 2
- Listed recording duration: 1:15:05
Catalogue topics
- fiction
- supernatural
Track guide
- 01 - Section I — 38:07
- 02 - Section II — 36:59
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