The Man who Understood Women, and Other Stories: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Man who Understood Women, and Other Stories, credited to Leonard Merrick, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of The Man who Understood Women, and Other Stories by Leonard Merrick. Read in English by Kate Follis; PeterSFay; Carol Elaine Cyr; SK; Eva Davis; Jason in Panama; SkylerC; tovarisch; Jayson Paul This is a collection of 20 short stories by English novelist and playwright Leonard Merrick. The stories concern varied topics, and succeed to evoke a charming picture of England in the early 20th century. It is surprising that Merrick's work is no longer known to the public, as he was one of the most highly regarded writers of his own time. William Dean Howells wrote of him, for instance, "I can think of no recent fictionist of his nation who can quite match with Mr. Merrick in that excellence [of "shapeliness" or form in the novel]. This will seem great praise, possibly too great, to the few who have a sense of such excellence; but it will probably be without real meaning to most, though our public might well enjoy form if it could once be made to imagine it." (quoted in wikipedia). - Summary by Carolin

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Man who Understood Women, and Other Stories
• Author credits: Leonard Merrick
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 23
• Listed recording duration: 10:14:48

Catalogue topics

• London
• england
• stories
• 1908

Track guide

1. 01 - Introduction, by William J. Locke — 13:56
2. 02 - The Man who Understood Women — 23:40
3. 03 - A Very Good Thing for the Girl — 27:37
4. 04 - The Woman who Wished to Die — 19:36
5. 05 - Frankenstein II — 22:47
6. 06 - The Tale that wouldn't Do — 15:57
7. 07 - The Laurels and the Lady, part 1 — 42:56
8. 08 - The Laurels and the Lady, part 2 — 39:36
9. 09 - The Laurels and the Lady, part 3 — 31:39
10. 10 - The Child in the Garden — 25:00
11. 11 - A Letter to the Duchess — 28:00
12. 12 - The Prince in the Fairy Tale — 36:08
13. 13 - With Intent to Defraud — 19:27
14. 14 - Dead Violets — 26:29
15. 15 - The Favourite Plot — 22:26
16. 16 - Time, the Humorist — 25:24
17. 17 - The Back of Bohemia — 29:29
18. 18 - The Lady of Lyons — 20:05
19. 19 - The Third M — 31:01
20. 20 - The Bishop's Comedy — 32:00
21. 21 - A Reverie — 6:50
22. 22 - The Reconciliation — 22:31
23. 23 - The Call from the Past — 52:12

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