The Naturewoman: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Naturewoman, credited to Upton Sinclair, 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 Naturewoman by Upton Sinclair. The Mastersons, a wealthy Bostonian family, await the arrival of their cousin Anna in the wake of her grandfather's death. Though born in Boston, Anna, who prefers the name Oceana, spent most of her life on a tropical island in the Pacific with her father. A free spirit, her practices and values surrounding proper dress, romance, and entertainment clash with those of her conservative relatives. What will happen as patience and tolerance wear thin for both parties when alluring Oceana catches the eye of a married man? Upton Sinclair, though best known for his novel The Jungle, an expose of the meatpacking industry, was also a playwright whose works for the stage reflect the same progressive viewpoints found in his other writing. Published as part of the collection Plays of Protest in 1912, this play was heavily influenced by the character of "Nature Man," an American hippie in Tahiti, from Jack London's book The Cruise of the Snark. This production is dedicated to Denny Sayers. (Mary Kay) Cast List: Oceana Talbot: Elizabeth Klett Mrs. Sophronia Masterson: CJ Plog Quincy Masterson, M.D: ToddHW Freddy Masterson: Joseph Tabler Ethel Masterson: Mary Kay Mrs. Letitia Selden: April Walters Henry Selden: Larry Wilson Remson: David Olson Narrated by Denny Sayers Editor: Mary Kay Prooflisteners: baileyspring and Kathrine Engan

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Naturewoman
• Author credits: Upton Sinclair
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 4
• Listed recording duration: 1:50:44

Catalogue topics

• culture
• sex
• family
• feminism
• romantic comedy
• Values
• liberalism
• upton sinclair

Track guide

1. 01 - Act I — 34:17
2. 02 - Act II — 26:03
3. 03 - Act III — 22:06
4. 04 - Act IV — 28:18

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