The Patrician: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Patrician, credited to John Galsworthy, 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 Patrician by John Galsworthy. Read in English by Simon Evers The book revolves around the story of two love affairs. Miltoun (an aspiring politician) proposes to Mrs Audrey Noel, only to find that she is not a widow as everyone supposes, but that her husband is still alive and therefore the match is impossible. Meanwhile, Miltoun’s younger sister Barbara develops an equally unwise romance with the rebellious Courtier. The story of what happens to these ill-matched pairs is played out against a brilliant portrayal of the Victorian upper class, its snobbery and its concerns. (The patrician in the title refers to Miltoun, who is thus called by Courtier, whose politics are the opposite to his.) Summary by Simon Evers

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Patrician
• Author credits: John Galsworthy
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 52
• Listed recording duration: 9:49:54

Catalogue topics

• fiction

Opening tracks: first 24 of 52

1. 01 - Part 1, Chapter 1 — 16:23
2. 02 - Part 1, Chapter 2 — 5:40
3. 03 - Part 1, Chapter 3 — 13:54
4. 04 - Part 1, Chapter 4 — 6:56
5. 05 - Part 1, Chapter 5 — 19:19
6. 06 - Part 1, Chapter 6 — 6:46
7. 07 - Part 1, Chapter 7 — 23:34
8. 08 - Part 1, Chapter 8 — 13:06
9. 09 - Part 1, Chapter 9 — 11:58
10. 10 - Part 1, Chapter 10 — 20:17
11. 11 - Part 1, Chapter 11 — 15:50
12. 12 - Part 1, Chapter 12 — 9:32
13. 13 - Part 1, Chapter 13 — 14:06
14. 14 - Part 1, Chapter 14 — 15:36
15. 15 - Part 1, Chapter 15 — 8:29
16. 16 - Part 1, Chapter 16 — 14:08
17. 17 - Part 1, Chapter 17 — 14:43
18. 18 - Part 1, Chapter 18 — 10:51
19. 19 - Part 1, Chapter 19 — 7:28
20. 20 - Part 1, Chapter 20 — 21:28
21. 21 - Part 1, Chapter 21 — 9:41
22. 22 - Part 1, Chapter 22 — 15:03
23. 23 - Part 2, Chapter 1 — 13:48
24. 24 - Part 2, Chapter 2 — 12:01

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