The Pillars of the House, Volume 1: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Pillars of the House, Volume 1, credited to Charlotte Mary Yonge, 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 Pillars of the House, Volume 1 by Charlotte Mary Yonge. Read in English by darrylfriesen. “This extended family epic tells the story of the thirteen Underwood children. Orphaned early in the novel, the book chronicles the struggles, triumphs, sacrifices, and complex relationships of the siblings as they strive to stay together as a family, lead by Felix and Wilmet. Charlotte Mary Yonge's trademark themes of redemption, sacrifice, and personal sanctification are on full, glorious display here.” Note for listeners: This novel contains what we now rightfully consider derogatory and unacceptable racial slurs. These terms are common in works from this time period, and are included in this recording as originally written. One note of historical interest is that Charlotte Mary Yonge uses these terms on a “scale” of offensiveness, even for that time—the most offensive instances of these epithets being reserved and utilized by characters of ill repute and moral reprehensibility. (Summary by Darryl Friesen)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Pillars of the House, Volume 1
• Author credits: Charlotte Mary Yonge
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 23
• Listed recording duration: 20:50:26

Catalogue topics

• religious fiction
• family life
• victorian literature
• family saga
• oxford movement

Track guide

1. 01 - The Birthday Gift — 44:56
2. 02 - The Pic-nic — 36:21
3. 03 - Fortunatus' Purse — 1:12:28
4. 04 - Twilight and Dawn — 40:07
5. 05 - Working for Bread — 1:25:53
6. 06 - The Cacique — 56:48
7. 07 - The Chess-Player's Battle — 49:54
8. 08 - The Home — 44:16
9. 09 - The Thirteen — 43:42
10. 10 - The Family Cobweb on the Move — 44:11
11. 11 - The Choral Festival — 1:13:27
12. 12 - Giant Despair's Castle — 53:21
13. 13 - Pegasus in Harness — 56:34
14. 14 - What It May Lead To — 53:41
15. 15 - What It Led To — 46:10
16. 16 - The Winter of Discontent — 55:16
17. 17 - Midsummer Sun — 55:57
18. 18 - By the River — 30:36
19. 19 - The House Without Pillars — 54:39
20. 20 - Vale Leston — 1:07:29
21. 21 - A Kettle of Fish — 1:06:49
22. 22 - The Real Thing and No Mistake — 1:00:56
23. 23 - Smoke-Jack Alley — 56:55

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