The Pretty Lady: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Pretty Lady, credited to Arnold Bennett, 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 Pretty Lady, by Arnold Bennett. Read by Simon Evers. ‘The Pretty Lady’ is considered to be one of Bennett's most revealing and under-rated works. It is the story of a French prostitute, Christine, who has escaped from wartime Ostend, and set herself up in business in London. Though a refugee, she demands no pity; she is self-sufficient, practical and realistic. Christine is not a harpy preying on innocent soldiers, but a canny businesswoman, doing the best she can with the opportunities life has given her. Her main relationship is with G.J. Hoape, a wealthy man above the military age. Bennett in this novel presents a disturbing image of wartime society, fragmented, uneasy and divided. There are references to industrial unrest and to social injustices, and hints that the British press is less than frank about the war. (Summary by Simon Evers)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Pretty Lady
• Author credits: Arnold Bennett
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 23
• Listed recording duration: 8:09:32

Catalogue topics

• WWI
• England
• London

Track guide

1. 01 - Chapters 1, 2 & 3 — 18:12
2. 02 - Chapters 4 & 5 — 16:15
3. 03 - Chapters 6 & 7 — 18:50
4. 04 - Chapters 8 & 9 — 18:00
5. 05 - Chapters 10 & 11 — 24:32
6. 06 -Chapters 12 & 13 — 21:34
7. 07 - Chapters 14 & 15 — 20:58
8. 08 - Chapters 16 & 17 — 24:21
9. 09 - Chapters 18 & 19 — 31:21
10. 10 - Chapters 20 & 21 — 16:35
11. 11 - Chapters 22 & 23 — 29:08
12. 12 - Chapters 24, 25 & 26 — 24:04
13. 13 - Chapters 27 & 28 — 31:15
14. 14 - Chapters 29 & 30 — 21:50
15. 15 - Chapters 31 & 32 — 24:50
16. 16 - Chapters 33 & 34 — 24:45
17. 17 - Chapter 35 — 22:50
18. 18 - Chapter 36 — 18:41
19. 19 - Chapter 37 — 16:37
20. 20 - Chapter 38 — 14:58
21. 21 - Chapter 39 — 13:30
22. 22 - Chapter 40 — 21:21
23. 23 - Chapter 41 — 15:11

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