The Ralstons: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Ralstons by Francis Marion Crawford: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 35 original MP3 tracks, 15:47:34 running time and a link to listen.
The Ralstons, credited to Francis Marion Crawford, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
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The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of The Ralstons by Francis Marion Crawford. Read in English by Lynne T Katharine has married Jack Ralston secretly and hoped to force her rich uncle's hand in assisting him to find a career. After his refusal, she couldn't face her new husband to break the news and a series of mishaps led everyone - Katharine included - to believe Jack had fallen victim to the demon he had been fighting: drink. Realizing that she need not acknowledge the marriage, yet unable to continue on as a single woman, she attends a dinner with some misgivings, knowing she will be seated by him. Meanwhile, he is confused by her cold treatment of him, assuming she had received the letter he sent her. All is explained at the dinner - but what will they do now? Continue as if nothing had happened? Or has the misunderstanding caused too great a rift? Will Jack 'buckle down' and take the boring office job he has already rejected, in order to be able to claim his wife and support her? Does the west hold the promise of a new beginning? Or will they swallow their pride and accept the very generous gift from Uncle Robert, which they have already rejected in order to make their own way? And how does Frank Miner's news that Uncle Robert intended to buy the newspaper affect things? In this sequel to Katharine Lauderdale, we follow the newly married couple as they navigate the treacherous waters of married bliss. - Summary by Lynne Thompson
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Ralstons
- Author credits: Francis Marion Crawford
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 35
- Listed recording duration: 15:47:34
Catalogue topics
- death
- art
- money
- secret marriage
- passion
- inheritance
- madness
- mourning
Opening tracks: first 24 of 35
- 01 - Chapter I — 33:19
- 02 - Chapter II — 32:55
- 03 - Chapter III — 33:00
- 04 - Chapter IV — 31:34
- 05 - Chapter V — 29:08
- 06 - Chapter VI — 31:46
- 07 - Chapter VII — 33:26
- 08 - Chapter VIII — 31:30
- 09 - Chapter IX — 30:36
- 10 - Chapter X — 32:38
- 11 - Chapter XI — 30:51
- 12 - Chapter XII — 32:42
- 13 - Chapter XIII — 31:47
- 14 - Chapter XIV — 31:04
- 15 - Chapter XV — 30:02
- 16 - Chapter XVI — 29:47
- 17 - Chapter XVII — 31:42
- 18 - Chapter XVIII — 32:12
- 19 - Chapter XIX — 11:40
- 20 - Chapter XX — 16:21
- 21 - Chapter XXI — 14:41
- 22 - Chapter XXII — 31:33
- 23 - Chapter XXIII — 20:37
- 24 - Chapter XXIV — 30:58
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