The Right of Way: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Right of Way, credited to Gilbert Parker, 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 Right of Way, by Gilbert Parker. Read by Tom Weiss. Charley Steele is a successful and brilliant Canadian lawyer. He has a nagging wife, Kathleen, and a lazy brother-in- law, Billy. In spite of his success, he is disillusioned with his life, drinks too much, and is deeply troubled by his agnosticism which leads to trouble and confusion. When Billy embezzles money, Charley discovers the theft and sets out to make things right. Charley however, ends up in a waterfront saloon where he encounters a barroom brawl and becomes unconscious. Charley loses his memory and ends up in the Canadian Northwoods where he falls in love with a pretty postmistress, Rosalie. He finds he is perfectly content with his "new" life but when his memory returns, he is deeply disturbed by his past and ponders whether to return to his old life to make amends. Mystery, romance, and intrigue are interwoven throughout the novel. The Right of Way was made into movies in 1915, 1920, and 1931. (Summary by Tom Weiss)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Right of Way
• Author credits: Gilbert Parker
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 19
• Listed recording duration: 12:17:47

Catalogue topics

• Canada
• charley steele
• Northwoods

Track guide

1. 00 - Introduction — 14:20
2. 01 - Chapters 1 & 2 — 40:07
3. 02 - Chapters 3 through 6 — 35:59
4. 03 - Chapters 7 & 8 — 41:07
5. 04 - Chapters 9, 10, & 11 — 47:01
6. 05 - Chapters 12, 13, & 14 — 46:55
7. 06 - Chapters 15, 16, 17 & 18 — 42:24
8. 07 - Chapters 19, 20, 21, & 22 — 39:47
9. 08 - Chapters 23, 24, & 25 — 40:28
10. 09 - Chapters 26, 27, & 28 — 42:53
11. 10 - Chapters 29, 30, & 31 — 50:22
12. 11 - Chapters 32, 33, 34, 35, & 36 — 44:53
13. 12 - Chapters 37, 38 & 39 — 35:40
14. 13 - Chapters 40, 41, 42, & 43 — 42:52
15. 14 - Chapters 44, 45, & 46 — 37:34
16. 15 - Chapters 47, 48, & 49 — 34:14
17. 16 - Chapters 50, 51, 52, & 53 — 32:39
18. 17 - Chapters 54, 55, 56, & 57 — 34:34
19. 18 - Chapters 58 through Epilogue — 34:08

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