The Story Of A Modern Woman: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Story Of A Modern Woman, credited to Ella Hepworth Dixon, 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 Story Of A Modern Woman by Ella Hepworth Dixon. Read by LibriVox Volunteers "This touching short novel tells the story of Mary Earl, a woman who has to fend for herself in London at the end of the 19th century. She becomes a writer. But she cannot write whatever she wants. There is a format in which her novels should be written- a format she does not like or understand. To make matters worse, she falls in love with a married man. This novel is considered one of the best, and most touching, new woman novels, as it highlights many of the difficulties a single woman faced at the end of the 19th century. The writing is vivid. You can just sit back and let it get into your heart." - Summary by Stav Nisser

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Story Of A Modern Woman
• Author credits: Ella Hepworth Dixon
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 24
• Listed recording duration: 5:55:34

Catalogue topics

• London
• social novel
• femenist fiction
• new woman novel

Track guide

1. 01 - Chapter 1: An end and a beginning — 15:32
2. 02 - Chapter 2: A Child — 18:10
3. 03 - Chapter 3: A Young Girl — 14:53
4. 04 - Chapter 4: Alison — 15:52
5. 05 - Chapter 5: Mary's Lover — 14:23
6. 06 - Chapter 6: The Central London School of Art — 13:07
7. 07 - Chapter 7: A Kettledrum at Lady Jane's — 16:58
8. 08 - Chapter 8: Mary Trys To Live Her Life — 12:02
9. 09 - Chapter 9: Perry Consoles — 11:30
10. 10 - Chapter 10: In Grub Street — 14:15
11. 11 - Chapter 11: The Woman Waits — 14:06
12. 12 - Chapter 12: The Man Returns — 15:17
13. 13 - Chapter 13: The Apotheosis of Perry Jackson — 14:03
14. 14 - Chapter 14: Mary Goes Out On a Wet Day — 12:30
15. 15 - Chapter 15: A Comedy in Real Life — 15:45
16. 16 - Chapter 16: Two Ultimatums — 13:27
17. 17 - Chapter 17: Number Twenty-Seven — 12:53
18. 18 - Chapter 18: Dunlop Strange Makes a Mistake — 21:21
19. 19 - Chapter 19: Alison Arranges a Match — 15:20
20. 20 - Chapter 20: The Gate of Silence — 18:27
21. 21 - Chapter 21: The World Wags On — 17:41
22. 22 - Chapter 22: The Temptation — 16:09
23. 23 - Chapter 23: The Woman in the Glass — 14:02
24. 24 - Chapter 24: In Which Civilisation Triumphs — 7:51

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