The Ten-foot Chain: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Ten-foot Chain, credited to Various, 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 Ten-foot Chain or Can Love Survive the Shackles, by Achmed Abdullah; Max Brand;E. K. Means and P. P. Sheehan True love can survive anything. Or can it? Four popular authors were lunching with an editor and the question came up: "What mental and emotional reaction would a man and a woman undergo, linked together by a ten-foot chain, for three days and nights?" The 4 very popular authors each had strong but divergent opinions of what would happen to such a couple chained together for 3 days and nights. The result was these fascinating stories. Does true love scoff at the small difficulty of constant proximity? Does being 'too close' become an acid that eats away even the bonds of love? What do YOU think would happen if you were to write such a story? Read and find out what these popular and creative authors think. (Summary by Phil Chenevert)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Ten-foot Chain
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 5
• Listed recording duration: 2:33:31

Catalogue topics

• short stories
• love
• brand
• fiction

Track guide

1. 0 - Introduction — 4:18
2. 1 - An Indian Jataka .. By Achmed Abdullah — 33:21
3. 2 - Out of the Dark .. By Max Brand — 32:28
4. 3 - Plumb Nauseated .. By E. K. Means — 48:17
5. 4 - Princess or Percheron .. By Perley P. Sheehan — 35:07

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