The Vertical City: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Vertical City by Fannie Hurst: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 15 original MP3 tracks, 7:15:15 running time and a link to listen.
The Vertical City, credited to Fannie Hurst, 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 Vertical City by Fannie Hurst. Read in English by Lisa Reichert. As the city above soars gloriously skyward, the denizens of the city writhe in its dirty underbelly. The Vertical City is a collection of six short stories by Fannie Hurst (American). Each story, tells in gritty, dramatic style, of ugly inner city tragedy: unwed mothers, women doing what they need to do in order to escape poverty, or loneliness… A mother can literally give her life in the attempt to provide a better life for her child, and even then she may fail because her love, protection and guidance, cannot overcome the depravity of the environment. Stories included here are: She Walks In Beauty, Back Pay, The Vertical City, The Smudge, Guilty, and Roulette. Summary by Lisa Reichert.
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Vertical City
- Author credits: Fannie Hurst
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 15
- Listed recording duration: 7:15:15
Catalogue topics
- women authors
- women writers
- women's issues
- american women
- american short stories
Track guide
- 01 - She Walks In Beauty, Part 1 — 28:45
- 02 - She Walks In Beauty, Part 2 — 25:03
- 03 - She Walks In Beauty, Part 3 — 31:28
- 04 - Back Pay, Part 1 — 20:09
- 05 - Back Pay, Part 2 — 26:20
- 06 - Back Pay, Part 3 — 30:50
- 07 - The Vertical City, Part 1 — 27:30
- 08 - The Vertical City, Part 2 — 25:45
- 09 - The Smudge, Part 1 — 21:21
- 10 - The Smudge, Part 2 — 31:57
- 11 - Guilty, Part 1 — 31:45
- 12 - Guilty, Part 2 — 31:14
- 13 - Roulette, Part 1 — 37:08
- 14 - Roulette, Part 2 — 39:14
- 15 - Roulette, Part 3 — 26:46
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