The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax by Harriet Parr: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 50 original MP3 tracks, 14:41:11 running time and a link to listen.
The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax, credited to Harriet Parr, 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 Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax by Harriet Parr. Read by LibriVox Volunteers This is the coming of age story of Bessie Fairfax. A story about a girl who learns to see the world is it is and navigate in it. This is a vivid and charming story by Harriet Parr, who wrote under the pseudonym of Holm Lee. She was a best selling author in her days, admired even by Charles Dickens. Her descriptions of the English town, which was fast disappearing due to the industrial revolution, reminds one of novels by Elizabeth Gaskell and George Eliot. - Summary by Stav Nisser.
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax
- Author credits: Harriet Parr
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 50
- Combined MP3 track duration: 14:41:11
Catalogue topics
- fiction
- romance
Opening tracks: first 24 of 50
- 01 - Chapter 1: HER BIRTH AND PARENTAGE — 10:43
- 02 - Chapter 2: THE LAWYER'S LETTER — 14:07
- 03 - Chapter 3: THE COMMUNITY OF BEECHHURST — 31:24
- 04 - Chapter 4: A RIDE WITH THE DOCTOR — 15:31
- 05 - Chapter 5: GREAT-ASH FORD — 17:36
- 06 - Chapter 6: AGAINST HER INCLINATION — 24:09
- 07 - Chapter 7: HER FATE IS SEALED — 14:07
- 08 - Chapter 8: BESSIE'S FRIENDS AT BROOK — 23:26
- 09 - Chapter 9: FAREWELL TO THE FOREST — 6:09
- 10 - Chapter 10: BESSIE GOES INTO EXILE — 21:44
- 11 - Chapter 11: SCHOOL-DAYS AT CAEN — 21:06
- 12 - Chapter 12: IN COURSE OF TIME — 33:26
- 13 - Chapter 13: BESSIE LEARNS A FAMILY SECRET — 10:27
- 14 - Chapter 14: ON BOARD THE FOAM — 19:57
- 15 - Chapter 15: A LITTLE CHAPTER BY THE WAY — 7:37
- 16 - Chapter 16: A LOST OPPORTUNITY — 17:26
- 17 - Chapter 17: BESSIE'S BRINGING HOME — 22:32
- 18 - Chapter 18: THE NEXT MORNING — 15:29
- 19 - Chapter 19: NEIGHBORS TO ABBOTSMEAD — 21:01
- 20 - Chapter 20: PAST AND PRESENT — 22:34
- 21 - Chapter 21: A DISCOVERY — 14:04
- 22 - Chapter 22: PRELIMINARIES — 19:37
- 23 - Chapter 23: BESSIE SHOWS CHARACTER — 13:27
- 24 - Chapter 24: A QUIET POLICY — 7:52
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