The Wanderer: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Wanderer, credited to Frances Burney, 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 Wanderer, by Frances Burney. This is the fourth and final novel by Fanny Burney, the author of Evelina, Cecilia, and Camilla. "Who is "Miss Ellis?" Why did she board a ship from France to England at the beginning of the French revolution? Anyway, the loss of her purse made this strange "wanderer" dependent upon the charity of some good people and, of course, bad ones. But she always comforts herself by reminding herself that it's better than "what might have been..." This is not only a mystery, not at all. It's also a romance which reminds readers of novels by Jane Austen. Published in 1814, the same year as Mansfield Park, it shares some themes with it. It is also very modern, speaking freely of independent women (like Elinor), weak male characters, and unrequited love. Yes, a love triangle is lurking behind the scenes, and, in this case, it is not clear if the happy ending is suitable. At the time when it was published, critics did not like this political novel, and said that the difficulties which "Ellis" faced while trying to support herself were clearly fictional. However, don't let this deter you. It's a wonderful and mature novel, ahead of it's time by about 100 years. Happy reading! (Summary by Stav Nisser)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Wanderer
• Author credits: Frances Burney
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 92
• Listed recording duration: 36:22:42

Catalogue topics

• fiction

Opening tracks: first 24 of 92

1. Chapter 01 — 25:53
2. Chapter 02 — 28:42
3. Chapter 03 — 16:29
4. Chapter 04 — 13:16
5. Chapter 05 — 15:17
6. Chapter 06 — 11:13
7. Chapter 07 — 18:41
8. Chapter 08 — 25:32
9. Chapter 09 — 12:46
10. Chapter 10 — 20:02
11. Chapter 11 — 27:15
12. Chapter 12 — 24:47
13. Chapter 13 — 18:11
14. Chapter 14 — 24:09
15. Chapter 15 — 37:35
16. Chapter 16 — 33:20
17. Chapter 17 — 34:33
18. Chapter 18 — 34:17
19. Chapter 19 — 21:04
20. Chapter 20 — 27:05
21. Chapter 21 — 16:35
22. Chapter 22 — 20:04
23. Chapter 23 — 20:40
24. Chapter 24 — 30:36

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