The Well-Beloved: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Well-Beloved, credited to Thomas Hardy, 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 Well-Beloved, by Thomas Hardy. Read by Simon Evers. 'The Well-Beloved' tells the story of Jocelyn Pierston and his love for three generations of women - the grandmother, her daughter and grand-daughter over a period of forty years. Pierston is seeking for perfection in his choice of lover and in doing so lets opportunities for happiness pass him by. However, at the end of his life, he finds some kind of contentment in compromise. (Summary by Simon Evers)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Well-Beloved
• Author credits: Thomas Hardy
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 31
• Listed recording duration: 6:28:24

Catalogue topics

• hardy
• thomas hardy
• well-beloved

Opening tracks: first 24 of 31

1. 00 - Preface — 3:21
2. 01 - Part First Chapter 1 — 9:20
3. 02 - Part First Chapter 2 — 12:43
4. 03 - Part First Chapter 3 — 3:58
5. 04 - Part First Chapter 4 — 8:06
6. 05 - Part First Chapter 5 — 11:55
7. 06 - Part First Chapter 6 — 7:02
8. 07 - Part First Chapter 7 — 12:10
9. 08 - Part First Chapter 8 — 13:47
10. 09 - Part First Chapter 9 — 8:08
11. 10 - Part Second Chapter 1 — 19:16
12. 11 - Part Second Chapter 2 — 12:04
13. 12 - Part Second Chapter 3 — 15:53
14. 13 - Part Second Chapter 4 — 9:01
15. 14 - Part Second Chapter 5 — 6:56
16. 15 - Part Second Chapter 6 — 13:53
17. 16 - Part Second Chapter 7 — 13:42
18. 17 - Part Second Chapter 8 — 8:47
19. 18 - Part Second Chapter 9 — 15:05
20. 19 - Part Second Chapter 10 — 10:56
21. 20 - Part Second Chapter 11 — 10:40
22. 21 - Part Second Chapter 12 — 16:34
23. 22 - Part Second Chapter 13 — 7:46
24. 23 - Part Third Chapter 1 — 19:33

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