The Woman Who Did: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Woman Who Did by Grant Allen: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 24 original MP3 tracks, 6:01:14 running time and a link to listen.
The Woman Who Did, credited to Grant Allen, 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 Woman Who Did, by Grant Allen. Read by Ruth Golding. Most times, especially in the time when this book was written (1895), it is just as nature and society would wish: a man and woman "fall in love" and get married. But it is not so for Herminia Barton and Alan Merrick. They do indeed fall in love, but Herminia has a deeply held belief in freedom for women, and she holds immutable views against what she perceives as the slavery of marriage. Alan unwillingly agrees to her strong wish to remain unmarried and to live together as "close and dear friends". When the birth of their child is imminent, they go to his beloved Italy to avoid the condemnation of English society. From this point on, many questions are raised: is marriage indeed so important? Is strong will always good? Is it right to go against society? And if it is, when should we stop and consider the effects on other people? What should a child do when she is raised to be what her mother dreams and develops her own dreams in the process? And, finally, how much should parents sacrifice for their children? (Summary by Stav Nisser and Ruth Golding)
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Woman Who Did
- Author credits: Grant Allen
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 24
- Listed recording duration: 6:01:14
Catalogue topics
- novel
- feminism
- society
- marriage
- illegitimate
Track guide
- 01 - Chapter I — 20:52
- 02 - Chapter II — 12:31
- 03 - Chapter III — 37:38
- 04 - Chapter IV — 12:58
- 05 - Chapter V — 22:49
- 06 - Chapter VI — 14:58
- 07 - Chapter VII — 17:22
- 08 - Chapter VIII — 13:09
- 09 - Chapter IX — 18:30
- 10 - Chapter X — 14:48
- 11 - Chapter XI — 13:34
- 12 - Chapter XII — 16:19
- 13 - Chapter XIII — 17:33
- 14 - Chapter XIV — 10:01
- 15 - Chapter XV — 16:12
- 16 - Chapter XVI — 15:10
- 17 - Chapter XVII — 14:14
- 18 - Chapter XVIII — 16:36
- 19 - Chapter XIX — 15:56
- 20 - Chapter XX — 7:55
- 21 - Chapter XXI — 12:39
- 22 - Chapter XXII — 8:29
- 23 - Chapter XXIII — 4:00
- 24 - Chapter XXIV — 7:10
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