Under Western Eyes: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Under Western Eyes, credited to Joseph Conrad, 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 Under Western Eyes by Joseph Conrad. Read in English by Expatriate Under Western Eyes (1911) is a novel by Joseph Conrad. The novel takes place in St. Petersburg, Russia, and Geneva, Switzerland, and is viewed as Conrad's response to the themes explored in Crime and Punishment, Conrad being reputed to have detested Dostoevsky. It is also, some say, Conrad's response to his own early life; his father was a famous revolutionary imprisoned by the Russians, but, instead of following in his father's footsteps, at the age of sixteen Conrad left his native land forever....This novel is considered to be one of Conrad's major works and is close in subject matter to The Secret Agent. It is full of cynicism and conflict about the historical failures of revolutionary movements and ideals. Conrad remarks in this book, as well as others, on the irrationality of life, the opacity of character, the unfairness with which suffering is inflicted upon the innocent and poor, and the careless disregard for the lives of those with whom we share existence. - Summary by Wikipedia

Recording facts

• Recording title: Under Western Eyes
• Author credits: Joseph Conrad
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 27
• Listed recording duration: 11:01:21

Catalogue topics

• revolutionary movements
• russian revolution

Opening tracks: first 24 of 27

1. 01 - Prologue — 8:09
2. 02 - Pt. 1, Ch. 1 — 30:16
3. 03 - Pt. 1, Ch. 2, Sec. 1 — 26:00
4. 04 - Pt. 1, Ch. 2, Sec. 2 — 22:48
5. 05 - Pt. 1, Ch. 2, Sec. 3 — 25:18
6. 06 - Pt. 1, Ch. 3, Sec. 1 — 27:06
7. 07 - Pt. 1, Ch. 3, Sec. 2 — 30:41
8. 08 - Pt. 2, Ch. 1 — 32:39
9. 09 - Pt. 2, Ch. 2 — 23:19
10. 10 - Pt. 2, Ch. 3 — 15:33
11. 11 - Pt. 2, Ch. 4, Sec. 1 — 24:38
12. 12 - Pt. 2, Ch. 4, Sec. 2 — 23:38
13. 13 - Pt. 2, Ch. 4, Sec. 3 — 24:17
14. 14 - Pt. 2, Ch. 5 — 26:30
15. 15 - Pt. 3, Ch. 1 — 30:16
16. 16 - Pt. 3, Ch. 2, Sec. 1 — 19:42
17. 17 - Pt. 3, Ch. 2, Sec. 2 — 19:21
18. 18 - Pt. 3, Ch. 3, Sec. 1 — 22:35
19. 19 - Pt. 3, Ch. 3, Sec. 2 — 23:10
20. 20 - Pt. 3, Ch. 4, Sec. 1 — 23:02
21. 21 - Pt. 3, Ch. 4, Sec. 2 — 25:05
22. 22 - Pt. 4, Ch. 1, Sec. 1 — 24:14
23. 23 - Pt. 4, Ch. 1, Sec. 2 — 15:47
24. 24 - Pt. 4, Ch. 2 — 34:29

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