Ward No. 6: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
Ward No. 6 by Anton Chekhov: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 12 original MP3 tracks, 2:10:14 running time and a link to listen.
Ward No. 6, credited to Anton Chekhov, 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 Ward No. 6 by Anton Chekhov. (Translated by Constance Garnett.) Read in English by Expatriate. The line between sanity and insanity is blurred in this classic novella by Anton Chekhov. The disillusioned idealist Dr. Rabin is in charge of a provincial lunatic asylum, overseeing with weary, dubious policies a motley group of patients, a group that mirrors in microcosm all of human and especially Russian society. Seeking answers to profound questions, Dr. Rabin enters into dialogues with both staff members and patients, trying to make sense out of what has become of his life, until it becomes less and less clear who is the doctor and who is the patient. Written with obvious reformist concerns about the dehumanization of "lunatics," the story is also a harrowing parable about the meaning of human existence. Summary by Expatriate.
Recording facts
- Recording title: Ward No. 6
- Author credits: Anton Chekhov
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 12
- Listed recording duration: 2:10:14
Catalogue topics
- philosophy
- Russian Literature
- prison literature
Track guide
- 01 - Chapters 01-02 — 13:32
- 02 - Chapters 03-04 — 12:48
- 03 - Chapter 05 — 8:55
- 04 - Chapter 06 — 12:02
- 05 - Chapters 07-08 — 8:37
- 06 - Chapter 09 — 10:51
- 07 - Chapter 10 — 12:42
- 08 - Chapters 11-12 — 11:36
- 09 - Chapters 13-14 — 10:44
- 10 - Chapter 15 — 6:37
- 11 - Chapters 16-17 — 12:07
- 12 - Chapters 18-19 — 9:43
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