Washington Square: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Washington Square, credited to Henry James, 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:

A LibriVox recording of Washington Square b y Henry James. Read by Dawn. Washington Square is a short novel by Henry James. Originally published in 1880 as a serial in Cornhill Magazine and Harper's New Monthly Magazine, it is a structurally simple tragicomedy that recounts the conflict between a dull but sweet daughter and her brilliant, domineering father. The book is often compared to Jane Austen's work for the clarity and grace of its prose and its intense focus on family relationships. James was hardly a great admirer of Jane Austen, so he might not have regarded the comparison as flattering. In fact, James was not a great fan of Washington Square itself. He tried to read it over for inclusion in the New York Edition of his fiction (1907-1909) but found that he couldn't, and the novel was not included. Other readers, though, have sufficiently enjoyed the book to make it one of the more popular works of the Jamesian canon. (Summary from Wikipedia).

Recording facts

• Recording title: Washington Square
• Author credits: Henry James
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 35
• Listed recording duration: 7:45:37

Catalogue topics

• fiction

Opening tracks: first 24 of 35

1. Chapter 1 — 9:45
2. Chapter 2 — 15:06
3. Chapter 3 — 12:24
4. Chapter 4 — 15:30
5. Chapter 5 — 12:28
6. Chapter 6 — 16:10
7. Chapter 7 — 10:17
8. Chapter 8 — 12:53
9. Chapter 09 — 13:16
10. Chapter 10 — 10:46
11. Chapter 11 — 11:47
12. Chapter 12 — 12:31
13. Chapter 13 — 4:36
14. Chapter 14 — 20:36
15. Chapter 15 — 13:20
16. Chapter 16 — 14:00
17. Chapter 17 — 8:54
18. Chapter 18 — 14:34
19. Chapter 19 — 9:02
20. Chapter 20 — 13:00
21. Chapter 21 — 9:38
22. Chapter 22 — 11:29
23. Chapter 23 — 12:49
24. Chapter 24 — 13:24

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