Length5h 19m
About this audiobook
This delightful tale of thwarted ambition and forbidden love follows the adventures and fortunes of an endearing young rogue, Frank Softly. Originally appearing serialized in Household Words in 1859, the rogue is one of Collins' most richly comic creations.
Propelled into society by his ever-hopeful father, Frank is introduced to a variety of professions in order to make his fortune. Not industrious by nature, Frank finds working life a challenge, and by his twenty-fifth birthday, he has failed in medicine, portrait-painting, caricaturing, and even forgery. Disenchanted with life, he despairs of ever finding something to commit to—until he meets Alicia Dulcifer and her inexplicably wealthy father.
Proffering his own take on picaresque storytelling—and with many a grain of truth for twentysomethings today—this is Wilkie Collins at his entertaining best.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.8 (1.6K)
Includes Goodreads, Amazon, StoryGraph, LibraryThing
GenreLiterary Classics
Length5 hrs 19 mins
Narrated byBernard Mayes
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJan 1, 2006
LanguageEnglish
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