"C" (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Classic English Social Novel of Aristocratic Romance, Obsessive Devotion, and Moral Consequence in Early Twentieth-Century EnglandBy Maurice Baring
Length20h 33m
About this audiobook
Maurice Baring's "C" is a finely wrought novel of character, memory, and moral consequence, centered on an enigmatic figure whose life is disclosed through delicate social observation and psychological nuance. Written in a lucid, classical prose style, the book belongs to the interwar English tradition that stood beside, rather than within, high modernist experiment: inward, ironic, and formally controlled, yet deeply alert to the instability of feeling, faith, and social identity. Baring himself was unusually equipped for such fiction. A diplomat, war correspondent, linguist, and man of letters, he moved easily among European cultures and literary circles, and his admiration for Russian fiction helped shape his concern with conscience, suffering, and spiritual seriousness. His conversion to Roman Catholicism also informs the novel's quiet preoccupation with grace, responsibility, and the hidden drama of the soul beneath ordinary manners. Readers drawn to Henry James, Turgenev, or the morally attentive English novel will find "C" especially rewarding. It is not a sensational book, but a subtle and humane one, best approached for its elegance, restraint, and penetrating understanding of how a life is formed by choices, losses, and unspoken loyalties.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.0 (227)
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Romance
Length20 hrs 33 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 9, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1"C" (Annotated)
26CHAPTER XXII
2INTRODUCTION
27CHAPTER XXIII
3WALTER WRIGHT'S INTRODUCTION
28CHAPTER XXIV
4VOLUME I
29CHAPTER XXV
5CHAPTER I
30CHAPTER XXVI
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6CHAPTER II
31CHAPTER XXVII
7CHAPTER III
32VOLUME II
8CHAPTER IV
33CHAPTER XXVIII
9CHAPTER V
34CHAPTER XXIX
10CHAPTER VI
35CHAPTER XXX
11CHAPTER VII
36CHAPTER XXXI
12CHAPTER VIII
37CHAPTER XXXII
13CHAPTER IX
38CHAPTER XXXIII
14CHAPTER X
39CHAPTER XXXIV
15CHAPTER XI
40CHAPTER XXXV
16CHAPTER XII
41CHAPTER XXXVI
17CHAPTER XIII
42CHAPTER XXXVII
18CHAPTER XIV
43CHAPTER XXXVIII
19CHAPTER XV
44CHAPTER XXXIX
20CHAPTER XVI
45CHAPTER XL
21CHAPTER XVII
46CHAPTER XLI
22CHAPTER XVIII
47CHAPTER XLII
23CHAPTER XIX
48CHAPTER XLIII
24CHAPTER XX
49CHAPTER XLIV
25CHAPTER XXI
50CHAPTER XLV
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