"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
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)
32VOLUME II
2INTRODUCTION
33CHAPTER XXVIII
3WALTER WRIGHT'S INTRODUCTION
34CHAPTER XXIX
4VOLUME I
35CHAPTER XXX
5CHAPTER I
36CHAPTER XXXI
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6CHAPTER II
37CHAPTER XXXII
7CHAPTER III
38CHAPTER XXXIII
8CHAPTER IV
39CHAPTER XXXIV
9CHAPTER V
40CHAPTER XXXV
10CHAPTER VI
41CHAPTER XXXVI
11CHAPTER VII
42CHAPTER XXXVII
12CHAPTER VIII
43CHAPTER XXXVIII
13CHAPTER IX
44CHAPTER XXXIX
14CHAPTER X
45CHAPTER XL
15CHAPTER XI
46CHAPTER XLI
16CHAPTER XII
47CHAPTER XLII
17CHAPTER XIII
48CHAPTER XLIII
18CHAPTER XIV
49CHAPTER XLIV
19CHAPTER XV
50CHAPTER XLV
20CHAPTER XVI
51CHAPTER XLVI
21CHAPTER XVII
52CHAPTER XLVII
22CHAPTER XVIII
53CHAPTER XLVIII
23CHAPTER XIX
54CHAPTER XLVIX
24CHAPTER XX
55CHAPTER L
25CHAPTER XXI
56CHAPTER LI
26CHAPTER XXII
57CHAPTER LII
27CHAPTER XXIII
58CHAPTER LIII
28CHAPTER XXIV
59CHAPTER LIV
29CHAPTER XXV
60CHAPTER LV
30CHAPTER XXVI
61FINIS
31CHAPTER XXVII
62Memorable Quotes
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