The Birthplace

The Birthplace

By Henry James
Michael Caine
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Length2h 20m

About this audiobook

"The Birthplace" is a short story by Henry James, first published in his collection The Better Sort in 1903. A witty satire on the excesses of bardolatry, the story reflects James's skepticism about the authorship of Shakespeare's plays. Beyond the narrow scholarly issue, the story also shows a typically imaginative Jamesian protagonist inventing an alternative reality in his lecture on the Bard's supposed childhood activities. (Wikipedia)

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GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length2 hrs 20 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 13, 2019
LanguageEnglish

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