Audio only
Length21h 25m
About this audiobook
"The Egoist" is a tragicomical novel by George Meredith published in 1879 and it is one of Meredith’s most popular works.
The novel concerns the egoism of self-absorbed Sir Willoughby Patterne and his attempts at marriage; jilted by his first bride-to-be, he vacillates between the sentimental Laetitia Dale and the strong-willed Clara Middleton. More importantly, the novel follows Clara's attempts to escape from her engagement to Sir Willoughby, who desires women to serve as a mirror for him and consequently cannot understand why she would not want to marry him.
"The Egoist" dramatizes the difficulty contingent upon being a woman in Victorian society, when women's bodies and minds are trafficked between fathers and husbands to cement male bonds.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.7 (8.5K)
Includes Goodreads, LibraryThing, StoryGraph, Amazon
GenreGeneral Fiction, Humor, Romance
Length21 hrs 25 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 13, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Prelude
2Chapter 1. A Minor Incident Showing An Hereditary Aptitude In The Use Of The Knife
3Chapter 2. The Young Sir Willoughby
4Chapter 3. Constantia Durham
5Chapter 4. Laetitia Dale
Show all chaptersShow less
6Chapter 5. Clara Middleton
7Chapter 6. His Courtship
8Chapter 7. The Betrothed
9Chapter 8. A Run With The Truant; A Walk With The Master
10Chapter 9. Clara And Laetitia Meet: They Are Compared
11Chapter 10. In Which Sir Willoughby Chances To Supply The Title For Himself
12Chapter 11. The Double-Blossom Wild Cherry-Tree
13Chapter 12. Miss Middleton And Mr. Vernon Whitford
14Chapter 13. The First Effort After Freedom
15Chapter 14. Sir Willoughby And Laetitia
16Chapter 15. The Petition For A Release
17Chapter 16. Clara And Laetitia
18Chapter 17. The Porcelain Vase
19Chapter 18. Colonel De Craye
20Chapter 19. Colonel De Craye And Clara Middleton
21Chapter 20. An Aged And A Great Wine
22Chapter 21. Clara's Meditations
23Chapter 22. The Ride
24Chapter 23. Treats Of The Union Of Temper And Policy
25Chapter 24. Contains An Instance Of The Generosity Of Willoughby
26Chapter 25. The Flight In Wild Weather
27Chapter 26. Vernon In Pursuit
28Chapter 27. At The Railway Station
29Chapter 28. The Return
30Chapter 29. In Which The Sensitiveness Of Sir Willoughby Is Explained: And He Receives Much Instruction
31Chapter 30. Treating Of The Dinner-Party At Mrs. Mountstuart Jenkinson's
32Chapter 31. Sir Willoughby Attempts And Achieves Pathos
33Chapter 32. Laetitia Dale Discovers A Spiritual Change And Dr Middleton A Physical
34Chapter 33. In Which The Comic Muse Has An Eye On Two Good Souls
35Chapter 34. Mrs. Mountstuart And Sir Willoughby
36Chapter 35. Miss Middleton And Mrs. Mountstuart
37Chapter 36. Animated Conversation At A Luncheon-Table
38Chapter 37. Contains Clever Fencing And Intimations Of The Need For It
39Chapter 38. In Which We Take A Step To The Centre Of Egoism
40Chapter 39. In The Heart Of The Egoist
41Chapter 40. Midnight: Sir Willoughby And Laetitia: With Young Crossjay Under A Coverlet
42Chapter 41. The Rev. Dr. Middleton, Clara, And Sir Willoughby
43Chapter 42. Shows The Divining Arts Of A Perceptive Mind
44Chapter 43. In Which Sir Willoughby Is Led To Think That The Elements Have Conspired Against Him
45Chapter 44. Dr Middleton: The Ladies Eleanor And Isabel: And Mr. Dale
46Chapter 45. The Patterne Ladies: Mr. Dale: Lady Busshe And Lady Culmer: With Mrs. Mountstuart Jenkinson
47Chapter 46. The Scene Of Sir Willoughby's Generalship
48Chapter 47. Sir Willoughby And His Friend Horace De Craye
49Chapter 48. The Lovers
50Chapter 49. Laetitia And Sir Willoughby
Searching For ThanksgivingS.E. Smith4h 24m4.8 (395)$20
Naughty 4Brenda Hampton7h 30m4.7 (726)$17
The Dance with Me TrilogyShelley Shepard Gray21h 44m4.7 (1.2K)$35
Anne Shirley (Complete 14 Book Collection)Lucy Maud Montgomery125h 28m4.7 (2.4K)$2 · $0.00
The DopemanJaQuavis Coleman5h 25m4.7 (3.8K)$20
Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate CollectionArthur Conan Doyle59h 49m4.6 (16.7K)$5 · $0.00
BAEJahquel J.5h 22m4.7 (3.1K)$20
Dark RisingJeffrey Wilson, Brian Andrews13h 47m4.7 (1.3K)$27
WhistlerAnn Patchett10h 45m4.6 (4.6K)$29 · $0.00
Grand Opening 2Carl Weber9h 16m4.7 (2.4K)$20
Sons of Valor II: Violence of ActionBrian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson12h 34m4.6 (3.6K)$23
Malevolent MagicMildred Abbott7h 13m4.7 (1.2K)$17
Bikes, Toys, and Hot BoyzGenesis Woods, Shantaé13h 9m4.7 (722)$23
This Side of Paradise - The Original 1920 Edition (Annotated)F. Scott Fitzgerald11h 30m4.6 (1.6K)$2 · $0.00
War LordBernard Cornwell13h 21m4.6 (33.1K)$33 · $0.00
Ghetto BastardK’wan7h 37m4.6 (2.9K)$20
The Great Gatsby: Original 1925 Edition (An F. Scott Fitzgerald Classic NovelFrancis Scott Fitzgerald4h 45m4.6 (9.3K)$18 · $0.00
The Vineyard BrideKatie Winters5h 5m4.6 (1.9K)$15
The Fyodor Dostoyevsky Complete CollectionFyodor Dostoyevsky266h 5m4.6 (2.7K)$200 · $0.00
Something Like LoveBeverly Jenkins10h 21m4.6 (2.7K)$29 · $0.00
Poems of ParentingLoryn Brantz42m4.6 (1.1K)$9 · $0.00
What If? 10th Anniversary EditionRandall Munroe7h 29m4.5 (41.4K)$23
Welcome to PawneeJim O'Heir6h 24m4.5 (5.3K)$24 · $0.00
Going PostalTerry Pratchett13h 36m4.5 (163.8K)$33 · $0.00
Woman UninterruptedBrodie Kane7h 1m4.6 (562)$24 · $0.00
1984 & Animal Farm (Annotated)George Orwell15h 54m4.5 (220.8K)$1.99 · $0.00
Kingsblood Royal (Annotated)Sinclair Lewis14h 42m4.6 (264)$2 · $0.00
Hot Cowgirl Sh*tLacie Evans2h 15m4.7 (103)$15
This Is Going to HurtAdam Kay5h 47m4.4 (444.7K)$24 · $0.00
MAKE WAY FOR LUCIA - Complete Mapp and Lucia Series (6 Novels & 2 Short Stories)E. F. Benson60h 25m4.5 (2.3K)$1 · $0.00
You Will Get Through This NightDaniel Howell6h 56m4.4 (11.8K)$24 · $0.00
Northanger Abbey (Annotated)Jane Austen10h 7m4.5 (1.6K)$2 · $0.00
My Dear HamiltonStephanie Dray, Laura Kamoie23h 7m4.4 (63.6K)$46 · $0.00
THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS & SCREWTAPE PROPOSES A TOAST (Annotated)C. S. Lewis5h 6m4.4 (471K)$2 · $0.00
The Night Before Christmas at Dunder MifflinBrian Baumgartner, Ben Silverman6m4.5 (1.3K)$4 · $0.00
The Complete Novels of G. K. Chesterton (Annotated)G. K. Chesterton58h 29m4.5 (432)$3 · $0.00
The Complete Works of SakiSaki, H. H. Munro52h 37m4.4 (3K)$2 · $0.00
Jungle UpNick Pirog10h 8m4.4 (3.1K)$20
The 13½ Lives of Captain BluebearWalter Moers16h 10m4.4 (34.3K)$28
Damon Runyon OmnibusDamon Runyon27h4.5 (242)$2 · $0.00
The Dance with Me TrilogyShelley Shepard Gray21h 44m4.7 (1.2K)$35
The Search (Annotated)Grace Livingston Hill7h 29m4.7 (1.1K)$0.99 · $0.00
The Captivating WarriorCami Checketts, Daniel Banner4h 8m4.7 (608)$15
TimberTate James15h 36m4.6 (28.8K)$23
The ReunionJana Deleon6h 31m4.6 (1.6K)$26 · $0.00
Long LostLexi Blake13h 12m4.6 (3.2K)$23
The Vineyard BrideKatie Winters5h 5m4.6 (1.9K)$15
Something Like LoveBeverly Jenkins10h 21m4.6 (2.7K)$29 · $0.00
Wishes from the HeartSophie Mays4h 9m4.7 (343)$15 · $0.00
Blizzard ShowdownShirlee McCoy5h 16m4.6 (1.1K)$12 · $0.00
The Heart of CourageLynne Basham Tagawa10h 57m4.7 (240)$20
Love Inspired Suspense October 2025 - Box Set 2 of 2Laura Scott, Carrie Stuart Parks, Jennifer Pierce17h 34m4.8 (88)$35 · $0.00
Talia Hibbert's Brown Sisters Book SetTalia Hibbert31h 7m4.6 (2.3K)$53 · $0.00
To Hold and ProtectSandra Owens7h 59m4.6 (1.1K)$8 · $0.00
The Newly Witch GameRobyn Peterman4h 39m4.7 (549)$15
Arctic WitnessHeather Woodhaven5h 46m4.6 (985)$12 · $0.00
MaelstromBethany Adams17h 6m4.6 (1.3K)$25
Following the TrailLynette Eason6h 35m4.6 (2.3K)$12 · $0.00
Her Duty Bound DefenderSharee Stover6h 30m4.7 (557)$12 · $0.00
Defending from DangerJodie Bailey5h 46m4.6 (588)$24 · $0.00
You may also like
An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela AndrewsHenry Fielding1h 18m3.6 (1K)$2.30 · $0.00
Love's ComedyHenrik Ibsen3h 24m3.6 (1.3K)$2 · $0.00
Vanity FairMakepeace Thackeray35h 5m4.0 (158.7K)$2 · $0.00
Lady SusanJane Austen2h 26m3.8 (59.8K)$3 · $0.00
BabbittSinclair Lewis11h 55m3.9 (35K)$23
NIGHT AND DAY (The Original 1919 Edition)Virginia Woolf20h3.6 (13.9K)$2 · $0.00
Keep the Aspidistra Flying (Annotated)Eric Arthur Blair11h 27m3.9 (26.4K)$0.99 · $0.00
Lady SusanJane Austen2h 56m3.8 (69.2K)$12
The Glimpses of the MoonEdith Wharton8h 56m3.9 (6.3K)$20
The Forsyte Saga (The Man of Property, Indian Summer of a Forsyte, In Chancery, Awakening, To Let) (Annotated)John Galsworthy37h 4m4.3 (24.1K)$2 · $0.00
Collected Short StoriesD. H. Lawrence12h 39m4.2 (2K)$2 · $0.00
THE GAMBLERFyodor Dostoevsky8h 11m4.0 (143K)$2 · $0.00
Twilight SleepEdith Wharton9h 30m3.6 (2.3K)$20
Can You Forgive Her?Anthony Trollope27h 34m4.1 (12.6K)$30
The beautiful and damnedFrancis Scott Fitzgerald14h 40m3.8 (75.8K)$4 · $0.00
Hay Fever A Light Comedy In Three ActsNoël Coward2h 45m3.9 (1.1K)$2.40
A Confederacy of DuncesJohn Kennedy Toole13h 33m4.0 (351.5K)$23
Jane Austen - The Complete Novels (Special Edition)Jane Austen78h 30m4.6 (1.6K)$8 · $0.00
The Irrational KnotGeorge Bernard Shaw13h 24m3.5 (653)$2 · $0.00
The Demagogue and Lady PhayreWilliam John Locke3h 59m$2 · $0.00