Length32h 48m
About this audiobook
"The Genius" is a controversial story of a life devoted to art and sensuality from the Nobel Prize–winning author of "Sister Carrie" and "An American Tragedy".
First published in 1915, "The Genius”, Theodore Dreiser’s most personal and provocative novel, was declared obscene by the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, and under threat of legal action, it was recalled from bookstores. Rereleased in 1923, it went on to establish Dreiser’s reputation as a writer ahead of his time, giving unparalleled insight into the mind of a prodigy.
Driven to experience life beyond the small Illinois town of his youth, Eugene Witla makes his way to Chicago, where he is immediately drawn to the buzz of the city and the sexual freedom of bohemian life. At the Chicago Art Institute, he studies painting, soon making a name for himself as a gifted urban realist. Throughout his life, Witla’s commitment to his art is rivaled only by his need for erotic adventure. In love and marriage, and from Chicago to New York to the cities of Europe, Witla finds himself at odds with convention and pays a profound cost for his struggle.
Audiobook details
GenreRomance, General Fiction, Mystery and Thriller
Length32 hrs 48 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 1, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Epigraph
26Chapter XXIV
2Book I: Youth
27Chapter XXV
3Chapter I
28Chapter XXVI
4Chapter II
29Chapter XXVII
5Chapter III
30Chapter XXVIII
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6Chapter IV
31Book II: The Struggle
7Chapter V
32Chapter I
8Chapter VI
33Chapter II
9Chapter VII
34Chapter III
10Chapter VIII
35Chapter IV
11Chapter IX
36Chapter V
12Chapter X
37Chapter VI
13Chapter XI
38Chapter VII
14Chapter XII
39Chapter VIII
15Chapter XIII
40Chapter IX
16Chapter XIV
41Chapter X
17Chapter XV
42Chapter XI
18Chapter XVI
43Chapter XII
19Chapter XVII
44Chapter XIII
20Chapter XVIII
45Chapter XIV
21Chapter XIX
46Chapter XV
22Chapter XX
47Chapter XVI
23Chapter XXI
48Chapter XVII
24Chapter XXII
49Chapter XVIII
25Chapter XXIII
50Chapter XIX
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