The Ordeal of Richard Feverel
A History of a Father and SonBy George Meredith
Length16h 35m
About this audiobook
The Ordeal of Richard Feverel: A History of Father and Son is a full-length novel by George Meredith. The main subject of the book is the inability of educational systems to control human passions. In addition, the book gives a rigorous psychological analysis and criticism of contemporary attitudes to sexuality; some critics have seen it as the first modern novel in English literature.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics
Length16 hrs 35 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 30, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
27RECORDS THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THE HERO
2THE INMATES OF RAYNHAM ABBEY
28CONTAINS AN INTERCESSION FOR THE HEROINE
3SHOWING HOW THE FATES SELECTED THE FOURTEENTH BIRTHDAY TO TRY THE STRENGTH OF THE SYSTEM
29RELATES HOW PREPARATIONS FOR ACTION WERE CONDUCTED UNDER THE APRIL OF LOVERS
4THE MAGIAN CONFLICT
30IN WHICH THE LAST ACT OF A COMEDY TAKES THE PLACE OF THE FIRST
5ARSON
31CELEBRATES THE BREAKFAST
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6ADRIAN PLIES HIS HOOK
32THE PHILOSOPHER APPEARS IN PERSON
7JUVENILE STRATAGEMS
33PROCESSION OF THE CAKE
8DAPHNE'S BOWER
34NURSING THE DEVIL
9THE BITTER CUP
35CONQUEST OF AN EPICURE
10A FINE DISTINCTION
36CLARE'S MARRIAGE
11RICHARD PASSES THROUGH HIS PRELIMINARY ORDEAL, AND IS THE OCCASION OF AN APHORISM
37A DINNER-PARTY AT RICHMOND
12IN WHICH THE LAST ACT OF THE BAKEWELL COMEDY IS CLOSED IN A LETTER
38MRS. BERRY ON MATRIMONY
13THE BLOSSOMING SEASON
39AN ENCHANTRESS
14THE MAGNETIC AGE
40THE LITTLE BIRD AND THE FALCON; A BERRY TO THE RESCUE!
15AN ATTRACTION
41CLARE'S DIARY
16FERDINAND AND MIRANDA
42AUSTIN RETURNS
17UNMASKING OF MASTER RIPTON THOMPSON
43NATURE SPEAKS
18GOOD WINE AND GOOD BLOOD
44AGAIN THE MAGIAN CONFLICT
19THE SYSTEM ENCOUNTERS THE WILD OATS SPECIAL PLEA
45THE LAST SCENE
20A DIVERSION PLAYED ON A PENNY-WHISTLE
46LADY BLANDISH TO AUSTIN WENTWORTH
21CELEBRATES THE TIME-HONOURED TREATMENT OF A DRAGON BY THE HERO
47NOVELS
22RICHARD IS SUMMONED TO TOWN TO HEAR A SERMON
48POETRY
23INDICATES THE APPROACHES OF FEVER
49ESSAYS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROSE
24CRISIS IN THE APPLE-DISEASE
50BIOGRAPHY
25OF THE SPRING PRIMROSE AND THE AUTUMNAL
51Professor of Philosophy, Harvard University
26IN WHICH THE HERO TAKES A STEP
52Professor of French Language and Literature, Brown University
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