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About this audiobook
The literary world is stripped of its glamour in this ruthless portrayal of writers struggling between artistic integrity and commercial survival. Edwin Reardon fights a losing battle against poverty and writer's block, while the cynical Jasper Milvain manipulates the market for fame. It is a timeless, devastating masterpiece about the commodification of art and the human cost of ambition.
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Rating★★★★ 4.0 (9.2K)
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GenreLiterary Classics, General Fiction
Length21 hrs 3 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 24, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PART I.
2CHAPTER I. A MAN OF HIS DAY
3CHAPTER II. THE HOUSE OF YULE
4CHAPTER III. HOLIDAY
5CHAPTER IV. AN AUTHOR AND HIS WIFE
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6CHAPTER V. THE WAY HITHER
7CHAPTER VI. THE PRACTICAL FRIEND
8CHAPTER VII. MARIAN’S HOME
9PART TWO
10CHAPTER VIII. TO THE WINNING SIDE
11CHAPTER IX. INVITA MINERVA
12CHAPTER X. THE FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY
13CHAPTER XI. RESPITE
14CHAPTER XII. WORK WITHOUT HOPE
15CHAPTER XIII. A WARNING
16CHAPTER XIV. RECRUITS
17CHAPTER XV. THE LAST RESOURCE
18PART THREE
19CHAPTER XVI. REJECTION
20CHAPTER XVII. THE PARTING
21CHAPTER XVIII. THE OLD HOME
22CHAPTER XIX. THE PAST REVIVED
23CHAPTER XX. THE END OF WAITING
24CHAPTER XXI. MR YULE LEAVES TOWN
25CHAPTER XXII. THE LEGATEES
26PART FOUR
27CHAPTER XXIII. A PROPOSED INVESTMENT
28CHAPTER XXIV. JASPER’S MAGNANIMITY
29CHAPTER XXV. A FRUITLESS MEETING
30CHAPTER XXVI. MARRIED WOMAN’S PROPERTY
31CHAPTER XXVII. THE LONELY MAN
32CHAPTER XXVIII. INTERIM
33CHAPTER XXIX. CATASTROPHE
34PART FIVE
35CHAPTER XXX. WAITING ON DESTINY
36CHAPTER XXXI. A RESCUE AND A SUMMONS
37CHAPTER XXXII. REARDON BECOMES PRACTICAL
38CHAPTER XXXIII. THE SUNNY WAY
39CHAPTER XXXIV. A CHECK
40CHAPTER XXXV. FEVER AND REST
41CHAPTER XXXVI. JASPER’S DELICATE CASE
42CHAPTER XXXVII. REWARDS
43IMPRINT | DISCLAIMER
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