The Life and Adventures of Jonathan Jefferson Whitlaw

About this film

LibriVox recording of The Life and Adventures of Jonathan Jefferson Whitlaw by Frances Milton Trollope. Read in English by Anna Simon; Ralph Crown; Lynne Thompson; MaryAnnS; KHand; Julia Niedermaier; Soumen Barua; Michele Eaton; Mark Chulsky The novel begins with the arrival of a family staking a claim in the black delta of the Deep South. Whitlaw is a brutish sort who bullies his cowering wife into working herself to death. Shortly after giving birth to a strapping man-child, the wife, Portia, dutifully dies. Her sister-in-law, Clio, takes over the responsibilities of raising the young Whitlaw and tending to every need and whim of her brother. Jonathan Jefferson grows up to be shrewd, conniving, and sly, driven – as Trollope thought most Americans were – by a compulsion for financial success. He and his father build up a prosperous store, selling to boats coming down the Mississippi. Jonathan meets Colonel Dart on one of his river trips, who decides to mentor him into becoming his personal confidential clerk. Translated, this means that Jonathan will be expected to spy on the slaves to make sure that they are not slacking, stealing, or conspiring to murder the Dart family. Once th…

Directors & creators

Frances Milton Trollope

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;

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