Left to Themselves

About this film

LibriVox recording of Left to Themselves by Edward Irenæus Stevenson. Read in English by Donald Cummings Said to be the first-ever gay youth novel, this 1891 story follows the adventures of 12-year-old Gerald Saxton embarking on a trip from New York, to meet his father in Nova Scotia. He is chaperoned by 17-year-old Philip Touchtone. During the trip, their steamer sinks, they are shipwrecked, and marooned on an island. In addition, a shady antagonist is stalking the two. And while all this is happening, a friendship of mutual affection develops between the boys (nothing explicit). - Summary by Donald Cummings For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit librivox.org . M4B Audiobook (170.8MB)

Directors & creators

Edward Irenæus Stevenson

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;fiction; adventure; youth; Friendship; voyage; juvenile; shipwrecked; lgbt

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