The Ordeal of Richard Feverel

About this film

LibriVox recording of The Ordeal of Richard Feverel by George Meredith. Read in English by Jim Locke; Rita Boutros; jenno; ABC1 After his wife's desertion, Sir Austin wants to bring up his son according to a strict educational system governing every aspect of his life. However Richard has to make his own mistakes, fall in love, and generally live his own life. This book tells about the clashes between Richard's wish to govern his own life to his father's constant interference. This book was very influential. The leading libraries of the day considered it too frank and sexually explicit and refused to buy it. Later authors including E. M. Forster, Oscar Wilde and Virginia Woolf admired and respected it. - Summary by Stav Nisser and Wikipedia 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 01-15 (118MB) M4B Audiobook 16-30 (168MB) M4B Audiobook 31-45 (217MB)

Directors & creators

George Meredith

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;education; love story; Victorian novel; social novel

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