The Valley of Decision

About this film

LibriVox recording of The Valley of Decision by Edith Wharton. Read in English by Robert Keiper Odo Valsecca, a promising nobleman, inherits a dukedom at a young age and, over the course of his young life, must quickly learn the politics of royalty as he deals with other nobles, the church, the free-thinking movement, and, of course, his subjects, the peasants. Will he be able to rise to power in time, or will he quickly buckle under the pressures of the Italian court during the seventeenth century? Published in 1902, The Valley of Decision is Edith Wharton's first full length novel. - Summary by Mary Kay 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 part 1 (68MB) M4B Audiobook part 2 (168MB) M4B Audiobook part 3 (114MB)

Directors & creators

Edith Wharton

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;religion; relationships; romance; church; government; youth; Italy; atheism; historical novel; coming of age; Royalty; nobility; peasants; duke; dukedom; eighteenth century; conflicts; ideology

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