1916: First Chapters Collection
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26 chapters · 14 h 6 min · English
Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024), VfkaBT, BettyB, Jim Locke, Tony Addison, Maria Kasper and others
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These are first chapters to books first published in 1916. Readers, following is a tentative list culled from Wikipedia's article on the year in Literature; most of the works are to be found on Project Gutenberg. - Summary by Matt Pierard
Chapters
1 Sherwood Anderson - Windy McPherson's Son 21 min 2 Henri Barbusse - Under Fire 33 min 3 L. Frank Baum - Rinkitink in Oz 15 min 4 Edgar Rice Burroughs - The Beasts of Tarzan 17 min 5 Ellen Glasgow - Virginia 37 min 6 Sarah Grand - The Winged Victory 40 min 7 Louis Hemon - Maria Chapdelaine 25 min 8 William Dean Howells - The Leatherwood God 26 min 9 James Joyce - A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Pt. 1 1 h 1 min 10 James Joyce - A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Pt. 2 1 h 15 min 11 Franz Kafka - The Metamorphosis 42 min 12 Grace King - The Pleasant Ways of St. Medard 13 min 13 Ring Lardner - You Know Me Al 50 min 14 George Moore - The Brook Kerith: A Syrian Story 21 min 15 Baroness Orczy - Leatherface 1 h 16 May Sinclair - Tasker Jevons 54 min 17 Rabindranath Tagore - The Home and the World 14 min 18 Booth Tarkington - Seventeen 6 min 19 Mark Twain - The Mysterious Stranger 8 min 20 Mrs Humphry Ward - Lady Connie 38 min 21 H. G. Wells - Mr. Britling Sees It Through 1 h 9 min 22 Edith Wharton - Autres Tempes 18 min 23 James Oliver Curwood - The Grizzly King 10 min 24 Anne Monroe - Happy Valley; A Story of Oregon 17 min 25 Will L Comfort - The Last Ditch 56 min 26 Isla M. Mullins - Anne's Wedding 19 min
