BRONTË, A.: Tenant of Wildfell Hall (The) (Unabridged)

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Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Brontë, Anne, 1820-1849, Author.

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Naxos Digital Services US.

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Naxos Spoken Word Library.

Naxos Spoken Word Library

Language:

English

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Spoken Word.

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Spoken Word.

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Video recordings.

Sound recordings.

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1 online resource.

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Hong Kong : Naxos Digital Services US Incorporated, 2015.

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Contents:

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall ( 03 min., 58 sec. )

Chapter I: A Discovery ( 07 min., 48 sec. )

'Good gracious, my dear! The place is in ruins!' ( 07 min., 27 sec. )

The next day was Saturday; and, on Sunday... ( 06 min., 33 sec. )

The Reverend Michael Millward himself... ( 06 min., 28 sec. )

Chapter II: An Interview ( 07 min., 51 sec. )

'Give me the child!' she said... ( 07 min., 01 sec. )

Chapter III: A Controversy ( 07 min., 43 sec. )

'Never mind, Arthur,' said his mamma... ( 07 min., 42 sec. )

'Mr. Markham here thinks his powers...' ( 08 min., 26 sec. )

Chapter IV: The Party ( 03 min., 05 sec. )

Richard Wilson, Jane's younger brother... ( 07 min., 51 sec. )

All eyes were turned to Mr. Lawrence. ( 08 min. )

'You may consider laudanum a blessing...' ( 06 min., 23 sec. )

Chapter V: The Studio ( 05 min., 17 sec. )

I described the situation as well as I could... ( 06 min., 02 sec. )

Chapter VI: Progression ( 07 min., 53 sec. )

One calm, clear afternoon, however, in March... ( 08 min., 09 sec. )

Instead of his being deeply offended at this... ( 07 min., 42 sec. )

Chapter VII: The Excursion ( 08 min., 26 sec. )

'We were disputing, as we came along...' ( 06 min., 01 sec. )

It was about midday when we reached... ( 06 min., 42 sec. )

Mrs. Graham seated herself at a distance... ( 05 min., 57 sec. )

'Will you tell Arthur that I shall come...?' ( 05 min., 39 sec. )

Chapter VIII: The Present ( 07 min., 26 sec. )

My last visit had been to return the book... ( 07 min., 49 sec. )

Chapter IX: A Snake in the Grass ( 08 min., 07 sec. )

'May I sit by you?' said a soft voice... ( 08 min., 07 sec. )

Wretch that I was to harbour that detestable... ( 07 min., 10 sec. )

'Is it that they think it a duty...' ( 05 min., 31 sec. )

The pair had now approached... ( 05 min., 39 sec. )

Chapter X: A Contract and a Quarrel ( 07 min., 07 sec. )

Instead of taking it quietly, I likewise took... ( 07 min., 43 sec. )

Chapter XI: The Vicar Again ( 07 min., 25 sec. )

And just at that moment the vicar entered... ( 07 min., 46 sec. )

Chapter XII: A Tete-a-Tete and a Discovery ( 07 min., 51 sec. )

It was with what the vicar would doubtless... ( 08 min., 14 sec. )

She turned from me to hide the emotion... ( 07 min., 55 sec. )

While thus conversing they had sauntered... ( 07 min., 33 sec. )

Chapter XIII: A Return to Duty ( 05 min., 44 sec. )

Thus resolving, with a kind of sullen... ( 08 min., 02 sec. )

Chapter XIV: An Assault ( 08 min., 26 sec. )

I dismounted, however, and having fastened... ( 07 min., 32 sec. )

Bad news flies fast: it was hardly four o'clock... ( 04 min., 46 sec. )

Chapter XV: An Encounter and its... ( 06 min., 42 sec. )

But I soon began to regret my precipitancy... ( 07 min., 07 sec. )

'What next, sir?' ( 06 min., 10 sec. )

Yes, you have done me an injury... ( 05 min., 31 sec. )

Chapter XVI: The Warnings of Experience ( 06 min., 59 sec. )

'But what are all the poor fools...?' ( 07 min., 31 sec. )

I was sorry to go, for I had found my new... ( 08 min., 12 sec. )

'I don't hate him as a man, but as a husband.' ( 08 min., 35 sec. )

Chapter XVII: Further Warnings ( 06 min., 09 sec. )

I had flattered myself that I had so effectually... ( 06 min., 17 sec. )

So I went home prepared for a formidable... ( 08 min., 09 sec. )

Chapter XVIII: The Miniature ( 08 min., 03 sec. )

While I stood at the window, conversing... ( 08 min., 18 sec. )

He was not, however, to be repelled... ( 07 min., 26 sec. )

But the more vehemently I insisted... ( 07 min., 13 sec. )

Chapter XIX: An Incident ( 07 min., 31 sec. )

There was no light there but the faint red... ( 07 min., 30 sec. )

Chapter XX: Persistence ( 07 min., 14 sec. )

'You judge him uncharitably, aunt, I know,'... ( 06 min., 36 sec. )

Here our conference ended... ( 05 min., 31 sec. )

Chapter XXI: Opinions ( 05 min., 43 sec. )

Mr. Huntingdon's acquaintances appear... ( 05 min., 35 sec. )

Chapter XXII: Traits of Friendship ( 08 min., 17 sec. )

'"Oh, somebody will take you for your title..."' ( 07 min., 11 sec. )

'After that,' he continued... ( 08 min., 42 sec. )

'"What is it, Lowborough?" said I...' ( 07 min., 16 sec. )

'Well, Mr. Huntingdon, I don't know...' ( 07 min., 32 sec. )

Chapter XXIII: First Weeks of Matrimony ( 07 min., 12 sec. )

'I will give my whole heart and soul...' ( 06 min., 25 sec. )

Chapter XXIV: First Quarrel ( 07 min., 57 sec. )

The reading and answering of my letters... ( 05 min., 34 sec. )

'Were you speaking, Arthur?' I asked. ( 07 min., 26 sec. )

Chapter XXV: First Absence ( 08 min., 33 sec. )

July 3rd. - My last bitter letter... ( 08 min., 04 sec. )

Saturday, 13th. - The week is over... ( 06 min., 04 sec. )

'Dear Helen!' he said - 'why do you cry?' ( 05 min., 51 sec. )

Chapter XXVI: The Guests ( 07 min., 01 sec. )

Chapter XXVII: A Misdemeanour ( 08 min., 06 sec. )

'What would Lord Lowborough...?' ( 08 min., 40 sec. )

Chapter XXVIII: Parental Feelings ( 08 min., 04 sec. )

Chapter XXIX: The Neighbour ( 08 min., 21 sec. )

'Enough, Mr. Hargrave; you ought to...' ( 07 min., 31 sec. )

Chapter XXX: Domestic Scenes ( 07 min., 47 sec. )

I said no more, but sat down before the table... ( 06 min., 24 sec. )

'No; I told her she over-rated my influence...' ( 07 min., 32 sec. )

Hence I learned to welcome Mr. Hargrave... ( 07 min., 28 sec. )

Chapter XXXI: Social Virtues ( 07 min., 39 sec. )

Those two detestable men... ( 07 min., 53 sec. )

At last they came; but not till after ten... ( 07 min., 45 sec. )

'Annabella, give me a candle!' ( 08 min., 17 sec. )

Chapter XXXII: Comparisons... ( 05 min., 59 sec. )

'Excuse the faintness of my acquiescence...' ( 03 min., 56 sec. )

Meantime Mr. Hattersley strode up to the fire... ( 07 min., 33 sec. )

'I can enlighten you on that subject...' ( 07 min., 09 sec. )

'Perhaps it would become you better,' said I... ( 07 min., 10 sec. )

Chapter XXXIII: Two Evenings ( 06 min., 29 sec. )

9th. - Yesterday, when Rachel came... ( 07 min., 27 sec. )

'What keen gamesters you are!' ( 07 min., 15 sec. )

There he stood before me... ( 07 min. )

He vehemently swore he knew nothing... ( 06 min., 33 sec. )

Chapter XXXIV: Concealment ( 06 min., 44 sec. )

Her impudence astounded me; but I complied... ( 06 min., 17 sec. )

Chapter XXXV: Provocations ( 05 min., 51 sec. )

After breakfast, determined to pass as little... ( 05 min., 11 sec. )

'I shall be glad to hear of any service ...' ( 04 min., 56 sec. )

Chapter XXXVI: Dual Solitude ( 06 min., 55 sec. )

The only objection I have to Mr. Hargrave's... ( 06 min., 06 sec. )

Chapter XXXVII: The Neighbour Again ( 08 min., 33 sec. )

'Here, Esther, I've brought you the rose,'... ( 07 min., 04 sec. )

'I have a son, Mr. Hargrave...' ( 07 min., 29 sec. )

'There is another life both for you...' ( 05 min., 46 sec. )

Chapter XXXVIII: The Injured Man ( 07 min., 17 sec. )

He turned away with a suppressed groan... ( 09 min., 29 sec. )

I returned to the drawing-room... ( 06 min., 12 sec. )

Chapter XXXIX A Scheme of Escape ( 02 min., 07 sec. )

Hence was I obliged to stay... ( 07 min., 56 sec. )

But, contrary to my expectation... ( 07 min., 42 sec. )

'Mr. Hargrave, remember your promise.' ( 06 min., 34 sec. )

'Well, sir?' said Hargrave, interrogatively... ( 06 min., 14 sec. )

What a scene was this! Could I ever... ( 06 min., 10 sec. )

Chapter XL: A Misadventure ( 06 min., 01 sec. )

'I didn't say I'd broken it, did I?' returned he. ( 06 min., 08 sec. )

Chapter XLI: 'Hope Springs Eternal...' ( 07 min., 06 sec. )

April 16th. - He is come and gone. ( 06 min., 11 sec. )

'Pray don't!' said I. 'Obedience from such...' ( 05 min., 53 sec. )

Chapter XLII: A Reformation ( 06 min., 17 sec. )

'No, Mr. Hattersley, the children...' ( 06 min., 08 sec. )

Chapter XLIII: The Boundary Post ( 07 min., 22 sec. )

'I have no home, ma'am, but with you,' ( 05 min., 28 sec. )

These things were done yesterday... ( 04 min., 43 sec. )

Chapter XLIV: The Retreat ( 08 min., 02 sec. )

I was glad to ascend the stern-looking stone... ( 08 min., 38 sec. )

30th. - Alas! my kind neighbours... ( 05 min., 11 sec. )

Chapter XLV: Reconciliation ( 08 minutes, 30 sec.

)

Bitter, indeed, was the tone of anguish... ( 08 min., 01 sec. )

'But don't be afraid, Gilbert,' she added... ( 07 min., 05 sec. )

'But listen,' said she, smilingly putting up... ( 08 minutes, 02 sec.

I did not put my request in words... ( 07 min., 27 sec. )

'Mr. Markham, I scarcely expected this!' ( 04 min., 57 sec. )

'Never mind that,' said he, faintly smiling... ( 04 min., 59 sec. )

Chapter XLVI: Friendly Counsels ( 07 min., 13 sec. )

'We shall have thunder-showers before night...' ( 07 min., 05 sec. )

'You've been to call on the Wilsons...' ( 07 min., 29 sec. )

Chapter XLVII: Startling Intelligence ( 07 min., 27 sec. )

Determined to know the worst... ( 07 min., 32 sec. )

For a long time he lay silently looking... ( 07 min., 23 sec. )

He next pleaded inability to hold the pen. ( 06 min., 16 sec. )

'You will think me a liar if I tell you...' ( 07 min., 47 sec. )

Chapter XLVIII: Further Intelligence ( 09 min., 01 sec. )

If the perusal of this letter filled me... ( 07 min., 23 sec. )

Chapter XLIX: 'The Rain Descended' ( 07 min., 22 sec. )

Alarming symptoms were the immediate... ( 07 min., 37 sec. )

That gentleman came, as he said... ( 08 min. )

'"Stay with me, Helen," he says...' ( 07 min., 28 sec. )

Chapter L: Doubts and Disappointments ( 07 min., 50 sec. )

I saw that he expected to be further... ( 08 min., 10 sec. )

She was with him when he died... ( 08 min., 43 sec. )

Her husband, however, upon this second... ( 06 min., 34 sec. )

Chapter LI: An Unexpected Occurrence ( 09 min., 35 sec. )

'Is Mr. Lawrence at home?' I eagerly asked... ( 07 min., 09 sec. )

I ran in among them, demanding... ( 06 min., 23 sec. )

'Markham, will you come?' ( 05 min., 38 sec. )

Chapter LII: Fluctuations ( 06 min., 37 sec. )

'Near what town is Staningley situated?' ( 06 min., 28 sec. )

'Look ye, sir,' resumed he... ( 05 min., 56 sec. )

Chapter LIII: Conclusion ( 08 min., 09 sec. )

I dared not look at her, but I felt her eye... ( 08 min. )

Before I could speak to relieve her from... ( 07 min., 54 sec. )

'The rose I gave you was an emblem of...' ( 08 min., 45 sec. )

I gladly availed myself of such a respite... ( 08 minutes, 06 sec. )

Participant:

Wehner, Piers, Reader -- Carmichael, Katy, Reader -- Bronte, Anne, Author

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Publisher Number:

9781843798927

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