Vera
Elizabeth von Arnim
Vera (1921) by Elizabeth von Arnim is a black comedy based on her disastrous second marriage to Earl Russell: a mordant analysis of the romantic delusions through which wives acquiesce in husbands' tyrannies. In outline the story of this utterly unromantic novel anticipates DuMaurier's Rebecca. Naive Lucy Entwhistle is swept into marriage by widower, Everard Wemyss. His mansion "The Willows" is pervaded by the spectre of his dead wife Vera, with whom Lucy becomes obsessed. ... Here the servants are partisan for both wives, and lose no opportunity to disrupt Everard's unctuous, oppressive household routines. An extraordinarily black vision of marriage, also continuously funny, the novel's power lies in the wit and economy of the usually prolix Von Arnim.(Introduction by Wikipedia)
Author - Elizabeth von Arnim.
Narrator - LibriVox Community.
Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Location:
United States
Description:
Vera (1921) by Elizabeth von Arnim is a black comedy based on her disastrous second marriage to Earl Russell: a mordant analysis of the romantic delusions through which wives acquiesce in husbands' tyrannies. In outline the story of this utterly unromantic novel anticipates DuMaurier's Rebecca. Naive Lucy Entwhistle is swept into marriage by widower, Everard Wemyss. His mansion "The Willows" is pervaded by the spectre of his dead wife Vera, with whom Lucy becomes obsessed. ... Here the servants are partisan for both wives, and lose no opportunity to disrupt Everard's unctuous, oppressive household routines. An extraordinarily black vision of marriage, also continuously funny, the novel's power lies in the wit and economy of the usually prolix Von Arnim.(Introduction by Wikipedia) Author - Elizabeth von Arnim. Narrator - LibriVox Community. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Language:
English
Chapter 1
Duration:00:15:31
Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
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Chapter 4
Duration:00:23:59
Chapter 5
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Chapter 6
Duration:00:06:53
Chapter 7
Duration:00:16:04
Chapter 8
Duration:00:13:51
Chapter 9
Duration:00:15:51
Chapter 10
Duration:00:12:30
Chapter 11
Duration:00:28:52
Chapter 12
Duration:00:20:49
Chapter 13
Duration:00:06:52
Chapter 14
Duration:00:19:22
Chapter 15
Duration:00:11:42
Chapter 16
Duration:00:22:08
Chapter 17
Duration:00:22:14
Chapter 18
Duration:00:12:55
Chapter 19
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Chapter 20
Duration:00:19:36
Chapter 21
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Chapter 22
Duration:00:14:33
Chapter 23
Duration:00:14:51
Chapter 24
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Chapter 25
Duration:00:14:41
Chapter 26
Duration:00:20:13
Chapter 27
Duration:00:15:23
Chapter 28
Duration:00:19:16
Chapter 29
Duration:00:17:15
Chapter 30
Duration:00:18:27
Chapter 31
Duration:00:16:56
Chapter 32
Duration:00:07:34