Seventeen
Booth Tarkington
Read by Jonathan Burchard
Seventeen: A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family, Especially William is a humorous novel by Booth Tarkington that gently satirizes first love, in the person of a callow 17-year-old, William Sylvanus Baxter. Seventeen takes place in a small city in the Midwestern United States shortly before World War I. It was published as sketches in the Metropolitan Magazine in 1914, and collected in a single volume in 1916, when it was the bestselling novel in the United States. (Summary by Wikipedia) (6 hr 39 min)
Chapters
| William | 4:19 | Read by Jonathan Burchard |
| The Unknown | 10:09 | Read by Jonathan Burchard |
| The Painful Age | 9:09 | Read by Jonathan Burchard |
| Genesis And Clematis | 8:46 | Read by Jonathan Burchard |
| Sorrows Within A Boiler | 9:37 | Read by Jonathan Burchard |
| Truculence | 5:35 | Read by Jonathan Burchard |
| Mr. Baxters Evening Clothes | 3:54 | Read by Jonathan Burchard |
| Jane | 14:25 | Read by Jonathan Burchard |
| Little Sisters Have Big Ears | 6:16 | Read by Jonathan Burchard |
| Mr. Parcher And Love | 16:22 | Read by Jonathan Burchard |
| Beginning A True Friendship | 12:54 | Read by Jonathan Burchard |
| Progress Of The Symptons | 19:10 | Read by Jonathan Burchard |
| At Home To His Friends | 10:53 | Read by Jonathan Burchard |
| Time Does Fly | 15:00 | Read by Jonathan Burchard |
| Romance Of Statistics | 14:11 | Read by Jonathan Burchard |
| The Shower | 13:56 | Read by Jonathan Burchard |
| Jane's Theory | 17:17 | Read by Jonathan Burchard |
| The Big, Fat Lummox | 13:42 | Read by Jonathan Burchard |
| I Dunno Why It Is | 9:20 | Read by Jonathan Burchard |
| Sydney Carton | 11:35 | Read by Jonathan Burchard |
| My Little Sweethearts | 14:58 | Read by Jonathan Burchard |
| Forshadowings | 18:27 | Read by Jonathan Burchard |
| Fathers Forget | 16:05 | Read by Jonathan Burchard |
| Clothes Make The Man | 20:05 | Read by Jonathan Burchard |
| Youth And Mr. Parcher | 13:03 | Read by Jonathan Burchard |
| Miss Boke | 17:50 | Read by Jonathan Burchard |
| Marooned | 15:45 | Read by Jonathan Burchard |
| Rannie Kirsted | 15:39 | Read by Jonathan Burchard |
| Don't Forget | 26:07 | Read by Jonathan Burchard |
| The Bride-To-Be | 15:01 | Read by Jonathan Burchard |
Reviews
seventeen year old boy falls for ridiculous girl
janene f
This reminds me of my sons at that age. it was interesting to look at things through the eyes of this young fellow. I enjoyed the characters and the reading was very well done. The annoying girl who had the boys heads in a whirl ... what can I say. She had these young boys experiencing their first crushes. Who can account for young love? The depth of the feelings and blindness to her obvious flaws... well that can happen. I enjoyed it.
Funny Ha Ha
bowhows
Jonathon Burchard has a unique talent for bringing out the humor in Booth Tarkington's books. He's recorded several, but this one is the best, and especially funny to anyone who has ever had teenaged children.
seventeen
dogman
I am a fan of the author, but ... One of the main characters spoke baby talk all of the way through the book. SAVE YOUR TIME!
A LibriVox Listener
Wanted to give 5 stars but for some reason it won't let me. Thank you! Great job reading! Tarkington is always a lot of fun!
A LibriVox Listener
The reader is hilarious when he makes his voice high pitched for a female character.
Traci
Jonathan Burchard does a splendid job of reading this hilarious classic!
Just wonderful
A LibriVox Listener
loved it. and well read. Thank you
terrific
obx12
Both reader and story line were great