The Color of a Great City
Gelesen von Lee Smalley
Theodore Dreiser
(3 Sterne; 4 Bewertungen)
Theodore Dreiser was highly acclaimed for his novels and other writing. This non-fiction work takes place in many areas of New York City in the early 20th Century. Dreiser writes of lives packed into cramped tenements, of the likely end, but perhaps not, of an affair, of those who guided ships through turbulent waters, and of life in a home for retired seamen. We're taken to the new subways where track workers risked deadly accidents as they struggled to earn a living. Animal slaughter, the glory and heartbreak of song-writing, the shabby "sandwich man", deadly jealousy in Little Italy, and much more is vividly brought to life by this brilliant author. (Summary by Lee Smalley) (8 hr 35 min)
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Excellent Narration
antony lubbe
(3,5 Sterne)
Thank you Lee Smalley for a fitting reading. I often forgot he was the reader and not the character. Intuitive descriptions and stories of the long ago endless poorer class of city wonderers or residents. I really enjoyed the long listen. Life seemed hella tough back then.
Vignettes of NYC in Former Days
TLocke
(4 Sterne)