Lodore
Mary Shelley
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The author of Frankenstein returns with her take on an Austen novel. The mother is proud, the father has many vices, yet the aristocratic name must be kept. Even more so when lord Lodore dies. His wife and daughter find themselves without protection. This novel is conserned with gender equality, education and social justice. - Summary by Stav Nisser. (17 hr 1 min)
Chapters
| volume 1, chapter 1 | 12:11 | Read by Jim Locke |
| volume 1, chapter 2 | 17:09 | Read by Jim Locke |
| volume 1, chapter 3 | 19:09 | Read by Jim Locke |
| volume 1, chapter 4 | 24:45 | Read by Jim Locke |
| volume 1, chapter 5 | 16:05 | Read by Jim Locke |
| volume 1, chapter 6 | 11:55 | Read by Jim Locke |
| volume 1, chapter 7 | 18:45 | Read by Jim Locke |
| volume 1, chapter 8 | 15:04 | Read by Jim Locke |
| volume 1, chapter 9 | 23:39 | Read by Jim Locke |
| volume 1, chapter 10 | 14:17 | Read by Mike Pelton |
| volume 1, chapter 11 | 23:10 | Read by Mike Pelton |
| volume 1, chapter 12 | 17:58 | Read by Mike Pelton |
| volume 1, chapter 13 | 16:58 | Read by Mike Pelton |
| volume 1, chapter 14 | 29:21 | Read by Mike Pelton |
| volume 1, chapter 15 | 14:41 | Read by Mike Pelton |
| volume 1, chapter 16 | 26:54 | Read by Mike Pelton |
| volume 1, chapter 17 | 21:49 | Read by Mike Pelton |
| volume 1, chapter 18 | 13:06 | Read by Deon Gines |
| volume 2, chapter 1 | 13:08 | Read by Deon Gines |
| volume 2, chapter 2 | 22:38 | Read by Jim Locke |
| volume 2, chapter 3 | 14:02 | Read by Jim Locke |
| volume 2, chapter 4 | 20:41 | Read by Jim Locke |
| volume 2, chapter 5 | 25:32 | Read by Linda Johnson |
| volume 2, chapter 6 | 16:48 | Read by Linda Johnson |
| volume 2, chapter 7 | 27:48 | Read by Linda Johnson |
| volume 2, chapter 8 | 20:30 | Read by Linda Johnson |
| volume 2, chapter 9 | 27:09 | Read by Linda Johnson |
| volume 2, chapter 10 | 12:34 | Read by Linda Johnson |
| volume 2, chapter 11 | 23:34 | Read by Linda Johnson |
| volume 2, chapter 12 | 25:02 | Read by Jim Locke |
| volume 2, chapter 13 | 8:45 | Read by Jim Locke |
| volume 2, chapter 14 | 18:51 | Read by Jim Locke |
| volume 2, chapter 15 | 19:22 | Read by Linda Johnson |
| volume 2, chapter 16 | 13:18 | Read by Linda Johnson |
| volume 2, chapter 17 | 8:51 | Read by Linda Johnson |
| volume 2, chapter 18 | 15:54 | Read by Linda Johnson |
| volume 3, chapter 1 | 12:15 | Read by Linda Johnson |
| volume 3, chapter 2 | 17:47 | Read by Linda Johnson |
| volume 3, chapter 3 | 9:43 | Read by Linda Johnson |
| volume 3, chapter 4 | 16:49 | Read by Linda Johnson |
| volume 3, chapter 5 | 16:29 | Read by Linda Johnson |
| volume 3, chapter 6 | 12:02 | Read by Linda Johnson |
| volume 3, chapter 7 | 16:40 | Read by Linda Johnson |
| volume 3, chapter 8 | 19:41 | Read by Linda Johnson |
| volume 3, chapter 9 | 6:46 | Read by Mike Pelton |
| volume 3, chapter 10 | 14:38 | Read by Mike Pelton |
| volume 3, chapter 11 | 23:55 | Read by Mike Pelton |
| volume 3, chapter 12 | 23:30 | Read by Jim Locke |
| volume 3, chapter 13 | 25:57 | Read by Jim Locke |
| volume 3, chapter 14 | 32:31 | Read by Mike Pelton |
| volume 3, chapter 15 | 28:08 | Read by Jim Locke |
| volume 3, chapter 16 | 19:32 | Read by Jim Locke |
| volume 3, chapter 17 | 21:05 | Read by Jim Locke |
| volume 3, chapter 18 | 23:30 | Read by Mike Pelton |
| Vol.3-Conclusion | 8:40 | Read by Mike Pelton |
Reviews
Lodore: Pretty Good
George Boulukos
The readers do a solid job here, although it would be nice of they were consistent about pronunciations of the title and main characters. All read clearly and most enunciate well. I am grateful they have done this lesser-known work of Mary Shelley. If you are interested in the Willstonecraft-Shelley-Godwin family saga or in the depiction of women in 19c literature you will find it rewarding... But it's not as strange and compelling as Matilda or as intense as the Last Man. MWS was a genius but this is one of her less notable works.
oh the drama! the pathos!
Snowed In Again
Interminable blithering on by M Shelley who never says in one sentence what she can ramble on about for 20 pages. I assume her editor hung himself after getting the manuscript. The typical story of the honorable nobleman marrying a pure young beauty and being forced to leave her and flee to America due to complicated misunderstandings. Etc etc . Readers good to very good. misunderstandings.