Rebecca West has 5 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 9 narrators. The most-rated is The Return of the Soldier.
La famiglia Aubrey
Summary
Gli Aubrey sono una famiglia fuori dal comune, nella Londra di fine Ottocento. Nelle stanze della loro casa coloniale, tra musica, politica, sogni realizzati e sogni infranti, le preoccupazioni finanziarie sono all'ordine del giorno. Eppure, in quelle stanze aleggia un grande spirito, una strana allegria e l'umorismo pungente di una famiglia unita e indimenticabile. Primo capitolo di un grande capolavoro da riscoprire.
©© Rebecca West. © 2018 Fazi Editore S.r.l. (P)2019 Emons Italia S.r.l.
The Return of the Soldier
Summary
The Return of the Soldier is the debut novel of English novelist Rebecca West, first published in 1918. The novel recounts the return of the shell shocked Captain Chris Baldry from the trenches of the First World War from the perspective of his cousin Jenny. In 1916, Chris returns home from a French hospital to his country estate just outside London. The nature of his injuries at the front has caused him to suffer from amnesia. Awaiting him at home are his devoted wife, whom he does not remember, and his cousin, Jenny, whom he remembers only as a childhood friend. For Chris, the last 15 years have not happened and he believes himself still in love with a woman named Margaret, the poor innkeeper's daughter he courted many years before. These three women, who have helped to shape his life, must decide whether to leave him to languish in a safe, dreamy past, or to compel his recovery and, thus, a return to the trenches and the horrors of war. Cast: Jenny - Amanda Friday Kitty - Anna Grace Margaret - Lillian Rachel Chris - Rob Goll Frank - Ben Lindsey-Clark Parlor Maid - Amber Hegarty Audio edited by Rob Goll
Public Domain (P)2021 The Online Stage
Nel cuore della notte
Summary
Il Novecento è appena iniziato. Il marito, gran scialacquatore, è sparito e Claire rimette in sesto la situazione economica. Le Aubrey sono ormai giovani donne: le gemelle Mary e Rose studiano musica al conservatorio, Cordelia, la sorella maggiore, corona i suoi progetti matrimoniali, e la cugina Rosamund, sempre più affascinante, si prende cura dei pazienti in ospedale. Gli amori e le perdite che accompagnano il passaggio all’età adulta saranno resi ancora più intensi dallo scoppio della Prima guerra mondiale, che sconvolgerà profondamente la famiglia.
©1984 / 2019 Rebecca West / Fazi Editore srl (P)2020 Emons Italia S.r.l.
The Return of the Soldier
Summary
Chris' "shell shock" blocks out fifteen years of his life as he returns home to his wife, only to remember and revisit Margaret, the earlier love of his life. The plot of this book takes place during World War I, but the consequences of battle are just as devastating today.
Public Domain (P)2014 Audio Book Contractors, LLC
The Return of the Soldier
Summary
When Captain Chris Baldry, a World War I soldier, is sent home with a severe case of shellshock amnesia, he is a stranger to his wife, Kitty, and his adoring cousin, Jenny. Recoiling from the horrors of war and disillusioned with years of superficial married life, his mind has regressed 15 years into the past, where his heart may take refuge once again in the magic circle of his youth and of his first love, Margaret Allington. In this lyrical and poignant story of a wounded man and the three concerned women who seek to heal him, Rebecca West explores the complexity of the mind and its subtle strategies for coping with life's painful realities. Only when Chris has the courage to face one pivotal moment of truth in his married life will he be able to awaken from his boyish fantasy and become, indeed, "every inch a soldier".
©1996 Blackstone Audio (P)1996 Blackstone Audio