The Inheritors

Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924) and Ford Madox Ford (1873 - 1939)

The Inheritors: An Extravagant Story (1901) is a quasi-science fiction novel on which Ford Madox Ford and Joseph Conrad collaborated. It looks at society's mental evolution and what is gained and lost in the process. Written before the first World War, its themes of corruption and the effect of the 20th Century on British aristocracy appeared to predict history. In the novel, the metaphor of the "fourth dimension" is used to explain a societal shift from a generation of people who have traditional values of interdependence, being overtaken by a modern generation who believe in expediency, callously using political power to bring down the old order. - Summary by Wikipedia

Genre(s): Fantastic Fiction, Science Fiction

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Chapter 1 John Burlinson
00:30:03
Play 02 Chapter 2 John Burlinson
00:19:11
Play 03 Chapter 3 John Burlinson
00:25:37
Play 04 Chapter 4 John Burlinson
00:25:58
Play 05 Chapter 5 Chuck Williamson
00:20:20
Play 06 Chapter 6 Jim Locke
00:26:36
Play 07 Chapter 7 Michael Fassio
00:13:31
Play 08 Chapter 8 Kathleen Moore
00:22:09
Play 09 Chapter 9 Kathleen Moore
00:17:20
Play 10 Chapter 10 Kathleen Moore
00:30:49
Play 11 Chapter 11 Kathleen Moore
00:22:05
Play 12 Chapter 12 Kathleen Moore
00:18:24
Play 13 Chapter 13 Kathleen Moore
00:24:49
Play 14 Chapter 14 Michael Fassio
00:25:08
Play 15 Chapter 15 Michael Fassio
00:27:01
Play 16 Chapter 16 Michael Fassio
00:17:04
Play 17 Chapter 17 Kathleen Moore
00:25:39
Play 18 Chapter 18 Kathleen Moore
00:26:14
Play 19 Chapter 19 Michael Fassio
00:12:40