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Youth, a Narrative

by Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)

An autobiographical short story written in 1898 and included as the first story in the 1902 volume Youth, a Narrative, and Two Other Stories. This volume also includes Heart of Darkness and The End of the Tether, which are concerned with maturity and old age, respectively. “Youth” is narrated by Charles Marlow who is also the narrator of Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim and Chance. Youth depicts his first journey to the East.” (summary from wikipedia)

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Total running time: 1:16:34
Read by Chris Hughes

mp3 and ogg files

• Part 1 – 00:23:09
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  [mp3@128kbps - 22.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 14.8MB]
• Part 2 – 00:25:19
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  [mp3@128kbps - 24.3MB]
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• Part 3 – 00:28:06
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  [mp3@128kbps - 26.9MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 17.2MB]

Cataloged on April 30, 2007