The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors, Version 2

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An unusual concept,with each of the twelve chapters written by a different author. The original idea was to see how a single engagement and marriage affects the whole family, but as each author took on a chapter and, possibly, based it on their own family, it showed contention, conflict and, ultimately, a very dysfunctional family.

- Summary by Lynne T

Genre(s): Family Life

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 THE FATHER, by William Dean Howells CMachado
00:35:31
Play 02 THE OLD-MAID AUNT, by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman Winnifred Assmann
00:44:18
Play 03 THE GRANDMOTHER, by Mary Heaton Vorse Lynne T
00:29:15
Play 04 THE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, by Mary Stewart Cutting Colleen McMahon
00:30:05
Play 05 THE SCHOOL-GIRL, by Elizabeth Jordan Shannon Santos
00:32:53
Play 06 THE SON-IN-LAW, by John Kendrick Bangs Douglas Wood
00:27:37
Play 07 THE MARRIED SON, by Henry James Cbteddy
00:53:06
Play 08 THE MARRIED DAUGHTER, By Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Natalie Fortier
00:46:02
Play 09 THE MOTHER, by Edith Wyatt Jennifer Wilson
00:30:23
Play 10 THE SCHOOL-BOY, By Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews Inkell
00:30:46
Play 11 PEGGY, by Alice Brown Yoganandh T
00:38:00
Play 12 THE FRIEND OF THE FAMILY, by Henry Van Dyke Lyndon Ashworth
00:35:29