The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors
A 1908 NaNoWriMo forerunner, told in twelve chapters, each with a different author. The basic plot was to show how an engagement or marriage would affect and be affected by an entire family. The project became somewhat curious for the way the authors' contentious interrelationships mirrored the sometimes dysfunctional family they described in their chapters. The collaboration may have been an uncomfortable one, but a final product did emerge with some clever and entertaining contributions from its often squabbling authors. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia and others by Annise)
Genre(s): Family Life, General Fiction
Language: English
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 01 | The Father, by William Dean Howells | Tom Lennon |
00:41:58 |
| Play 02 | The Old-maid Aunt, by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman | MaryAnn |
00:42:35 |
| Play 03 | The Grandmother, by Mary Heaton Vorse | Amy Gramour |
00:24:17 |
| Play 04 | The Daughter-in-Law, by Mary Stewart Doubleday Cutting | Kalynda |
00:26:55 |
| Play 05 | The School-Girl, by Elizabeth Jordan | Heather Lawrence |
00:29:33 |
| Play 06 | The Son-in-Law, by John Kendrick Bangs | Sandra Estenson |
00:34:44 |
| Play 07 | The Married Son, by Henry James | Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
01:04:33 |
| Play 08 | The Married Daughter, by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps | Elizabeth Klett |
00:43:09 |
| Play 09 | The Mother, by Edith Wyatt | TriciaG |
00:31:35 |
| Play 10 | The School-Boy, by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews | David Stryker |
00:43:52 |
| Play 11 | Peggy, by Alice Brown | Vsilverlining |
00:38:03 |
| Play 12 | The Friend of the Family, by Henry van Dyke | David Leeson |
00:31:01 |