The Freelands by John Galsworthy read by Simon Evers Part 1/2 | Full Audio Book

The Freelands by John Galsworthy (1867 – 1933)
Genre(s): Historical Fiction

Read by: Simon Evers in English
Cover design by Annise.

Parts:
Part 2 https://youtu.be/y-yd8pKrUkw

Chapters:
00:00:00 – 00 – Prologue
00:03:50 – 01 – Chapter 1
00:13:36 – 02 – Chapter 2
00:18:49 – 03 – Chapter 3
00:34:56 – 04 – Chapter 4
00:48:19 – 05 – Chapter 5
01:02:16 – 06 – Chapter 6
01:20:46 – 07 – Chapter 7
01:35:00 – 08 – Chapter 8
02:00:44 – 09 – Chapter 9
02:10:40 – 10 – Chapter 10
02:26:06 – 11 – Chapter 11
02:38:28 – 12 – Chapter 12
02:54:19 – 13 – Chapter 13
03:10:25 – 14 – Chapter 14
03:29:42 – 15 – Chapter 15
03:45:05 – 16 – Chapter 16
04:08:41 – 17 – Chapter 17
04:21:56 – 18 – Chapter 18
04:32:29 – 19 – Chapter 19
04:49:56 – 20 – Chapter 20
05:01:37 – 21 – Chapter 21
05:12:56 – 22 – Chapter 22
05:31:13 – 23 – Chapter 23
05:51:14 – 24 – Chapter 24
06:13:58 – 25 – Chapter 25
06:32:31 – 26 – Chapter 26
06:53:46 – 27 – Chapter 27

The Freelands family is a mixture: Tod Freeland is an uncommunicative gentle giant, his wife Kirsteen passionate and free-spoken, Felix is a literary man, Stanley the man of business, John is in politics. Their mother is a practical uncomprehending old lady while Nedda and Derek, the younger generation and cousins, fall head over heels in love.
The story revolves around the ‘land question’ which was the chief matter of moment when the novel was written – British agriculture was depressed as imported food (chiefly from the USA) meant that domestic farmers were struggling. The rich landowners pay scant attention to the wishes and rights of the labourers on their land. The Freelands find themselves on both sides of the divide and the ensuing struggle involves them all.
There is therefore much social commentary in the book, but it is also a tender love story and an insight into how different members of one family can think differently while still bonded together. (Summary by Simon Evers)

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