Aaron's Rod
D. H. Lawrence
Play
Length 11 h 40 min
Chapters 38
First published 1922
Flutist Aaron Sisson is caught up in the aftermath of WWI. A lost soul, he attempts to find himself in the comfort of bar-room talk and alcohol and a woman. Moving on, he spends time with a mining executive's relatives. But he finds the family a stuffy middle-class lot, bored with each other and themselves. He leaves his wife and children and strikes out for the open road. During a playing engagement at an opera performance, he reunites with the mining executive's family. Talk is of love and war, none of it very satisfying to anyone. At dinner with one of the women, Aaron reveals that he is indifferent to most things in life and just wants to be left alone. So it goes with this lost soul among lost souls. One wonders how he will ever find himself or happiness. - Summary by Bill Boerst
Chapters
1
Chapter 1, Part A - The Blue Ball Read by Bill Boerst 12:05
2
Chapter 1, Part B - The Blue Ball Read by Bill Boerst 13:05
3
Chapter 2 - Royal Oak Read by Bill Boerst 21:39
4
Chapter 3, Part A - The Lighted Tree Read by Bill Boerst 13:31
5
Chapter 3, Part B - The Lighted Tree Read by Bill Boerst 14:31
6
Chapter 4 - The Pillar of Salt Read by Bill Boerst 15:12
7
Chapter 5 - At the Opera Read by Bill Boerst 23:23
8
Chapter 6 - Talk Read by Bill Boerst 18:05
9
Chapter 7 - The Dark Square Garden Read by Bill Boerst 15:08
10
Chapter 8, Part A - A Punch in the Wind Read by Bill Boerst 13:42
11
Chapter 8, Part B - A Punch in the Wind Read by Bill Boerst 14:21
12
Chapter 9, Part A - Low-Water Mark Read by Bill Boerst 17:59
13
Chapter 9, Part B - Low-Water Mark Read by Bill Boerst 17:14
14
Chapter 10, Part A - The War Again Read by Bill Boerst 24:17
15
Chapter 10, Part B - The War Again Read by Bill Boerst 21:58
16
Chapter 11 - More Pillar of Salt Read by Bill Boerst 17:23
17
Chapter 12, Part A - Novarra Read by Bill Boerst 15:59
18
Chapter 12, Part B - Novarra Read by Bill Boerst 16:39
19
Chapter 12, Part C - Novarra Read by Bill Boerst 19:08
20
Chapter 13, Part A - Wie Es Ihnen Gefaellt Read by Bill Boerst 28:44
21
Chapter 13, Part B - Wie Es Ihnen Gefaellt Read by Bill Boerst 22:24
22
Chapter 13, Part C - Wie Es Ihnen Gefaellt Read by Bill Boerst 25:47
23
Chapter 14, Part A - 20 Settembre Read by Bill Boerst 22:44
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Chapter 14, Part B - 20 Settembre Read by Bill Boerst 21:05
25
Chapter 15, Part A - A Railway Journey Read by Bill Boerst 14:46
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Chapter 15, Part B - A Railway Journey Read by Bill Boerst 16:30
27
Chapter 16, Part A - Florence Read by Bill Boerst 18:10
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Chapter 16, Part B - Florence Read by Bill Boerst 21:09
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Chapter 16, Part C - Florence Read by Bill Boerst 18:47
30
Chapter 17, Part A - High Up Over the Cathedral Square Read by Bill Boerst 21:45
31
Chapter 17, Part B - High Up Over the Cathedral Square Read by Bill Boerst 20:22
32
Chapter 18, Part A - The Marchesa Read by Bill Boerst 20:17
33
Chapter 18, Part B - The Marchesa Read by Bill Boerst 17:43
34
Chapter 19 - Cleopatra, but Not Anthony Read by Bill Boerst 23:38
35
Chapter 20, Part A - The Broken Rod Read by Bill Boerst 12:58
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Chapter 20, Part B - The Broken Rod Read by Bill Boerst 12:59
37
Chapter 21, Part A - Words Read by KHand 17:52
38
Chapter 21, Part B - Words Read by KHand 17:28
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