Bachelors' Club
Israel Zangwill
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Length 9 h 42 min
Chapters 21
First published 1891
The Bachelors' Club is a sanctuary for an elite group of London's unmarried men to gather. To qualify as a Bachelor, each had to undergo a strict background check to ensure that they were not only unmarried, but a zealot in the movement that held marriage to be an undue punishment...upon women. As our story goes, we learn many revealing things about these men's convictions and pasts, as well as insightful commentaries on life and society in 1890 that is markedly similar to today. Summary by Keith Salis
Chapters
1
Prologue: Of the Bachelors, Their Beliefs and By-laws, and A Caution Read by Keith Salis 21:31
2
Ch 1: The Second Ticket Read by Keith Salis 20:44
3
Ch 2: The Feudal Angel Read by Keith Salis 18:32
4
Ch 3: Hamlet Up to Date Part 1 Read by Keith Salis 29:12
5
Ch 3: Hamlet Up to Date Part 2 Read by Keith Salis 28:06
6
Ch 3: Hamlet Up to Date Part 3 Read by Keith Salis 26:47
7
Ch 4: The Bachelor Abroad Read by Keith Salis 31:39
8
Ch 5: A General Court Read by Keith Salis 38:11
9
Ch 6: The Fall of Israfel Part 1 Read by Keith Salis 35:53
10
Ch 6: The Fall of Israfel Part 2 Read by Keith Salis 27:03
11
Ch 7: The Logic of Love Part 1 Read by Keith Salis 32:45
12
Ch 7: The Logic of Love Part 2 Read by Keith Salis 33:13
13
Ch 8: A Novel Advertisement Read by Keith Salis 30:09
14
Ch 9: A New Matrimonial Relationship Read by Keith Salis 29:21
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Ch 10: Marrying for Money Part 1 Read by Keith Salis 22:49
16
Ch 10: Marrying for Money Part 2 Read by Keith Salis 19:33
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Ch 11: The Original Sinner Part 1 Read by Keith Salis 22:41
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Ch 11: The Original Sinner Part 2 Read by Keith Salis 30:57
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Ch 12: A Bolt from the Blue Part 1 Read by Keith Salis 25:36
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Ch 12: A Bolt from the Blue Part 2 Read by Keith Salis 29:05
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Ch 13: Lady Day Read by Keith Salis 28:02
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