Caleb Williams or Things As They Are
William Godwin
Play
Length 16 h 53 min
Chapters 42
First published 1794
The novel describes the downfall of Ferdinando Falkland, a British squire, and his attempts to ruin and destroy the life of Caleb Williams, a poor but ambitious young man that Falkland hires as his personal secretary. Caleb accidentally discovers a terrible secret in his master's past. Though Caleb promises to be bound to silence, Falkland, irrationally attached (in Godwin's view) to ideas of social status and inborn virtue, cannot bear that his servant should possibly have power over him, and sets out to use various means--unfair trials, imprisonment, pursuit, to make sure that the information of which Caleb is the bearer will never be revealed. Godwin described the book as "a series of adventures of flight and pursuit; the fugitive in perpetual apprehension of being overwhelmed with the worst calamities", so that Caleb Williams can be classified as an early thriller or mystery novel. (Summary from Wikipedia)
Chapters
1
Introduction and Prefaces Read by Bev J Stevens 42:09
2
Volume the First – Chapter 02 Read by Bev J Stevens 18:54
3
Volume the First – Chapter 03 Read by Bev J Stevens 21:21
4
Volume the First – Chapter 04 Read by Bev J Stevens 24:45
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Volume the First – Chapter 05 Read by Bev J Stevens 18:07
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Volume the First – Chapter 06 Read by Bev J Stevens 28:13
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Volume the First – Chapter 07 Read by Bev J Stevens 26:14
8
Volume the First – Chapter 08 Read by Bev J Stevens 30:26
9
Volume the First – Chapter 09 Read by Bev J Stevens 37:44
10
Volume the First – Chapter 10 Read by Bev J Stevens 30:15
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Volume the First – Chapter 11 Read by Bev J Stevens 22:43
12
Volume the First – Chapter 12 Read by Bev J Stevens 26:16
13
Volume the Second – Chapter 01 Read by Bev J Stevens 21:43
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Volume the Second – Chapter 02 Read by Bev J Stevens 14:04
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Volume the Second – Chapter 03 Read by Bev J Stevens 9:50
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Volume the Second – Chapter 04 Read by Bev J Stevens 12:41
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Volume the Second – Chapter 05 Read by Bev J Stevens 17:47
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Volume the Second – Chapter 06 Read by Bev J Stevens 23:58
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Volume the Second – Chapter 07 Read by Bev J Stevens 23:09
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Volume the Second – Chapter 08 Read by Bev J Stevens 28:24
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Volume the Second – Chapter 09 Read by Bev J Stevens 23:39
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Volume the Second – Chapter 10 Read by Bev J Stevens 38:43
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Volume the Second – Chapter 11 Read by Bev J Stevens 22:34
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Volume the Second – Chapter 12 Read by Bev J Stevens 8:00
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Volume the Second – Chapter 13 Read by Bev J Stevens 27:43
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Volume the Second – Chapter 14 Read by Bev J Stevens 27:40
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Volume the Third – Chapter 01 Read by Bev J Stevens 16:53
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Volume the Third – Chapter 02 Read by Bev J Stevens 26:13
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Volume the Third – Chapter 03 Read by Bev J Stevens 19:43
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Volume the Third – Chapter 04 Read by Bev J Stevens 17:44
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Volume the Third – Chapter 05 Read by Bev J Stevens 16:10
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Volume the Third – Chapter 06 Read by Bev J Stevens 20:28
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Volume the Third – Chapter 07 Read by Bev J Stevens 20:24
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Volume the Third – Chapter 08 Read by Bev J Stevens 19:00
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Volume the Third – Chapter 09 Read by Bev J Stevens 19:57
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Volume the Third – Chapter 10 Read by Bev J Stevens 21:55
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Volume the Third – Chapter 11 Read by Bev J Stevens 18:39
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Volume the Third – Chapter 12 Read by Bev J Stevens 26:14
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Volume the Third – Chapter 13 Read by Bev J Stevens 44:22
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Volume the Third – Chapter 14 Read by Bev J Stevens 29:46
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Volume the Third – Chapter 15 Read by Bev J Stevens 13:04
42
Volume the Third – Postscript Read by Bev J Stevens 34:38
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