Color of a Great City
Theodore Dreiser
Play
Length 8 h 36 min
Chapters 38
First published 1923
Theodore Dreiser was highly acclaimed for his novels and other writing. This non-fiction work takes place in many areas of New York City in the early 20th Century. Dreiser writes of lives packed into cramped tenements, of the likely end, but perhaps not, of an affair, of those who guided ships through turbulent waters, and of life in a home for retired seamen. We're taken to the new subways where track workers risked deadly accidents as they struggled to earn a living. Animal slaughter, the glory and heartbreak of song-writing, the shabby "sandwich man", deadly jealousy in Little Italy, and much more is vividly brought to life by this brilliant author. (Summary by Lee Smalley)
Chapters
1
Foreword Read by Lee Smalley 12:54
2
The City Awakes Read by Lee Smalley 5:59
3
The Waterfront Read by Lee Smalley 9:49
4
The Log of a Harbor Pilot Read by Lee Smalley 33:14
5
Bums Read by Lee Smalley 17:29
6
The Michael J. Powers Association Read by Lee Smalley 18:30
7
The Fire Read by Lee Smalley 20:38
8
The Car Yard Read by Lee Smalley 10:27
9
The Flight of Pigeons Read by Lee Smalley 5:17
10
On Being Poor Read by Lee Smalley 9:56
11
Six O’clock Read by Lee Smalley 7:53
12
The Toilers of the Tenements Read by Lee Smalley 27:00
13
The End of a Vacation Read by Lee Smalley 6:02
14
The Track Walker Read by Lee Smalley 5:45
15
The Realization of an Ideal Read by Lee Smalley 6:01
16
The Pushcart Man Read by Lee Smalley 12:35
17
A Vanished Seaside Resort Read by Lee Smalley 18:03
18
The Bread-Line Read by Lee Smalley 7:06
19
Our Red Slayer Read by Lee Smalley 7:50
20
Whence the Song Read by Lee Smalley 32:54
21
Characters Read by Lee Smalley 23:48
22
The Beauty of Life Read by Lee Smalley 5:42
23
A Wayplace of the Fallen Read by Lee Smalley 20:24
24
Hell’s Kitchen Read by Lee Smalley 25:34
25
A Certain Oil Refinery Read by Lee Smalley 13:17
26
The Bowery Mission Read by Lee Smalley 15:38
27
The Wonder of the Water Read by Lee Smalley 5:05
28
The Man on the Bench Read by Lee Smalley 8:23
29
The Men in the Dark Read by Lee Smalley 10:14
30
The Men in the Storm Read by Lee Smalley 4:22
31
The Men in the Snow Read by Lee Smalley 8:41
32
The Freshness of the Universe Read by Lee Smalley 5:57
33
The Cradle of Tears Read by Lee Smalley 4:04
34
When the Sails Are Furled Read by Lee Smalley 29:55
35
The Sandwich Man Read by Lee Smalley 13:16
36
The Love Affairs of Little Italy Read by Lee Smalley 15:03
37
Christmas in the Tenements Read by Lee Smalley 16:00
38
The Rivers of the Nameless Dead Read by Lee Smalley 6:50
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