Esther Waters
George Moore
Play
Length 14 h 12 min
Chapters 48
First published 1894
“She stood on the platform watching the receding train. A few bushes hid the curve of the line; the white vapour rose above them, evaporating in the pale evening. A moment more and the last carriage would pass out of sight. The white gates swung forward slowly and closed over the line”. Thus opens the novel about Esther Waters, young, pious woman from a poor working class family who, while working as a kitchen maid, is seduced by another employee, becomes pregnant, is deserted by her lover, and against all odds decides to raise her child as a single mother. Esther Waters is one of a group of Victorian novels that depict the life of a “fallen woman”. It is considered to be Moore’s best novel. (Summary from Wikipedia, revised by Stav Nisser.)
Chapters
1
Chapter 01 Read by Cori Samuel 17:07
2
Chapter 02 Read by Cori Samuel 27:00
3
Chapter 03 Read by Bridget Gaige 20:30
4
Chapter 04 Read by Bridget Gaige 8:51
5
Chapter 05 Read by Bridget Gaige 8:14
6
Chapter 06 Read by Bridget Gaige 10:13
7
Chapter 07 Read by Pete 6:32
8
Chapter 08 Read by Pete 13:25
9
Chapter 09 Read by Pete 23:48
10
Chapter 10 Read by Pete 11:52
11
Chapter 11 Read by Bridget Gaige 20:10
12
Chapter 12 Read by Bridget Gaige 17:20
13
Chapter 13 Read by Pete 30:30
14
Chapter 14 Read by Pete 12:31
15
Chapter 15 Read by Pete 10:17
16
Chapter 16 Read by Pete 14:34
17
Chapter 17 Read by Pete 23:10
18
Chapter 18 Read by Pete 28:13
19
Chapter 19 Read by Pete 19:00
20
Chapter 20 Read by Pete 31:50
21
Chapter 21 Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) 17:56
22
Chapter 22 Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) 9:28
23
Chapter 23 Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) 15:49
24
Chapter 24 Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) 13:38
25
Chapter 25 Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) 37:49
26
Chapter 26 Read by Bridget Gaige 32:16
27
Chapter 27 Read by Neeru Iyer 10:22
28
Chapter 28 Read by Neeru Iyer 4:06
29
Chapter 29 Read by Neeru Iyer 17:39
30
Chapter 30 Read by Bridget Gaige 29:29
31
Chapter 31 Read by Bridget Gaige 11:39
32
Chapter 32 Read by Bridget Gaige 16:55
33
Chapter 33 Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) 16:52
34
Chapter 34 Read by Neeru Iyer 10:54
35
Chapter 35 Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) 20:34
36
Chapter 36 Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) 18:50
37
Chapter 37 Read by Neeru Iyer 6:59
38
Chapter 38 Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) 22:47
39
Chapter 39 Read by Bridget Gaige 8:59
40
Chapter 40 Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) 27:06
41
Chapter 41 Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) 16:40
42
Chapter 42 Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) 37:24
43
Chapter 43 Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) 21:27
44
Chapter 44 Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) 24:25
45
Chapter 45 Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) 20:39
46
Chapter 46 Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) 9:08
47
Chapter 47 Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) 8:42
48
Chapter 48 Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) 8:06
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