A Clergymans Daughter, George Orwell
A Clergymans Daughter, George Orwell
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A Clergyman's Daughter

Author: George Orwell

Narrator: Richard Brown

Unabridged: 10 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/05/2019


Synopsis

Dorothy Hare, the dutiful daughter of a rector in Suffolk, spends her days performing good works and cultivating good thoughts, pricking her arm with a pin when a bad thought arises. She does her best to reconcile her father’s fanciful view of his position in the world with such realities as the butcher’s bill. But even Dorothy’s strength has its limits, and one night, as she works feverishly on costumes for the church-school play, she blacks out. When she comes to, she finds herself on a London street, clad in a sleazy dress and unaware of her identity. After a series of degrading adventures—picking hops in Kent, sleeping among the down-and-outers in Trafalgar Square, spending a night in jail, and teaching in a grubby day school for girls—she is rescued. But although she regains her life as a clergyman’s daughter, she has lost her faith.

About George Orwell

George Orwell (1903–1950) was an acclaimed English novelist, essayist, journalist, and literary critic best known for his works of social criticism and opposition to totalitarianism. The London Times named him the second-greatest British writer since 1945.

About Richard Brown

Richard Brown (1937–2005) (a.k.a. Joseph Porter), was a former ballet dancer, actor, and popular audiobook narrator. Born in England, Richard came to the United States early in his career and performed with numerous regional ballet companies. After retiring from the ballet, he pursued a career in acting and recorded dozens of audiobooks for numerous publishers.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mohammed on February 19, 2017

It's written 1948? Clearly History has its twisted ways to repeat itself.. A Note that MUST be written in the cover of every edition.. لم اتوقع أن هذا التحذير "إن هذه الرواية تحذير وليست بدليل" بهذه الواقعية، مازالت الحكومات العربية تراقب الجميع لحماية أمن الحكام..بينما مازال أمن الأفراد هزيلا..منعدم......more

Goodreads review by Federico on September 26, 2023

"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." In ravaged post-apocalyptic future, the world has divided itself into three totalitarian superpowers: Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia. The three superstates always in constant never ending war with each other, and relentlessly and mercilessl......more

Goodreads review by Bill on June 25, 2019

This book is far from perfect. Its characters lack depth, its rhetoric is sometimes didactic, its plot (well, half of it anyway) was lifted from Zumyatin’s We, and the lengthy Goldstein treatise shoved into the middle is a flaw which alters the structure of the novel like a scar disfigures a face. Bu......more

Goodreads review by Dave on January 27, 2014

In George Orwell's 1984, Winston Smith is an open source developer who writes his code offline because his ISP has installed packet sniffers that are regulated by the government under the Patriot Act. It's really for his own protection, though. From, like, terrorists and DVD pirates and stuff. Like......more

Goodreads review by John on December 03, 2013

1984 is not a particularly good novel, but it is a very good essay. On the novel front, the characters are bland and you only care about them because of the awful things they live through. As a novel all the political exposition is heavyhanded, and the message completely overrides any sense of story......more


Quotes

“The most sorrowfully funny piece of literature I can recall reading. The pathos of Dorothy’s life becomes so real, one loses all feeling of detachment…This is what social fiction must be––not dialectic, but idea transmuted into experience.” Kansas City Star

“Destined to become a classic…A beautiful example of the chilling somberness, sharp-toothed satire, and humor that were part of the Orwell genius.” Milwaukee Journal

“Orwell’s compassion for Dorothy Hare, ensnared by faith, birth, and gender to toil thanklessly as her minister father’s unpaid curate, is admirable, and his evocation, early in the novel, of a woman’s consciousness totally subsumed by the mostly trivial demands of others stands shoulder to shoulder with the best feminist fiction.” Amazon.com, editorial review

“Thanks to his masterful writing, Dorothy becomes a real person and her fate deeply significant. Richard Brown’s narration does justice to the text.” Library Journal