Harvey

Name: Harvey
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Mary Chase
ISBN: 9781392412299

Author: Mary Chase

Narrator: Jason Damron

Unabridged: 2 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HN Publishing

Published: 10/10/2019

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

THE STORY: When Elwood P. Dowd starts to introduce his imaginary friend, Harvey, a six-and-a-half-foot rabbit, to guests at a society party, his sister, Veta, has seen as much of his eccentric behavior as she can tolerate. She decides to have him committed to a sanitarium to spare her daughter, Myrtle Mae, and their family from future embarrassment. Problems arise, however, when Veta herself is mistakenly assumed to be on the verge of lunacy when she explains to doctors that years of living with Elwood's hallucination have caused her to see Harvey also! The doctors commit Veta instead of Elwood, but when the truth comes out, the search is on for Elwood and his invisible companion.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Calista on September 03, 2019

For some reason, I am interested in reading plays right now, especially ones I haven't seen. I never saw this as a play or the movie. Reading the play has me interested in seeing it on stage. I think it would be entertaining. It was funny and parts of the play interact quickly. The character I relat......more

Goodreads review by Anna on August 04, 2020

Harvey is a charming, funny story about a kind man who has a six foot rabbit for a friend. A person you would enjoy having a drink with, even if you’re a nondrinker. Elwood has the ability to find a friend in each person he meets, and even though he is considered to be insane, has realized that life......more

Goodreads review by Kim on February 13, 2010

I was pleased to find that the stage play was not altered all that much when made into a film, which is where I, like most people, first met Elwood P. Down and his pooka-friend Harvey. The play, of course, uses fewer locations, but much stronger language than the film censors would have allowed. Sev......more