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The Greater Inclination by Edith Wharton ~ Full Audiobook [drama]
The Greater Inclination by Edith Wharton audiobook. This is Edith Wharton's earliest published collection of short stories (1899). Like much of her later work, they touch on themes of marriage, male/female relationships, New York society, and the nat...
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Show Notes
The Greater Inclination by Edith Wharton audiobook.
Genre: drama
First published in 1899, The Greater Inclination introduces Edith Wharton at the start of her career with a collection of short stories that cut through the polite surface of late-19th-century society. Across drawing rooms, country estates, and chance encounters abroad, Wharton follows men and women who discover that a single choice can tilt an entire life: a young person torn between comfort and integrity, an artist or dreamer forced to bargain with convention, a marriage strained by unspoken expectations, a friendship tested by money and reputation. With crisp dialogue and an unsparing eye for social rules, Wharton turns small gestures - a letter withheld, a visit delayed, a glance misread - into high-stakes moral drama. The stories share a quiet intensity, asking what it costs to pursue love, freedom, or self-respect when everyone around you is keeping score. Elegant, ironic, and emotionally precise, this collection is both a portrait of a world obsessed with appearances and a timeless study of desire, duty, and the private rebellions people risk when they dare to want more.
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Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 1
(00:31:41) Chapter 2
(00:56:43) Chapter 3
(01:37:35) Chapter 4
(02:36:38) Chapter 5
(03:09:44) Chapter 6
(03:35:44) Chapter 7
(04:32:15) Chapter 8
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