The Color of a Great City


Lu par Lee Smalley

(3 stars; 4 reviews)

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) (8 hr 35 min)

Chapitres

Foreword 12:54 Lu par Lee Smalley
The City of My Dreams 8:09 Lu par Lee Smalley
The City Awakes 5:59 Lu par Lee Smalley
The Waterfront 9:49 Lu par Lee Smalley
The Log of a Harbor Pilot 33:14 Lu par Lee Smalley
Bums 17:29 Lu par Lee Smalley
The Michael J. Powers Association 18:30 Lu par Lee Smalley
The Fire 20:38 Lu par Lee Smalley
The Car Yard 10:27 Lu par Lee Smalley
The Flight of Pigeons 5:17 Lu par Lee Smalley
On Being Poor 9:56 Lu par Lee Smalley
Six O’clock 7:53 Lu par Lee Smalley
The Toilers of the Tenements 27:00 Lu par Lee Smalley
The End of a Vacation 6:02 Lu par Lee Smalley
The Track Walker 5:45 Lu par Lee Smalley
The Realization of an Ideal 6:01 Lu par Lee Smalley
The Pushcart Man 12:35 Lu par Lee Smalley
A Vanished Seaside Resort 18:03 Lu par Lee Smalley
The Bread-Line 7:06 Lu par Lee Smalley
Our Red Slayer 7:50 Lu par Lee Smalley
Whence the Song 32:54 Lu par Lee Smalley
Characters 23:48 Lu par Lee Smalley
The Beauty of Life 5:42 Lu par Lee Smalley
A Wayplace of the Fallen 20:24 Lu par Lee Smalley
Hell’s Kitchen 25:34 Lu par Lee Smalley
A Certain Oil Refinery 13:17 Lu par Lee Smalley
The Bowery Mission 15:38 Lu par Lee Smalley
The Wonder of the Water 5:05 Lu par Lee Smalley
The Man on the Bench 8:23 Lu par Lee Smalley
The Men in the Dark 10:14 Lu par Lee Smalley
The Men in the Storm 4:22 Lu par Lee Smalley
The Men in the Snow 8:41 Lu par Lee Smalley
The Freshness of the Universe 5:57 Lu par Lee Smalley
The Cradle of Tears 4:04 Lu par Lee Smalley
When the Sails Are Furled 29:55 Lu par Lee Smalley
The Sandwich Man 13:16 Lu par Lee Smalley
The Love Affairs of Little Italy 15:03 Lu par Lee Smalley
Christmas in the Tenements 16:00 Lu par Lee Smalley
The Rivers of the Nameless Dead 6:50 Lu par Lee Smalley

Critiques

Excellent Narration


(3.5 stars)

Thank you Lee Smalley for a fitting reading. I often forgot he was the reader and not the character. Intuitive descriptions and stories of the long ago endless poorer class of city wonderers or residents. I really enjoyed the long listen. Life seemed hella tough back then.

Vignettes of NYC in Former Days


(4 stars)