Black, White and Brindled


Lu par LibriVox Volunteers

(3.8 stars; 6 reviews)

These short stories by Eden Phillpotts are set in the West Indies, involving mystery, murder, tragic romance and many a sea yarn.

NOTE: There are issues of race in the telling of "Black, White and Brindled", particularly anti-Black stereotypes and derogatory language. It is LibriVox's policy to record texts as written. (7 hr 28 min)

Chapitres

The Three Dead Men, part 1 32:26 Lu par docdlmartin
The Three Dead Men, part 2 32:36 Lu par docdlmartin
The Three Dead Men, part 3 30:50 Lu par tjfria
The Styx, part 1 21:36 Lu par tjfria
The Styx, part 2 22:26 Lu par tjfria
The Styx, part 3 25:23 Lu par tjfria
Lily's Stocking, part 1 9:06 Lu par Beeswaxcandle
Lily's Stocking, part 2 9:21 Lu par Beeswaxcandle
Lily's Stocking, part 3 8:04 Lu par Beeswaxcandle
Lily's Stocking, part 4 5:29 Lu par Hope
The Red Tooth 36:19 Lu par Chris Pyle
The Skipper's Bible 21:53 Lu par Ben Tucker
The Mother of the Rain, part 1 13:50 Lu par czandra
The Mother of the Rain, part 2 14:14 Lu par czandra
The Mother of the Rain, part 3 16:50 Lu par czandra
High Tide 18:01 Lu par czandra
Monsieur Pons and His Daughters, part 1 19:40 Lu par April6090
Monsieur Pons and His Daughters, part 2 18:02 Lu par April6090
Monsieur Pons and His Daughters, part 3 8:43 Lu par April6090
Carnival 34:02 Lu par Ben Tucker
The Monkey, part 1 8:30 Lu par docdlmartin
The Monkey, part 2 10:33 Lu par docdlmartin
Obi 30:47 Lu par Ben Tucker

Critiques

entertaining stories


(4.5 stars)

Well-crafted stories. Use of the N-word is shocking to present day sensibilities, but these are stories of their time. Several excellent readers.