The Breaking Point
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)





Mary Roberts Rinehart -- "America's Agatha Christie," as she used to be called -- set this story in a New York suburban town, shortly after the end of the first world war. Dick Livingstone is a young, successful doctor, who in the course of events becomes engaged to Elizabeth Wheeler. But there is a mystery about his past, and he thinks himself honor-bound to unravel it before giving himself to her in marriage. In particular, a shock of undetermined origin has wiped out his memory prior to roughly the last decade. Rinehart, who presumably had been reading, or reading about, the then popular Sigmund Freud, plays on what today is called "repressed memory," as she takes Dick into his past, and into the dangers that, unknown to him, lurk there. Is she correct about the behavior of memory? Who knows? After all, this is not a clinical treatise, but a work of fiction, one of the thrillers that made her such a popular writer of the earlier twentieth century.(Introduction by Nicholas Clifford) (11 hr 27 min)
Chapitres
01 - Chapter I | 18:08 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
02 - Chapter II | 11:36 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
03 - Chapter III | 22:52 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
04 - Chapter IV | 6:27 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
05 - Chapter V | 9:51 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
06 - Chapter VI | 7:41 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
07 - Chapter VII | 15:15 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
08 - Chapter VIII | 9:34 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
09 - Chapter IX | 7:20 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
10 - Chapter X | 7:45 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
11 - Chapter XI | 21:58 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
12 - Chapter XII | 12:53 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
13 - Chapter XIII | 23:27 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
14 - Chapter XIV | 16:15 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
15 - Chapter XV | 12:52 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
16 - Chapter XVI | 16:36 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
17 - Chapter XVII | 8:31 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
18 - Chapter XVIII | 9:41 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
19 - Chapter XIX | 10:23 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
20 - Chapter XX | 8:41 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
21 - Chapter XXI | 14:24 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
22 - Chapter XXII | 16:09 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
23 - Chapter XXIII | 14:34 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
24 - Chapter XXIV | 18:12 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
25 - Chapter XXV | 19:50 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
26 - Chapter XXVI | 13:54 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
27 - Chapter XXVII | 15:31 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
28 - Chapter XXVIII | 14:39 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
29 - Chapter XXIX | 10:54 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
30 - Chapter XXX | 11:03 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
31 - Chapter XXXI | 16:57 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
32 - Chapter XXXII | 14:36 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
33 - Chapter XXXIII | 13:18 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
34 - Chapter XXIV | 15:09 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
35 - Chapter XXXV | 18:40 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
36 - Chapter XXXVI | 15:40 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
37 - Chapter XXXVII | 9:08 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
38 - Chapter XXXVIII | 21:25 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
39 - Chapter XXXIX | 21:31 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
40 - Chapter XL | 20:45 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
41 - Chapter XLI | 25:28 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
42 - Chapter XLII | 18:07 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
43 - Chapter XLIII | 6:02 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
44 - Chapter XLIV | 11:34 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
45 - Chapter XLV | 17:02 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
46 - Chapter XLVI | 9:16 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
47 - Chapter XLVII | 19:24 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
48 - Chapter XLVIII | 6:25 | Lu par Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
Critiques
Awesome story - loved it





mikezane
Okay, it's a bit far fetched, but still good. Our hero has met the woman of his dreams, but he has a gap in his memory that he wants filled. So he returns to the place he thinks that will jog his memory. Unfortunately it works, and he forgets the ten years he has spent as an honored doctor and only sees himself as a killer on the run. Fortunately, he has earned some friends who want to help him, but will it be too little, too late? Can he reclaim his position as a doctor and fiance? Reader was excellent, no complaints. I really enjoyed this story.





Connie T.
A very good book. I felt a variety of emotions from sadness to joy. A writing of life where all is not rosey. Really enjoyed this narrator. He did a great job and it makes a difference.
A very good story





Ancient Aunt
This is a very good story -- long, but good. I'm learning that Mary Roberts Rinehart was very good at writing the complexities of relationships, the nuances of emotions, and in combining those human elements with some well thought out mysteries. This Librivox volunteer reader did a very good job. (I must say that I've seen MRR praised as "an American Agatha Christie"; that she is not. Christie is controlled and concise and packs a lot into her much thinner books, whereas Rinehart rambles on prodigiously with minute details of actions and emotions. Both are good writers, but they are very, very different.)
A very enjoyed leisurely listen





A LibriVox Listener
The reader has a perfect narrator's voice! The story is intriguing; although a bit slow moving it is very well-woven and worth the patience to slowly experience all the angles.
Bang'n - Intense - Ride of Emotions





Angels Walk
Mary Roberts Rinehart writes with both passion & wisdom, born of an understanding of Human Nature, whereby Men & Women, alike, can enjoy her Novels.
Rinehart Does It Again!





karebil
Between the well done narration and another finely crafted Rinehart novel, Librivox conspires to hit another one out of the park!
very drawn out





Ginnie
N. Clifford is a first-rate reader. The book is about twice as long as it needs to be, however.





DarthLaurel
Excellent reading and quite a fine story. I was surprised. I'll be listening to more of the author's work and the reader's.