The Go-Between
L.P. Hartley
‘The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.’ Haunting, moving, evocative, The Go-Between is L.P. Hartley’s heartbreaking novel about social constraints and childhood innocence. During the long hot summer of 1900, young Leo Colston is invited to stay for a month at a lordly, aristocratic manor in Norfolk. There he falls in love with his friend’s older sister, who commissions him to ferry secret messages to the local farmer, her lover. His naiveté sustains their affair, until ultimately leading to an event that will change their lives irrevocably.
Duration - 10h 38m.
Author - L.P. Hartley.
Narrator - Sean Barrett.
Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Location:
United States
Description:
‘The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.’ Haunting, moving, evocative, The Go-Between is L.P. Hartley’s heartbreaking novel about social constraints and childhood innocence. During the long hot summer of 1900, young Leo Colston is invited to stay for a month at a lordly, aristocratic manor in Norfolk. There he falls in love with his friend’s older sister, who commissions him to ferry secret messages to the local farmer, her lover. His naiveté sustains their affair, until ultimately leading to an event that will change their lives irrevocably. Duration - 10h 38m. Author - L.P. Hartley. Narrator - Sean Barrett. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Language:
English
Prologue
Duration:00:40:26
Chapter 1
Duration:00:24:14
Chapter 2
Duration:00:17:06
Chapter 3
Duration:00:18:20
Chapter 4
Duration:00:30:21
Chapter 5
Duration:00:14:13
Chapter 6
Duration:00:19:39
Chapter 7
Duration:00:32:13
Chapter 8
Duration:00:25:22
Chapter 9
Duration:00:20:58
Chapter 10
Duration:00:18:33
Chapter 11
Duration:00:27:29
Chapter 12
Duration:00:20:05
Chapter 13
Duration:00:28:52
Chapter 14
Duration:00:23:43
Chapter 15
Duration:00:34:57
Chapter 16
Duration:00:14:47
Chapter 17
Duration:00:24:47
Chapter 18
Duration:00:26:17
Chapter 19
Duration:00:23:39
Chapter 20
Duration:00:29:48
Chapter 21
Duration:00:28:20
Chapter 22
Duration:00:23:40
Chapter 23
Duration:00:24:00
Epilogue
Duration:00:47:02