The Story of a Bad Boy


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Thomas Bailey Aldrich was a child when his father moved to New Orleans from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. After 10 years, Aldrich was sent back to Portsmouth to prepare for college. This period of his life is partly described in his semi-autobiographical novel The Story of a Bad Boy (1870), in which "Tom Bailey" is the juvenile hero. Critics have said that this novel contains the first realistic depiction of childhood in American fiction and prepared the ground for Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Aldrich went on to associate with many of the literati of his time in New York City, and was editor of the Atlantic Monthly in the 1880's. (5 hr 50 min)

Chapters

01 - In Which I Introduce Myself 5:40 Read by Don Halpert
02 - In Which I Entertain Peculiar Views 7:57 Read by Esther
03 - On Board the Typhoon 11:14 Read by alwpoe
04 - Rivermouth 14:53 Read by alwpoe
05 - The Nutter House and the Nutter Family 14:56 Read by alwpoe
06 - Lights and Shadows 25:46 Read by Cate Barratt
07 - One Memorable Night 20:22 Read by Don Halpert
08 - The Adventures of a Fourth 14:14 Read by Cate Barratt
09 - I Become an R. M. C. 12:21 Read by John Hoerr
10 - I Fight Conway 16:24 Read by John Hoerr
11 - All About Gypsy 12:25 Read by Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan
12 - Winter at Rivermouth 11:40 Read by Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan
13 - The Snow Fort on Slatter's Hill 14:45 Read by Don Halpert
14 - The Cruise of the Dolphin 36:21 Read by EliMarieHK
15 - An Old Acquaintance Turns Up 16:20 Read by Cate Barratt
16 - In Which Sailor Ben Spins a Yarn 18:09 Read by Don Halpert
17 - How We Astonished the Rivermouthians 30:23 Read by Jules Hawryluk
18 - A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go 19:41 Read by Cate Barratt
19 - I Become A Blighted Being 8:32 Read by Cate Barratt
20 - I Prove Myself To Be the Grandson of My Grandfather 21:07 Read by Cate Barratt
21 - In Which I Leave Rivermouth 9:15 Read by Don Halpert
22 - Exeunt Omnes 8:01 Read by Don Halpert