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The Breaking Point

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Nicholas Clifford

11 Hours 30 Minutes

LibriVox

January 2011

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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.

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  • Anonymous

    First audio book for many years. Had me gripped from start to finish. The narrators voice was spot on and clearly defined each character. Definitely recommend this book

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  • Laurie Gilmore

    An absolutely wonderful tale delivered with elegant style by the narrator. Thoroughly enjoyable.

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  • VettiCaptain

    What a lovely little story I was pleasantly surprised. A bit annoyed by the changing of readers in such a small story but they did a pretty good job.

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  • Anonymous

    It was a nice story, although I woukdnt have Said it was akin to an Agatha Christie novel. It was my first time listening to this Author. I was a bit disappointed with the ending, although it was obviously a ‘happy ‘ outcome, there had been soooo much anxiety and sorrow p, it would have been nice to have the last chapter more uplifting.

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  • Anonymous

    Really enjoyed this with it twisted plot

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  • Anonymous

    good listen,love the accent . superb narrator.

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  • Sandra Ann Birch

    Easy to listen to and well read. I enjoyed it.

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  • Anonymous

    I liked this book.

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  • Anonymous

    Perfect narrator!

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  • Evelyn B.

    Good narration but so many characters that it became confusing.

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