Initiation by Robert Hugh Benson audiobook.
Genre: drama
Set in aristocratic England in the years before the First World War, Initiation follows young Sir Nevill Fanning, a man who calls himself Catholic yet lives as if faith were only a family custom. He has charm, money, and a future secured by his devoted Aunt Ann, but his interior life is thin, and he instinctively dodges anything that smells of sacrifice. When Nevill falls in love with a Protestant woman, the easy assumptions of his upbringing are challenged, and the question of what belief truly costs begins to press in. At the same time, a worsening physical affliction forces him into unfamiliar dependence and weakness, exposing fears he has long kept buried: fear of pain, fear of God, and fear of a life shaped by obedience rather than preference. As Nevill and Aunt Ann each face their own trials, the quiet presence of Mr. Morpeth, a wise priest and spiritual counselor, offers a counterpoint to Nevill's restless self-protection. Moving between drawing rooms, sickrooms, and moments of stark solitude, Benson builds a searching portrait of redemption through suffering, and of a man being initiated into real humility, compassion, and spiritual adulthood.
Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 01
(00:26:29) Chapter 02
(00:54:54) Chapter 03
(01:17:00) Chapter 04
(01:45:02) Chapter 05
(02:02:10) Chapter 06
(02:27:38) Chapter 07
(02:52:00) Chapter 08
(03:07:47) Chapter 09
(03:29:04) Chapter 10
(03:47:41) Chapter 11
(04:05:30) Chapter 12
(04:27:24) Chapter 13
(04:36:59) Chapter 14
(05:01:50) Chapter 15
(05:19:24) Chapter 16
(05:30:27) Chapter 17
(05:50:59) Chapter 18
(06:00:40) Chapter 19
(06:18:41) Chapter 20
(06:31:28) Chapter 21
(06:51:42) Chapter 22
(07:10:17) Chapter 23
(07:33:50) Chapter 24
(07:52:45) Chapter 25
(08:11:13) Chapter 26
(08:33:12) Chapter 27
(08:53:30) Chapter 28
(09:11:13) Chapter 29
(09:29:31) Chapter 30
(09:43:50) Chapter 31
(10:11:16) Chapter 32
(10:27:29) Chapter 33
(10:48:01) Chapter 34
(11:00:37) Chapter 35
(11:12:38) Chapter 36
(11:29:27) Chapter 37
(11:51:24) Chapter 38
(12:07:56) Chapter 39
(12:26:23) Chapter 40
(12:47:19) Chapter 41
(13:13:05) Chapter 42
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