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.

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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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