The Incubator Baby by Ellis Parker Butler audiobook.

Genre: comedy

Imagine slipping on a pair of comfortable headphones, settling into your favorite armchair, and being whisked back to the turn-of-the-century drawing rooms where a spirited socialite named Mrs. Higgensthal proudly presents her most astonishing venture: The Incubator Baby. In Ellis Parker Butler’s delightfully absurd and uproarious tale, you’ll meet a parade of rosy-cheeked infants—each the result of a pioneering mix-and-match approach to parenting that has the local matrons positively aflutter. Butler’s crisp, witty prose crackles in the audiobook’s masterful narration, transforming every polite utterance and raised eyebrow into pure comedic gold. You’ll hang on every syllable as neighbors weigh in on the relative merits of blue-eyed versus dark-eyed progeny, as logistical minutiae about bassinets and formula become sources of high society drama, and as Mrs. Higgensthal dispatches telegrams with the same zeal you’d reserve for Broadway opening nights. It’s a story that gleefully skewers the era’s obsession with pedigree and perfection while celebrating the timeless chaos of family life—and the narrator’s rich, expressive voice brings every chuckle and knowing pause to life, making you feel as though you’re perched at the edge of a grand velvet divan, eavesdropping on the most delicious gossip of the hour. Compact yet endlessly entertaining, “The Incubator Baby” audiobook will charm you with its playful satire, transport you with its vintage flair, and leave you marveling at how a simple absurdity can reveal so much about ambition, society—and the boundless hilarity of human nature.

Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:20:51) Chapter 02

(00:48:11) Chapter 03

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