A Battle of the Books: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A Battle of the Books, credited to Gail Hamilton, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of A Battle of the Books by Gail Hamilton. Read in English by Amelia Chesley; BluScriptz; Angelique G. Campbell; PhyllisV; Lucretia B.; TriciaG "When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for an author to dissolve the bands which have connected him with his publishers, a decent respect for the opinions of mankind requires that he should declare the causes which impel him to the separation." So begins the alleged author's introduction to this work, which chronicles the conflict between a female author and her publisher. This conflict really did happen, although the details (dates, names, etc.) in this book are fictitious. For more information about the actual situation, see the author's Wikipedia article.

Recording facts

• Recording title: A Battle of the Books
• Author credits: Gail Hamilton
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 15
• Listed recording duration: 7:38:16

Catalogue topics

• satire
• humour
• feminism
• women's rights
• suffrage
• 2019
• 1870

Track guide

1. 01 - Editor's Introduction — 8:32
2. 02 - Author's Introduction — 5:42
3. 03 - Rise and Progress of Suspicion in the Soul — 35:35
4. 04 - Declaration of War — 28:36
5. 05 - Skirmishing — 18:32
6. 06 - A Truce — 23:38
7. 07 - Renewal of Hostilities, part 1 — 36:50
8. 08 - Renewal of Hostilities, part 2 — 41:13
9. 09 - Arrangement of Preliminaries — 55:01
10. 10 - Battle of Gog and Magog, part 1 — 39:07
11. 11 - Battle of Gog and Magog, part 2 — 25:07
12. 12 - Battle of Gog and Magog, part 3 — 42:07
13. 13 - Battle of Gog and Magog, part 4 — 39:40
14. 14 - Sober Second and Third Thoughts, part 1 — 29:50
15. 15 - Sober Second and Third Thoughts, part 2 — 28:46

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