A Book of Sibyls: Mrs. Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs. Opie, Miss Austen: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A Book of Sibyls: Mrs. Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs. Opie, Miss Austen, credited to Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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

LibriVox recording of A Book of Sibyls: Mrs. Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs. Opie, Miss Austen by Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie. Read in English by Ciufi Galeazzi This book is a biography of four woman authors whose names were well known by readers at the time of its publication (1883) : Anna Barbaud, Maria Edgeworth, Amelia Opie, and Jane Austen. Though most of us today are only familiar with the writings of Austen, all four of these women are well worth taking the time to get to know. The author, Anne Thackeray Ritchie, was the eldest daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray. - Summary by Ciufi Galeazzi

Recording facts

• Recording title: A Book of Sibyls: Mrs. Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs. Opie, Miss Austen
• Author credits: Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 36
• Listed recording duration: 6:02:12

Catalogue topics

• biography
• women authors
• women's history

Opening tracks: first 24 of 36

1. 01 - Mrs Barbauld, Part 1 — 9:38
2. 02 - Mrs Barbauld, Part 2 — 8:10
3. 03 - Mrs Barbauld, Part 3 — 10:04
4. 04 - Mrs Barbauld, Part 4 — 14:08
5. 05 - Mrs Barbauld, Part 5 — 10:00
6. 06 - Mrs Barbauld, Part 6 — 10:45
7. 07 - Mrs Barbauld, Part 7 — 13:54
8. 08 - Miss Edgeworth, Part 1 — 12:41
9. 09 - Miss Edgeworth, Part 2 — 12:35
10. 10 - Miss Edgeworth, Part 3 — 9:59
11. 11 - Miss Edgeworth, Part 4 — 12:40
12. 12 - Miss Edgeworth, Part 5 — 8:18
13. 13 - Miss Edgeworth, Part 6 — 10:59
14. 14 - Miss Edgeworth, Part 7 — 15:05
15. 15 - Miss Edgeworth, Part 8 — 13:46
16. 16 - Miss Edgeworth, Part 9 — 8:02
17. 17 - Miss Edgeworth, Part 10 — 10:19
18. 18 - Miss Edgeworth, Part 11 — 7:30
19. 19 - Miss Edgeworth, Part 12 — 8:12
20. 20 - Miss Edgeworth, Part 13 — 10:36
21. 21 - Miss Edgeworth, Part 14 — 9:30
22. 22 - Miss Edgeworth, Part 15 — 8:23
23. 23 - Mrs. Opie, Part 1 — 7:02
24. 24 - Mrs. Opie, Part 2 — 6:33

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