A Cabinet of Gems: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A Cabinet of Gems, credited to George MacDonald; Sir Philip Sidney, 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 Cabinet of Gems by George MacDonald; Sir Philip Sidney. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. A Cabinet of Gems, cut and polished by Sir Philip Sidney; now, for the more radiance, presented without their setting by George MacDonald. "By these extracts from writings I have long loved, I hope to help some of my friends to a genuine acquaintance with the writer." (From the preface.) The excerpts in this book, edited by George MacDonald, are taken primarily from Sir Philip Sidney's "The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia" and relate to a wide range of subjects. (Summary by Devorah Allen)

Recording facts

• Recording title: A Cabinet of Gems
• Author credits: George MacDonald; Sir Philip Sidney
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 17
• Listed recording duration: 3:27:25

Catalogue topics

• Sidney
• anthology
• excerpts
• countess of pembroke's arcadia

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 2:58
2. 01 - Men — 9:00
3. 02 - Women — 17:35
4. 03 - Love and Marriage — 30:23
5. 04 - Religion — 23:17
6. 05 - Philosophy — 10:29
7. 06 - Moral Sayings and Aphorisms — 13:17
8. 07 - Human Nature — 17:16
9. 08 - Politics and Policy — 7:53
10. 09 - Nature and Art — 7:30
11. 10 - Horse, Armour, Attire, and Combat — 9:54
12. 11 - On Poetry — 16:01
13. 12 - Phrases, Similes, Epithets — 13:35
14. 13 - From Letters — 8:27
15. 14 - Spoken on His Death-bed — 1:36
16. 15 - Appendix I — 8:41
17. 16 - Appendix II — 9:33

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