A Desert Drama Being The Tragedy Of The Korosko: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
A Desert Drama Being The Tragedy Of The Korosko by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 10 original MP3 tracks, 5:15:02 running time and a link to listen.
A Desert Drama Being The Tragedy Of The Korosko, credited to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 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 Desert Drama Being The Tragedy Of The Korosko, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Read by David Wales. Also published under the title The Tragedy of the Korosko (1898). A group of European tourists are enjoying their trip to Egypt in the year 1895. They are sailing up the River Nile in a "a turtle-bottomed, round-bowed stern-wheeler", the Korosko. They intend to travel to Abousir at the southern frontier of Egypt, after which the Dervish country starts. They are attacked and abducted by a marauding band of Dervish warriors. The novel contains a strong defence of British Imperialism and in particular the Imperial project in North Africa. It also reveals the very great suspicion of Islam felt by many Europeans at the time. Racial attitudes are expressed that are offensive to the modern ear but were commonplace in Doyle's time. (Summary by Wikipedia and David Wales)
Recording facts
- Recording title: A Desert Drama Being The Tragedy Of The Korosko
- Author credits: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 10
- Listed recording duration: 5:15:02
Catalogue topics
- Adventure
- Egypt
- Islam
- Dervish
- Nile River
- Nineteenth century
- Great Britain in Egypt
Track guide
- 01 Preface and Chapter 1 — 36:44
- 02 Chapter 2 — 14:52
- 03 Chapter 3 — 30:29
- 04 Chapter 4 — 30:07
- 05 Chapter 5 — 37:23
- 06 Chapter 6 — 35:41
- 07 Chapter 7 — 27:02
- 08 Chapter 8 — 38:48
- 09 Chapter 9 — 37:19
- 10 Chapter 10 — 26:38
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