A Drama of Exile: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A Drama of Exile, credited to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 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 Drama of Exile by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. In writing her 'Drama of Exile', Barrett's subject was 'the new and strange experience of the fallen humanity, as it went forth from Paradise into the wilderness'. The bizarre, lyrical scenes that follow powerfully describe the grief and guilt of Eve, the sorrowful pride of Lucifer, and the redeeming power of love. (summary by Patrick Beverley, quotation from the preface) Characters: Lucifer - Patrick Beverley Gabriel - Jay Saunders Adam - David Kleparek Christ - David Muncaster Eve - JemmaBlythe Narrator, Revel Voices, Aged Voices - Barry Eads Chorus of Eden Spirits, Earth Spirits - Margaret Espaillat Spirits of Trees - Andrea Lee River Spirits, Second Spirit - Miriam Esther Goldman Bird Spirits - Poet Voices - Aaron Elliott Philosophic Voices - Simon Larois Audio edited by Barry Eads

Recording facts

• Recording title: A Drama of Exile
• Author credits: Elizabeth Barrett Browning
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 5
• Listed recording duration: 1:44:38

Catalogue topics

• dramatic poetry
• Adam & Eve
• religion

Track guide

1. 00 - Dramatis Personae — 1:50
2. 01 - Scene 1 — 19:43
3. 02 - Scene 2 — 26:42
4. 03 - Scene 3, Part 1 — 23:42
5. 04 - Scene 3, Part 2 — 51:04

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