A Girl of High Adventure: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
A Girl of High Adventure by L. T. Meade: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 24 original MP3 tracks, 9:01:57 running time and a link to listen.
A Girl of High Adventure, credited to L. T. Meade, 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 Girl of High Adventure by L. T. Meade. Read in English by ashleighjane; Mollie Carty; Mischella; Tami Jo Bechdol; Michele Eaton; Vibhakumari S; SpeakeasyBea; Nancy Gorgen; sidaggar ; AnnaR77; Veenaswa; Mooninya; Nancy Halper; Annie Mars; Francesco Dembinski Marguerite St. Juste was Irish on her mother's side, who was born of the Desmonds of Desmondstown in the County Kerry. Marguerite's father was a French Comte, whose grandfather had been one of the victims of the guillotine. Both her parents are dead and she is being brought up by an aunt and uncle. She wants to find out about the rest of her family and her adventures take her to Ireland and France. - Summary by Michele Eaton
Recording facts
- Recording title: A Girl of High Adventure
- Author credits: L. T. Meade
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 24
- Listed recording duration: 9:01:57
Catalogue topics
- adventure
- family
- orphan
- childhood
- girls
- juvenile
- conflict
Track guide
- 01 - Chapter 01 The Child Who Won Hearts — 17:05
- 02 - Chapter 02 A Visit to Ireland — 26:15
- 03 - Chapter 03 An Irish Chieftain at Home — 18:22
- 04 - Chapter 04 Old Young People — 29:07
- 05 - Chapter 05 I'll Explain to Yourself — 29:10
- 06 - Chapter 06 M. Le Comte — 17:50
- 07 - Chapter 07 The Little Comtesse — 16:56
- 08 - Chapter 08 Brown Hats and Fans — 17:48
- 09 - Chapter 09 The English Girls at the School of La Princesse — 30:17
- 10 - Chapter 10 Thou Art Faithful and so are my Bees — 29:19
- 11 - Chapter 11 Thunder Storm — 21:02
- 12 - Chapter 12 Gem of the Ocean — 23:58
- 13 - Chapter 13 The Pines — 25:05
- 14 - Chapter 14 Starlight and Tilly — 19:03
- 15 - Chapter 15 I Cannot Talk Parley-vous — 26:14
- 16 - Chapter 16 The Fear of the Shillelagh — 25:21
- 17 - Chapter 17 If it Must Be, It Must — 22:05
- 18 - Chapter 18 The Green Hat — 27:00
- 19 - Chapter 19 The Cabinet de Beaute — 20:46
- 20 - Chapter 20 A Conspiracy — 22:03
- 21 - Chapter 21 The Palace of Truth — 18:35
- 22 - Chapter 22 It is Joyful to Behold Thee, My Pushkeen — 9:04
- 23 - Chapter 23 The Glorious Softness of Ireland — 24:53
- 24 - Chapter 24 A Pound a Day A Picture and a Wedding — 24:40
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