A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson by Mary Rowlandson: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 3 original MP3 tracks, 1:52:11 running time and a link to listen.
A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, credited to Mary Rowlandson, 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 Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, by Mary Rowlandson. Read by Matthew Scott Surprenant. This is the story of Mary Rowlandson’s capture by American Indians in 1675. It is a blunt, frightening, and detailed work with several moments of off-color humor. Mary, the wife of a minister, was captured by Natives during King Philips War while living in a Lancaster town, most of which was decimated, and the people murdered. See through her eyes, which depict Indians as the instruments of Satan. Her accounts were a best-seller of the era, and a seminal work, being one of the first captivity narratives ever published by a woman. Without works such as hers, there would likely not be many modern works inspired by similar themes, such as The Searchers, starring John Wayne.(Summary by Matthew Scott Surprenant)
Recording facts
- Recording title: A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson
- Author credits: Mary Rowlandson
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 3
- Listed recording duration: 1:52:11
Catalogue topics
- Librivox,Audiobook
- Indians
- Native Americans
- Puritans
- Colonial History
- Memoirs
- Captivity
Track guide
- 01 - Part 1 — 30:41
- 02 - Part 2 — 38:47
- 03 - Part 3 — 42:44
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