A Traveller from Altruria: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
A Traveller from Altruria by William Dean Howells: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 13 original MP3 tracks, 7:36:48 running time and a link to listen.
A Traveller from Altruria, credited to William Dean Howells, 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 Traveller from Altruria by William Dean Howells. Read in English by Foon; realisticspeakers; Mark Nelson; Matthew D. Robinson; taniles1364 Set in the early 1890s, at a fashionable summer resort somewhere on the East Coast of the United States, this book tells the story of Mr. Twelvemough, an author who has been selected to function as host to a visitor from the faraway island of Altruria. The visitor, Mr. Homos, has come all the way to the United States, a country which prides itself on democracy and equality, to experience everyday life in America firsthand, and to see for himself how the principle that "All men are created equal" is being put into practice. Due to Altruria's secluded existence, very little is known about the island, so Twelvemough and his circle of acquaintances, all of whom are staying at the same resort hotel, seem more eager to learn about Altruria than to explain American life and institutions. To their dismay, it becomes gradually clear that the United States is greatly lagging behind Altruria in practically every aspect of life, be it political, economic, cultural or moral. Summary from Wikipedia
Recording facts
- Recording title: A Traveller from Altruria
- Author credits: William Dean Howells
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 13
- Listed recording duration: 7:36:48
Catalogue topics
- utopian fiction
Track guide
- 01 - Chapter 1 — 31:20
- 02 - Chapter 2 — 22:44
- 03 - Chapter 3 — 35:48
- 04 - Chapter 4 — 26:57
- 05 - Chapter 5 — 35:45
- 06 - Chapter 6 — 46:43
- 07 - Chapter 7 — 46:02
- 08 - Chapter 8 — 41:11
- 09 - Chapter 9 — 32:11
- 10 - Chapter 10 — 31:16
- 11 - Chapter 11 — 36:33
- 12 - Chapter 12- Part 1 — 35:00
- 13 - Chapter 12- Part 2 — 35:17
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