Alarms and Discursions: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
Alarms and Discursions by G. K. Chesterton: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 13 original MP3 tracks, 5:41:32 running time and a link to listen.
Alarms and Discursions, credited to G. K. Chesterton, 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:
Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an influential English writer of the early 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy, and detective fiction. Chesterton has been called the "prince of paradox." He wrote in an off-hand, whimsical prose studded with startling formulations. Chesterton wrote about 4000 essays on various subjects, and "Alarms and Discursions is one of his collections. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia by Karen Merline.)
Recording facts
- Recording title: Alarms and Discursions
- Author credits: G. K. Chesterton
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 13
- Listed recording duration: 5:41:32
Catalogue topics
- audio books
- Chesterton
- G. K. Chesterton
- essays
- humor
Track guide
- 01 - Chapters 01 - 03 — 26:48
- 02 - Chapters 04 - 06 — 27:41
- 03 - Chapters 07 - 09 — 26:07
- 04 - Chapters 10 - 12 — 25:39
- 05 - Chapters 13 - 15 — 24:47
- 06 - Chapters 16 - 18 — 28:55
- 07 - Chapters 19 - 21 — 26:21
- 08 - Chapters 22 - 24 — 23:04
- 09 - Chapters 25 - 27 — 26:06
- 10 - Chapters 28 - 30 — 23:35
- 11 - Chapters 31 - 33 — 25:13
- 12 - Chapters 34 - 36 — 32:38
- 13 - Chapters 37 - 39 — 24:44
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