Amelia: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Amelia, credited to Henry Fielding, 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 Amelia by Henry Fielding. Read in English by Brooke Cunningham; Lynne Thompson; Lawrence; Marie Hoffman; Libby Gohn; Jill Engle; Malone; David Wales; Julia Niedermaier; Robert Hoffman; Kate Sterner This is the first volume of a three volume novel. In this novel, Amelia marries William Booth against her mother's desires, and the two must move to London. Fielding explores the issues of married life such as infidelity and whether women's intelligence is equal to men's. (Summary by Libby Gohn)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Amelia
• Author credits: Henry Fielding
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 41
• Listed recording duration: 7:52:15

Catalogue topics

• London
• marriage
• gender
• sentimentalism

Opening tracks: first 24 of 41

1. 00 - Introduction and Dedication — 14:14
2. 01 - Book I, Chapter I: Containing the exordium, &c. — 3:15
3. 02 - Book I, Chapter II: The history sets out. — 13:57
4. 03 - Book I, Chapter III: Containing the inside of a prison. — 10:51
5. 04 - Book I, Chapter IV: Disclosing further secrets of the prison-house. — 9:26
6. 05 - Book I, Chapter V: Containing certain adventures which befel Mr. Booth in the prison. — 11:44
7. 06 - Book I, Chapter VI: Containing the extraordinary behaviour of Miss Matthews on her meeting with Booth, and some endeavours to prove, by reason and authority, that it is possible for a woman to appear to be what she really is not. — 11:29
8. 07 - Book I, Chapter VII: In which Miss Matthews begins her history. — 11:22
9. 08 - Book I, Chapter VIII: The history of Miss Matthews continued. — 10:55
10. 09 - Book I, Chapter IX: In which Miss Matthews concludes her relation. — 14:54
11. 10 - Book I, Chapter X: Table-talk, consisting of a facetious discourse that passed in the prison. — 9:56
12. 11 - Book II, Chapter I: In which Captain Booth begins to relate his history. — 8:30
13. 12 - Book II, Chapter II: Mr. Booth continues his story. — 10:19
14. 13 - Book II, Chapter III: The narrative continued. More of the touchstone. — 9:02
15. 14 - Book II, Chapter IV: The story of Mr. Booth continued. — 6:42
16. 15 - Book II, Chapter V: Containing strange revolutions of fortune. — 9:47
17. 16 - Book II, Chapter VI: Containing many surprising adventures. — 12:47
18. 17 - Book II, Chapter VII: The story of Booth continued. - More surprising adventures. — 11:28
19. 18 - Book II, Chapter VIII: In which our readers will probably be divided in their opinion of Mr. Booth's conduct. — 7:34
20. 19 - Book II, Chapter IX: Containing a scene of a different kind from any of the preceding. — 9:40
21. 20 - Book III, Chapter I: In which Mr. Booth resumes his story. — 3:50
22. 22 - Book III, Chapter III: In which Mr. Booth sets forward on his journey. — 8:39
23. 23 - Book III, Chapter IV: A sea piece. — 15:25
24. 24 - Book III, Chapter V: The arrical of Booth at Gibraltar, with what there befel him. — 9:43

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