An Exchange of Souls: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
An Exchange of Souls by Barry Pain: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 18 original MP3 tracks, 4:41:35 running time and a link to listen.
An Exchange of Souls, credited to Barry Pain, 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 An Exchange of Souls by Barry Pain. Read in English by Roger Melin Although only lightly known as an author of horror stories, Barry Pain departs from his typical themes with 'An Exchange of Souls'. In this novel, respected doctor Daniel Myas is a scientist who has developed a machine which allows for the exchange of his 'personality' with that of another. However when his attempt at 'exchanging souls' occurs with an individual very close to him, only a form of horror can be the result, and the reader is led down a path of deterioration and fear. Undoubtedly this novel, published in 1911, influenced H.P. Lovecraft’s tale of personality exchange in 'The Thing on the Doorstep', published in 1937. Pain's development of the theme of immortality by use of scientific methods proves quite difficult, and at the same time quite intriguing. What are the potential results when 'souls' are exchanged, particularly with those of the opposite sex? - Summary by Roger Melin
Recording facts
- Recording title: An Exchange of Souls
- Author credits: Barry Pain
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 18
- Listed recording duration: 4:41:35
Catalogue topics
- death
- soul
- lovecraft
- immortality
- scientific experiment
Track guide
- 01 - Chapter 1 — 12:35
- 02 - Chapter 2 — 11:45
- 03 - Chapter 3 — 14:38
- 04 - Chapter 4 — 15:21
- 05 - Chapter 5 — 13:52
- 06 - Chapter 6 — 16:02
- 07 - Chapter 7 — 14:15
- 08 - Chapter 8 — 18:47
- 09 - Chapter 9 — 18:02
- 10 - Chapter 10 — 12:49
- 11 - Chapter 11 — 15:09
- 12 - Chapter 12 — 19:06
- 13 - Chapter 13 — 10:25
- 14 - Chapter 14 — 12:22
- 15 - Chapter 15 — 12:44
- 16 - Chapter 16 — 10:03
- 17 - Chapter 17 — 6:54
- 18 - Postscript — 46:46
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