Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan, credited to Toru Dutt, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan by Toru Dutt. Read in English by Librivox volunteers. Toru Dutt was an Indian poet, writing in English. Born in 1856, she travelled to England and France, and being a polyglot became fluent in French and English, later in Sanskrit as well. Her works gained popularity and success posthumously. This collection of her poems, Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan, was published by her father after her death in 1877. This collection is divided into 2 parts: the 1st part contains long poems about the ancient legends of her native land of India, which had been passed on to her orally in Sanskrit and which held much fascination for her, and also implied her desire to return to India. The 2nd part is a collection of Dutt's miscellaneous poems, clearly influenced by her travels in Europe and includes the memorable 'Our Casuarina Tree'. (Summary by Anusha)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan
• Author credits: Toru Dutt
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 21
• Listed recording duration: 3:01:44

Catalogue topics

• India
• Sanskrit
• indian legends
• hindu myths

Track guide

1. 00 - Introductory Memoir by Edmund W. Gosse — 23:58
2. 01 - Savitri, Part I — 14:44
3. 02 - Savitri, Part II — 12:46
4. 03 - Savitri, Part III — 2:11
5. 04 - Savitri, Part IV — 12:14
6. 05 - Savitri, Part V — 7:00
7. 06 - Lakshman — 11:39
8. 07 - Jogadhya Uma — 11:16
9. 08 - The Royal Ascetic and The Hind — 10:21
10. 09 - The Legend of Dhruva — 8:40
11. 10 - Buttoo — 16:50
12. 11 - Sindhu — 14:44
13. 12 - Prehlad — 17:20
14. 13 - Sîta — 2:05
15. 14 - Near Hastings — 2:21
16. 15 - France—1870 — 2:01
17. 16 - The Tree of Life — 2:50
18. 17 - On the Fly Leaf of Erckmann-Chatrian's novel entitled Madame Thérèse — 2:03
19. 18 - Sonnet—Baugmaree — 1:23
20. 19 - Sonnet—The Lotus — 1:23
21. 20 - Our Casuarina Tree — 3:54

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