At the Back of the North Wind (version 2): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

At the Back of the North Wind (version 2), credited to George MacDonald, 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 At the Back of the North Wind (version 2) by George MacDonald. Read in English by mlcui. At the Back of the North Wind is a children's book by George MacDonald. It was serialized in the children's magazine Good Words for the Young beginning in 1868 and was published in book form in 1871. It is a fantasy centered on a boy named Diamond and his adventures with the North Wind. Diamond travels together with the mysterious Lady North Wind through the nights. The book includes the fairy tale Little Daylight, which has been pulled out as an independent work, or separately, added to other collections of his fairy tales. Summary from Wikipedia.

Recording facts

• Recording title: At the Back of the North Wind (version 2)
• Author credits: George MacDonald
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 38
• Listed recording duration: 8:59:26

Catalogue topics

• adventure
• fairy tales
• fairy tale
• children's fiction
• action
• action & adventure

Opening tracks: first 24 of 38

1. 01 - The Hayloft — 20:04
2. 02 - The Lawn — 12:56
3. 03 - Old Diamond — 17:16
4. 04 - North Wind — 19:37
5. 05 - The Summer-house — 19:34
6. 06 - Out in the Storm — 12:25
7. 07 - The Cathedral — 16:01
8. 08 - The East Window — 7:10
9. 09 - How Diamond Got to the Back of the North Wind — 29:16
10. 10 - At the Back of the North Wind — 8:53
11. 11 - How Diamond Got Home Again — 12:00
12. 12 - Who Met Diamond at Sandwich — 8:47
13. 13 - The Seaside — 15:50
14. 14 - Old Diamond — 5:12
15. 15 - The Mews — 5:47
16. 16 - Diamond Makes a Beginning — 18:00
17. 17 - Diamond Goes On — 14:22
18. 18 - The Drunken Cabman — 11:42
19. 19 - Diamond's Friends — 10:31
20. 20 - Diamond Learns to Read — 9:52
21. 21 - Sal's Nanny — 13:02
22. 22 - Mr. Raymond's Riddle — 5:35
23. 23 - The Early Bird — 5:06
24. 24 - Another Early Bird — 15:38

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