Autobiography of an Actress; or Eight Years on the Stage: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Autobiography of an Actress; or Eight Years on the Stage, credited to Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Autobiography of an Actress; or Eight Years on the Stage by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie. Read in English by Kelly S. Taylor Anna Cora Mowatt was the author of the first Broadway comedy hit written by a woman. Her 1845 play “Fashion” is still performed today. She was also the first woman to professionally perform solo public readings of literature in the U.S. In pre-Civil War America, she was a popular novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, and correspondent. Autobiography of an Actress tells the dramatic story of her life and her struggles to overcome the anti-theatrical prejudices of her day. - Summary by Kelly S. Taylor

Recording facts

• Recording title: Autobiography of an Actress; or Eight Years on the Stage
• Author credits: Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 28
• Listed recording duration: 14:34:28

Catalogue topics

• victorian literature
• theatre history
• victorian actress
• biography
• memoir

Opening tracks: first 24 of 28

1. 00 - Preface — 1:58
2. 01 - Chapter I — 58:02
3. 02 - Chapter II — 38:52
4. 03 - Chapter III — 31:00
5. 04 - Chapter IV — 23:31
6. 05 - Chapter V — 49:07
7. 06 - Chapter VI — 42:59
8. 07 - Chapter VII — 26:02
9. 08 - Chapter VIII — 25:05
10. 09 - Chapter IX — 52:51
11. 10 - Chapter X — 33:54
12. 11 - Chapter XI — 34:49
13. 12 - Chapter XII — 27:45
14. 13 - Chapter XIII — 38:53
15. 14 - Chapter XIV — 27:12
16. 15 - Chapter XV — 31:48
17. 16 - Chapter XVI — 43:33
18. 17 - Chapter XVII — 27:20
19. 18 - Chapter XVIII — 28:54
20. 19 - Chapter XIX — 19:38
21. 20 - Chapter XX — 18:01
22. 21 - Chapter XXI — 25:07
23. 22 - Chapter XXII — 20:54
24. 23 - Chapter XXIII — 21:12

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