Bill & Doreen's Courtship (Selections from: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
Bill & Doreen's Courtship (Selections from by C. J. Dennis: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 6 original MP3 tracks, 39:53 running time and a link to listen.
Bill & Doreen's Courtship (Selections from, credited to C. J. Dennis, 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 Bill & Doreen's Courtship (Selections from "The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke") by C. J. Dennis. Read in English by Son of the Exiles "The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke" is a verse novel by Australian novelist and poet C. J. Dennis. The work was first published in book form in 1915 and sold over 60,000 copies in nine editions within the first year. A special pocket edition was even printed for the Australian soldiers in the trenches during the Great War. "The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke" tells the story of Bill, a larrikin of the Little Lonsdale Street push, who is introduced to a young woman by the name of Doreen. The book chronicles their courtship and marriage, detailing Bill's transformation from a violence-prone gang member to a contented husband and father. - Summary by Wikipedia
Recording facts
- Recording title: Bill & Doreen's Courtship (Selections from
- Author credits: C. J. Dennis
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 6
- Listed recording duration: 39:53
Catalogue topics
- humor
- romance
- humour
- redemption
- australian poetry
- verse novel
Track guide
- 01 - A Spring Song — 6:00
- 02 - The Intro — 6:16
- 03 - Doreen — 4:12
- 04 - The Play — 6:51
- 05 - The Stror 'At Coot — 8:47
- 06 - The Siren — 7:47
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