Bracebridge Hall: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
Bracebridge Hall by Washington Irving: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 29 original MP3 tracks, 5:09:27 running time and a link to listen.
Bracebridge Hall, credited to Washington Irving, 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 Bracebridge Hall by Washington Irving. Read in English by Greg Giordano; Maria Kasper Famed American humorist and essayist Washington Irving published a series of short pieces entitled "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gentleman" in 1815. Included in that collection were the chapters which later formed the standalone work "Old Christmas." This wonderful book introduced the world to Bracebridge Hall, the ancestral home of the Bracebridges, an old English family that lived according to the customs of those who were "unto the manor born." "Bracebridge Hall" is a follow-up to "Old Christmas" which looks at the lifestyle of the rich, country dwellers, their servants, friends and neighbors. The daily lives and adventures of this peculiar population of early 1800's England forms the foundation upon which the episodes explored in "Bracebridge Hall" is built. Washington Irving wrote the book based upon his own experiences visiting England and the very real Bracebridge Family with whom he spent much time. - Summary by Greg Giordano
Recording facts
- Recording title: Bracebridge Hall
- Author credits: Washington Irving
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 29
- Listed recording duration: 5:09:27
Catalogue topics
- English History
- 1800's
- english culture
Opening tracks: first 24 of 29
- 01 - Preface & The Hall — 8:17
- 02 - The Busy Man — 11:39
- 03 - Family Servants — 13:52
- 04 - The Widow — 8:07
- 05 - The Lovers — 7:29
- 06 - Family Reliques — 10:49
- 07 - An Old Soldier — 7:54
- 08 - The Widow's Retinue — 7:00
- 09 - Ready-Money Jack — 12:38
- 10 - Bachelors — 8:03
- 11 - A Literary Antiquary — 11:37
- 12 - The Farm-House — 8:34
- 13 - Horsemanship — 10:01
- 14 - Love Symptoms — 6:40
- 15 - Falconry — 8:22
- 16 - Hawking — 12:39
- 17 - Fortune-Telling — 11:03
- 18 - Love-Charms — 9:11
- 19 - A Bachelor's Confessions — 8:22
- 20 - Gipsies — 9:35
- 21 - Village Worthies — 6:20
- 22 - The Schoolmaster — 12:29
- 23 - The School — 6:54
- 24 - A Village Politician — 9:27
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