Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 5: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 5, credited to Charles Dickens, 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 Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 4. Read by volunteer readers. This year is the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the fourth volume; the first volume of short works - fiction, essays, poetry and speeches, previously unrecorded for LibriVox, was catalogued by Dickens' birthday on February 7th 2012. Further volumes will follow during the anniversary year. (Summary by Ruth Golding)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 5
• Author credits: Charles Dickens
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 20
• Listed recording duration: 6:56:30

Catalogue topics

• short stories
• poetry
• essays
• letters

Track guide

1. 01 - 'A Preliminary Word': Leading article in the first edition of Household Words — 7:04
2. 02 - 'The Very Friendly Young Gentleman' from Sketches of Young Gentlemen — 9:51
3. 03 - 'The Military Young Gentleman' from Sketches of Young Gentlemen — 10:33
4. 04 - George Silverman's Explanation, Part 1 — 48:01
5. 05 - George Silverman's Explanation, Part 2 — 33:43
6. 06 - 'A Flight' from Household Words, Vol. III — 26:42
7. 07 - 'Reflections of a Lord Mayor' from Household Words, Vol. X — 14:01
8. 08 - 'The Contradictory Couple' from Sketches of Young Couples — 11:40
9. 09 - 'The Couple who Dote upon Their Children' from Sketches of Young Couples — 16:50
10. 10 - 'Bill-sticking' from Reprinted Pieces — 35:55
11. 11 - 'The Ghost of Art' from Reprinted Pieces — 17:40
12. 12 - 'Out of Town' from Reprinted Pieces — 20:29
13. 13 - Sunday under Three Heads, Dedication and Chapter 1 — 28:44
14. 14 - Sunday under Three Heads, Chapter 2 — 24:39
15. 15 - Sunday under Three Heads, Chapter 3 — 23:04
16. 16 - 'The Thousand and One Humbugs I' from Household Words, Vol. XI — 19:27
17. 17 - 'The Thousand and One Humbugs II' from Household Words, Vol. XI — 22:22
18. 18 - 'The Thousand and One Humbugs III' from Household Words, Vol. XI — 21:57
19. 19 - 'Curious Misprint in the Edinburgh Review' from Old Lamps for New Ones — 18:41
20. 20 - 'Personal' from Household Words, 12th June 1858 — 5:16

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