Clarissa, or the History of a Young Lady, Volume 1: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
Clarissa, or the History of a Young Lady, Volume 1 by Samuel Richardson: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 45 original MP3 tracks, 12:14:34 running time and a link to listen.
Clarissa, or the History of a Young Lady, Volume 1, credited to Samuel Richardson, 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 Clarissa, or the history of a young lady by Samuel Richardson. Read by LibriVox Volunteers. Clarissa Harlowe, the tragic heroine of Clarissa, is a beautiful and virtuous young lady whose family has become very wealthy only in recent years and is now eager to become part of the aristocracy by acquiring estates and titles through advantageous pairings. Clarissa's relatives attempt to force her to marry a rich but heartless man (Roger Solmes) against her will and, more importantly, against her own sense of virtue. Desperate to remain free, she is tricked by a young gentleman of her acquaintance, Lovelace, into escaping with him. However, she refuses to marry him, longing — unusual for a girl in her time — to live by herself in peace. (Summary by Wikipedia) For more free audiobooks, or to become a volunteer reader, please visit librivox.org.
Recording facts
- Recording title: Clarissa, or the History of a Young Lady, Volume 1
- Author credits: Samuel Richardson
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 45
- Listed recording duration: 12:14:34
Catalogue topics
- epistolary fiction
- eighteenth century English literature
Opening tracks: first 24 of 45
- 00 - Preface — 12:01
- 01 - Letter 1 — 7:46
- 02 - Letter 2 — 15:20
- 03 - Letter 3 — 16:26
- 04 - Letter 4 — 25:46
- 05 - Letter 5 — 9:09
- 06 - Letter 6 — 12:04
- 07 - Letter 7 — 14:48
- 08 - Letter 8 — 16:59
- 09 - Letter 9 — 9:25
- 10 - Letter 10 — 20:18
- 11 - Letter 11 — 7:27
- 12 - Letter 12 — 12:31
- 13 - Letter 13 — 29:47
- 14 - Letter 14 — 4:34
- 15 - Letter 15 — 12:04
- 16 - Letter 16 — 33:47
- 17 - Letter 17 — 36:55
- 18 - Letter 18 — 8:36
- 19 - Letter 19 — 14:17
- 20 - Letter 20 — 28:19
- 21 - Letter 21 — 14:51
- 22 - Letter 22 — 10:10
- 23 - Letter 23 — 5:48
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