Coffee Break Collection 15 - World of Work: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Coffee Break Collection 15 - World of Work, credited to Various, 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 Coffee Break Collection 15 - World of Work by Various. Read in English by Devorah Allen; DrPGould; Lynne T; Patrick Wallace; Nemo; Craig Campbell; Robert Robinson This is the fifteenth collection of our "coffee break" series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in length. These are great for study breaks, commutes, workouts, or any time you'd like to hear a whole story and only have a few minutes to devote to listening. The theme for this collection is "The World of Work", where work or the workplace is significant. Fiction, non-fiction, essays, poetry... your choice. Please note that 'Street Musicians' and 'London Dock' contain language some listeners may find offensive. It is Librivox policy to maintain the original wording. ( Lynne Thompson)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Coffee Break Collection 15 - World of Work
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 15
• Listed recording duration: 2:24:16

Catalogue topics

• cattle
• workhouses
• docks
• street sellers
• slums

Track guide

1. 01 - Bad Case of Ergophobia by Anonymous — 2:07
2. 02 - The Descent of Man by Edith Wharton (1862-1937) — 8:46
3. 03 - In a Coal Mine by Eva March Tappan (1854-1930) — 13:13
4. 04 - London Dock by Henry Mayhew (1812-1887) — 18:10
5. 05 - The Revelation by Robert W. Service ( 1874-1958) — 4:01
6. 06 - Exerpt from Right to Work John Elliot Ross (1884-1946) — 11:01
7. 07 - Phonograph by Leslie J. Newville — 15:19
8. 08 - The Roundup from Boy Ranchers on the Trail by Willard F. Baker — 14:41
9. 09 - Song of Industrial America by Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941) — 6:13
10. 10 - Street Musicians by Gilbert Guerdon — 15:54
11. 11 - Watercress-selling in Farringdon Market by Henry Mayhew (1812-1887) — 10:02
12. 12 - Wisconsin Unemployment Benefit Decisions by Appeals Tribunals 6-42 — 2:45
13. 13 - Work Gangs by Carl Sandburg (1868-1967) — 2:44
14. 14 - An Account of several work-houses for employing and maintaining the poor: Limehouse Hamlet, Stepney 1725 by Anonymous — 3:44
15. 15 - Work Which a Woman is Doing in the Slums by Anonymous — 15:36

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