Confessions of a Book-Lover: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Confessions of a Book-Lover, credited to E. Walter Walters, 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 Confessions of a Book-Lover by E. Walter Walters. Read in English by DrPGould. "I am of the company of book men who read simply for the love of it," confesses E. Walter Walters, in this gently written tome. Walters documents his habit of "book fishing--" seeking and finding quality volumes in the discount binds at his booksellers, and as a connoisseur of wine might match varieties with courses, he matches his books with the contexts in which he reads them--in the garden, in the bedroom, with friends. He also provides a list of his favorite authors (mostly 19th century United Kingdom) and favorite books, as well as favorite characters from the books he has read, not in a way to impose his choices on other readers, but to share his own personal experiences. (summary by Dr. P. Gould)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Confessions of a Book-Lover
• Author credits: E. Walter Walters
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 15
• Listed recording duration: 2:04:49

Catalogue topics

• nonfiction
• book collecting
• recreational reading
• 19th century literature (united kingdom)

Track guide

1. 00 - Introduction — 6:12
2. 01 - Ch. 1 'Humbly to Confess' — 10:37
3. 02 - Ch. 2 Books & Gardens — 8:42
4. 03 - Ch. 3 Books that Tempt — 8:55
5. 04 - Ch. 4 'Outside their Books' — 8:18
6. 05 - Ch. 5 Books that Captivate — 7:32
7. 06 - Ch. 6 Personalities in 'Bookland' — 9:42
8. 07 - Ch. 7 Second-Hand Books — 7:31
9. 08 - Ch. 8 'The Cult of the Bookplate' — 10:48
10. 09 - Ch. 9 Bedside Books — 8:32
11. 10 - Ch. 10 Old Friends — 6:59
12. 11 - Ch. 11 Through Rose-Coloured Spectacles — 9:49
13. 12 - Ch. 12 With Nature — 9:39
14. 13 - Ch. 13 A Pilgrimage — 8:37
15. 14 - Ch. 14 Farewell — 2:56

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