Dark Princess: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Dark Princess, credited to W. E. B. Du Bois, 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 Dark Princess by W. E. B. Du Bois. Read in English by Verla Viera This story begins as Matthew Towns, a brilliant young Black medical student, is dismissed from medical school because the white board has decided white women are not appropriate patients for a Black doctor. In disgust with his own country, Matthew leaves America and goes to Europe. While in Berlin, his life is changed forever when he attends a meeting of people who are interested in uplifting all the “darker races” of the world. He begins from there a four-year journey that sees his fate entwined with the Dark Princess, who is royalty from India. In this story from 1928, Du Bois recounts Towns’ adventures, but also uses events, conversations, and letters between the characters to explore racial and social justice issues. (Summary by Verla Viera)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Dark Princess
• Author credits: W. E. B. Du Bois
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 28
• Listed recording duration: 12:34:38

Catalogue topics

• Chicago
• black history
• african americans
• racism
• racial justice
• african american literature
• black literature
• black culture

Opening tracks: first 24 of 28

1. 01 - Dedication; Part I, The Exile, I-IV — 28:06
2. 02 - Part I, The Exile, V-VI — 31:44
3. 03 - Part I, The Exile, VII — 17:48
4. 04 - Part II, The Pullman Porter, I-II — 24:42
5. 05 - Part II, The Pullman Porter, III-VI — 27:35
6. 06 - Part II, The Pullman Porter, VII-IX — 26:22
7. 07 - Part II, The Pullman Porter, X-XIII — 29:08
8. 08 - Part II, The Pullman Porter, XIV-XV — 31:56
9. 09 - Part II, The Pullman Porter, XVI-XVII — 22:40
10. 10 - Part III, The Chicago Politician, I-II — 26:40
11. 11 - Part III, The Chicago Politician, III-VI — 32:02
12. 12 - Part III, The Chicago Politican, VII-IX — 26:41
13. 13 - Part III, The Chicago Politician, X-XII — 22:29
14. 14 - Part III, The Chicago Politician, XIII-XIV — 31:16
15. 15 - Part III, The Chicago Politician, XV-XVII — 34:03
16. 16 - Part III, The Chicago Politician, XVIII-XX — 28:27
17. 17 - Part III, The Chicago Politican, XXI — 29:02
18. 18 - Part III, The Chicago Politician, XXII-XXV — 34:59
19. 19 - Part IV, The Maharajah of Bwodpur, I-II — 26:29
20. 20 - Part IV, The Maharajah of Bwodpur, III — 22:31
21. 21 - Part IV, The Maharajah of Bwodpur, IV — 17:23
22. 22 - Part IV, The Maharajah of Bwodpur, V-VI — 35:52
23. 23 - Part IV, The Maharajah of Bwodpur, VII-VIII — 31:40
24. 24 - Part IV, The Maharajah of Bwodpur, IX-XI — 28:44

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