Emily Dickinson on Death: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Emily Dickinson on Death, credited to Emily Dickinson, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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Emily Dickinson on Death. Read by Libby Gohn. Emily Dickinson is one of the most intriguing of American poets. Since she grew increasingly reclusive, very few of her poems were published until after her death. This collection includes two letters Dickinson wrote to her friends on the occasion of the deaths of her friend, Mr. Humphrey, and her brother, Austin. The rest of collection consists of her poetry on the subject of death. (Summary by Libby Gohn)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Emily Dickinson on Death
• Author credits: Emily Dickinson
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 22
• Listed recording duration: 28:02

Catalogue topics

• poetry
• letters
• death
• mortality
• 19th century
• Victorian
• American poetry

Track guide

1. 01 - Amherst, January 2, 1851, to Mrs. Strong — 5:59
2. 02 - Autumn, 1876, to Dr. and Mrs. Holland — 2:32
3. 03 - 'Let down the bars, O Death!' — 0:40
4. 04 - 'Going to Heaven!' — 1:16
5. 05 - 'Morns like these we parted' — 0:48
6. 06 - 'I read my sentence steadily' — 0:57
7. 07 - 'The only ghost I ever saw' — 0:55
8. 08 - Memorials — 1:08
9. 09 - The Journey — 0:51
10. 10 - Going — 1:14
11. 11 - 'If I should die' — 0:58
12. 12 - Ghosts — 1:05
13. 13 - 'What inn is this' — 0:45
14. 14 - Till The End — 1:06
15. 15 - The Chariot — 1:13
16. 16 - 'Death is a dialogue' — 0:40
17. 17 - At Length — 0:56
18. 18 - Numen Lumen — 1:01
19. 19 - 'I meant to find her when I came' — 0:52
20. 20 - 'If I may have it when it's dead' — 0:53
21. 21 - 'There's been a death in the opposite house' — 1:15
22. 22 - 'After great pain, a formal feeling comes' — 1:10

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