Emmeline, the Orphan of the Castle: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Emmeline, the Orphan of the Castle, credited to Charlotte Turner Smith, 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 Emmeline, the Orphan of the Castle by Charlotte Turner Smith. Read in English by Michele Fry; Lynne Thompson; MaryAnnS; Aromli; fshort; merelyseoneil; SvenVer; jenno; Sonia; Mary Herndon Bell This book was written about 150 years ahead of its time. It tells the story of Emmeline Mobwray who grows up in a dysfunctional family and has to find herself against all odds. Orphaned at a young age, she has to stay alone in a remote castle under the care of a kind housekeeper. But when the kind housekeeper dies, the family starts to take interest in her- to mixed results. Her cousin becomes obsessed with her, much to the displeasure of his wealthy and arrogant parents. Thus, Emmeline is forced to run away from the only home she knew in order to escape his attentions. Would Emmeline be able to stand up to him at the end or, like many of her contemporaries, would she be forced into a loveless match? Can Emmeline survive in a society predominated by wealth without money or connections? And is Emmeline's family the only one with problems? Throughout the novel, Emmeline learns to create and sustain true friendships and grows up to her role as a woman of that era- with all that it entails." (summary by Stav Nisser)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Emmeline, the Orphan of the Castle
• Author credits: Charlotte Turner Smith
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 59
• Listed recording duration: 23:25:30

Catalogue topics

• love story
• gothic novel
• coming of age story
• cinderella story

Opening tracks: first 24 of 59

1. 00 - Introduction: To My Children — 2:30
2. 01 - Volume 1, Chapter 1, — 16:59
3. 02 - Volume 1, Chapter 2, — 14:39
4. 03 - Volume 1, Chapter 3 — 15:57
5. 04 - Volume 1, Chapter 4 — 16:58
6. 05 - Volume 1, Chapter 5 — 21:32
7. 06 - Volume 1, Chapter 6 — 11:51
8. 07 - Volume 1, Chapter 7 — 20:30
9. 08 - Volume 1, Chapter 8 — 17:49
10. 09 - Volume 1, Chapter 9 — 13:25
11. 10 - Volume 1, Chapter 10 — 21:25
12. 11 - Volume 1, Chapter 11 — 24:32
13. 12 - Volume 1, Chapter 12 — 21:57
14. 13 - Volume 1, Chapter 13 — 35:15
15. 14 - Volume 1, Chapter 14 — 17:00
16. 15 - Volume 1, Chapter 15 — 19:22
17. 16 - Volume 1, Chapter 16 — 11:33
18. 17 - Volume 2, Chapter 1 — 33:56
19. 18 - Volume 2, Chapter 2 — 14:10
20. 19 - Volume 2, Chapter 3 — 30:16
21. 20 - Volume 2, Chapter 4 — 12:38
22. 21 - Volume 2, Chapter 5 — 23:03
23. 22 - Volume 2, Chapter 6 — 22:47
24. 23 - Volume 2, Chapter 7 — 19:34

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