From the Life of a Good-For-Nothing: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
From the Life of a Good-For-Nothing by Joseph von Eichendorff: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 10 original MP3 tracks, 3:20:33 running time and a link to listen.

From the Life of a Good-For-Nothing, credited to Joseph von Eichendorff, 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 From the Life of a Good-For-Nothing by Joseph von Eichendorff. (Translated by Annis Lee Wister.) Read in English by Christoph Stangenberg The main character leaves his parental home to earn his own livelihood. During his journey, he falls in love with Aurelie but believes she is already spoken for. Depressed, he continues his travels to Italy, but thoughts of Aurelie haunt him. Through many adventures and encounters he finds his way back to his love interest's home to discover an unimagined truth. - Summary by Antipode
Recording facts
- Recording title: From the Life of a Good-For-Nothing
- Author credits: Joseph von Eichendorff
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 10
- Listed recording duration: 3:20:33
Catalogue topics
- Italy
- Vienna
- German romanticism
- wanderlust
- natural symbolism
Track guide
- 01 - Chapter 1 — 20:20
- 02 - Chapter 2 — 25:53
- 03 - Chapter 3 — 27:58
- 04 - Chapter 4 — 11:38
- 05 - Chapter 5 — 11:16
- 06 - Chapter 6 — 20:24
- 07 - Chapter 7 — 16:19
- 08 - Chapter 8 — 24:49
- 09 - Chapter 9 — 21:39
- 10 - Chapter 10 — 20:17
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Source and rights
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