Gleanings in Graveyards: A Collection of Curious Epitaphs: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Gleanings in Graveyards: A Collection of Curious Epitaphs, credited to Horatio Edward Norfolk, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Gleanings in Graveyards: A Collection of Curious Epitaphs by Horatio Edward Norfolk. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. Interesting, witty, and unusual epitaphs found in graveyards in England, Wales, Scotland, and more. Feast on this gem: Dr. I. Letsome wrote the following for his own tombstone: "When people's ill, they comes to I, I physics, bleeds, and sweats 'em; Sometimes they live, sometimes they die; What's that to I? I. Letsome." - Summary by MamaPhish and Dr. I. Letsome

Recording facts

• Recording title: Gleanings in Graveyards: A Collection of Curious Epitaphs
• Author credits: Horatio Edward Norfolk
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 27
• Listed recording duration: 4:29:47

Catalogue topics

• epitaphs

Opening tracks: first 24 of 27

1. 00 - Preface — 4:36
2. 01 - England part 1: Bedfordshire and Berkshire — 12:55
3. 02 - England part 2: Buckinghamshire and Cambridgeshire — 8:47
4. 03 - England part 3: Cheshire and Cornwall — 13:20
5. 04 - England part 4: Derbyshire and Devonshire — 11:12
6. 05 - England part 5: Dorsetshire, Durham, and Essex — 12:02
7. 06 - England part 6: Gloucestershire and Hampshire — 16:25
8. 07 - England part 7: Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Kent — 15:00
9. 08 - England part 8: Lancashire and Lincolnshire — 10:31
10. 09 - England part 9: Middlesex and Monmouthshire — 17:27
11. 10 - England part 10: Norfolk and Northamptonshire — 11:35
12. 11 - England part 11: Nottinghamshire, Northumberland, Oxfordshire, Rutlandshire, and Shropshire — 7:38
13. 12 - England part 12: Somersetshire, Staffordshire, and Suffolk — 8:58
14. 13 - England part 13: Surrey and Sussex — 10:03
15. 14 - England part 14: Warwickshire, Westmoreland and Wiltshire — 4:42
16. 15 - England part 15: Worcestershire and Yorkshire — 7:51
17. 16 - Wales — 2:37
18. 17 - Scotland — 9:36
19. 18 - Miscellaneous part 1 — 8:55
20. 19 - Miscellaneous part 2 — 8:06
21. 20 - Miscellaneous part 3 — 12:16
22. 21 - Miscellaneous part 4 — 8:20
23. 22 - Miscellaneous part 5 — 10:07
24. 23 - Miscellaneous part 6 — 9:11

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