Harold the Dauntless: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
Harold the Dauntless by Sir Walter Scott: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 8 original MP3 tracks, 2:07:27 running time and a link to listen.
Harold the Dauntless, credited to Sir Walter Scott, 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 Harold the Dauntless, by Sir Walter Scott. Read by Nathan. Harold the Dauntless is a rhymed, romantic, narrative-poem by Sir Walter Scott. Written in 1817, it weaves together elements of popular English legends and folklore using dramatic themes. The poem recounts the exploits and the personal spiritual journey of a doubtful knight errant - Harold the son of Danish Count Witikind: who seeks to recover his lands and wed a suitable spouse. Fire-breathing Harold is as much a stranger to love as he is addicted to dangerous adventure: yet his own confrontations with the spirit-world shake his faith in supposed omnipotence of the traditional Norse pantheon. Can a blood-thirsty warrior like Harold ever feel the raptures of love? Can a man born to cherish gods of war really wish to exchange them for a God of peace? (Introduction by Godsend)
Recording facts
- Recording title: Harold the Dauntless
- Author credits: Sir Walter Scott
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 8
- Listed recording duration: 2:07:27
Catalogue topics
- poem
- knight errant
- norse gods
Track guide
- 00 Introduction — 4:52
- 01 Canto First — 22:50
- 02 Canto Second — 21:47
- 03 Canto Third — 16:49
- 04 Canto Fourth — 18:41
- 05 Canto Fifth — 19:48
- 06 Canto Sixth — 21:35
- 07 Conclusion — 1:10
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