Hedda Gabler: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Hedda Gabler, credited to Henrik Ibsen, 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 Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906). Translated by Edmund Gosse (1849-1928) and William Archer (1856-1924). Hedda Gabler is a play first published in 1890 by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. In it, Hedda Gabler, daughter of an aristocratic General, has just returned from her honeymoon with George Tesman, an aspiring young academic, reliable but not brilliant, who has combined research with their honeymoon. The reappearance of Tesman's academic rival, Eilert Lovborg, throws their lives into disarray. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia by wildemoose) Characters: George Tesman - Read by mb Hedda Tesman, his wife - Read by Arielle Lipshaw Miss Juliana Tesman, his aunt - Read by Kalynda Mrs. Elvsted - Read by Elizabeth Klett Judge Brack - Read by Joe Bly Eilbert Loveborg - Read by Bob Sherman Berta, servant at the Tesmans - Read by Diana Majlinger Narrator|Stage Directions - Read by Availle Director|File Editor - Arielle Lipshaw

Recording facts

• Recording title: Hedda Gabler
• Author credits: Henrik Ibsen
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 4
• Listed recording duration: 2:43:58

Catalogue topics

• play
• humor

Track guide

1. 1 - Act First — 53:54
2. 2 - Act Second — 48:47
3. 3 - Act Third — 31:03
4. 4 - Act Fourth — 30:16

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