Household Words Issue 8: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Household Words Issue 8, credited to Charles Dickens, 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 Household Words Issue 8 by Charles Dickens. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. Household Words was an English weekly magazine edited by Charles Dickens in the 1850s. It took its name from the line in Shakespeare's Henry V: "Familiar in his mouth as household words." The subject matter was varied, including poetry, fiction, non-fiction and opinions. - Summary by LynneT

Recording facts

• Recording title: Household Words Issue 8
• Author credits: Charles Dickens
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 9
• Listed recording duration: 2:39:28

Catalogue topics

• ships
• writing
• Law
• cats and dogs

Track guide

1. 01 - The Begging-Letter Writer — 20:35
2. 02 - The Great Cat and Dog Question — 22:37
3. 03 - A Card from Mr. Booley — 2:02
4. 04 - Law at a Low Price — 30:00
5. 05 - Swedish Folk Songs -- Fair Carin — 2:34
6. 06 - A Visit to the Arctic Discovery Ships — 11:47
7. 07 - The Miner's Daughters -- in Three Chapters -- Chapter III Courtship and Another Ship — 23:32
8. 08 - A Letter from a Highly Respected Old Lady — 8:23
9. 09 - A Sample of the Old School by An Old Boy — 37:58

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