Idle Hours In A Library: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Idle Hours In A Library, credited to William Henry Hudson, 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 Idle Hours In A Library by William Henry Hudson. Read in English by David Wales “[these essays on Shakespeare, Pepys, Restoration novels, and bohemianism]—the results of many hours of quiet but rather aimless browsing among books, and not of special investigations, undertaken with a view to definite scholastic ends. They are, moreover, as will readily be seen, completely unacademic in style and intention.” Published in 1897. Hudson (1841-1922) was a prolific author, naturalist, and ornithologist. His most popular book in the early 20th century was Green Mansions.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Idle Hours In A Library
• Author credits: William Henry Hudson
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 9
• Listed recording duration: 5:24:29

Catalogue topics

• Shakespeare
• restoration
• bohemian
• pepys

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 4:28
2. 01 - London Life In Shakespere's Time 1 — 44:25
3. 02 - London Life In Shakespere's Time 2 — 42:10
4. 03 - Pepys And His Diary 1 — 42:40
5. 04 - Pepys And His Diary 2 — 38:53
6. 05 - Two Novelists Of The English Restoration 1 — 37:31
7. 06 - Two Novelists Of The English Restoration 2 — 34:50
8. 07 - A Glimpse Of Bohemia 1 — 40:50
9. 08 - A Glimpse Of Bohemia 2 — 38:42

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