In Darkest England and the Way Out: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

In Darkest England and the Way Out, credited to William Booth, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of In Darkest England and the Way Out by William Booth. Read in English by Tom Hirsch William Booth (1829 – 1912) was the founding General of the Salvation Army in late nineteenth century England. Finding his salvation as a teenager, he went on to become one of the most controversial and, ultimately, well-loved and respected social reformers of his day. Published in 1890 amidst the turmoil of the death of his beloved wife, Catherine, “In Darkest England” was hailed as a revolutionary approach to coping with the social ills facing Great Britain at the time. Although 130 years old, this revolutionary book of Victorian England still has much to say of note today. - Summary by Tom Hirsch

Recording facts

• Recording title: In Darkest England and the Way Out
• Author credits: William Booth
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 47
• Listed recording duration: 15:32:41

Catalogue topics

• salvation army
• evangelism
• social reform
• victorian england

Opening tracks: first 24 of 47

1. 00 - Preface — 12:25
2. 01 - Why Darkest England — 27:33
3. 02 - The Submerged Tenth — 21:23
4. 03 - The Homeless — 27:19
5. 04 - The Out-of-Works — 24:15
6. 05 - On The Verge of the Abyss — 18:52
7. 06 - The Vicious — 33:33
8. 07 - The Criminals — 15:55
9. 08 - The Children of the Lost — 14:41
10. 09 - Is There No Help? - Part 1 — 24:15
11. 10 - Is There No Help? - Part 2 — 23:20
12. 11 - Deliverance - Part 1 — 25:04
13. 12 - Deliverance - Part 2 — 5:04
14. 13 - To the Rescue! - The City Colony - Part 1 — 20:44
15. 14 - To the Rescue! - The City Colony - Part 2 — 17:22
16. 15 - Work for the Out-of-Works - The Factory — 18:43
17. 16 - The Regimentation of the Unemployed — 8:16
18. 17 - The Household Salvage Brigade — 29:14
19. 18 - To the Country! The Farm Colony — 32:57
20. 19 - The Industrial Village — 14:33
21. 20 - Agricultural Villages — 4:48
22. 21 - New Britain - The Colony Over-Sea — 18:51
23. 22 - Universal Emigration — 12:53
24. 23 - More Crusades - Part 1 — 21:50

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