Laugh and Live: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Laugh and Live, credited to Douglas Fairbanks, 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 Laugh and Live by Douglas Fairbanks. Read by Tom Weiss. Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. (May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He was best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films such as The Thief of Baghdad, Robin Hood, and The Mark of Zorro. His book, Laugh and Live, is a book about positive virtues and advice for leading a good, healthy, and successful life. An advisory about this book is in order. Published in 1917, it was written at a time when “men went to work, women kept house, and supported their man”. Some of the writing and references are old-fashioned by today’s standards. Several ideas may be at odds with plans for successful lives today, especially for female listeners. Listeners should still find many valuable common-sense suggestions for leading a wholesome life. (Introduction from Wikipedia and Tom Weiss)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Laugh and Live
• Author credits: Douglas Fairbanks
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 4
• Listed recording duration: 3:23:01

Catalogue topics

• Douglas Fairbanks
• Laugh and live
• positive virtues
• advice
• healthy life
• non-fiction
• essay

Track guide

1. 01 - Chapters 1 through 5 — 45:00
2. 02 - Chapters 6 through 10 — 50:34
3. 03 - Chapters 11 through 15 — 48:37
4. 04 - Chapters 16 through 20 — 58:51

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