Leaves of Grass: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 34 original MP3 tracks, 19:16:02 running time and a link to listen.
Leaves of Grass, credited to Walt Whitman, 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 Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman. Read in English by Librivox volunteers. American poet Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass, is a collection of poems notable for its frank delight in and praise of the senses, during a time when such candid displays were considered immoral. Where much previous poetry, especially English, relied on symbolism, allegory, and meditation on the religious and spiritual, Leaves of Grass exalted the body and the material world. Whitman was inspired to begin Leaves of Grass after reading an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson which expressed a need for a uniquely American poet. When the book was first published, Whitman sent a copy to Emerson, whose praiseful letter of response helped launch the book to success. Whitman's hero, Abraham Lincoln, read and enjoyed an early version of Leaves of Grass. Despite such high recommendations, Whitman faced charges of obscenity and immorality for his work, but this only led to increased popularity of the book. Whitman continually revised and republished Leaves of Grass throughout his lifetime, notably adding the "Drum-Taps" section after Lincoln's assassination. The book grew from 12 poems in its first publication, which Whitman paid for and typeset himself, to nearly 400 poems in its final, "Death Bed Edition." This recording is of the final edition. (Summary adapted from wikipedia.org by Annie Coleman) For more information on our readers, see our catalog page: http://librivox.org/leaves-of-grass-by-walt-whitman/ For more free audiobooks, or to become a volunteer reader, please visit librivox.org
Recording facts
- Recording title: Leaves of Grass
- Author credits: Walt Whitman
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 34
- Listed recording duration: 19:16:02
Catalogue topics
- whitman
- poetry
- america
Opening tracks: first 24 of 34
- Book 1 — 29:58
- Book 2 — 33:50
- Book 3, Part 1 — 30:00
- Book 3, Part 2 — 43:38
- Book 3, Part 3 — 46:45
- Book 3, Part 4 — 37:50
- Book 4 — 27:13
- Book 5 — 46:17
- Books 6-7 — 50:47
- Books 8-10 — 41:12
- Books 11-12 — 45:24
- Book 13 — 20:52
- Book 14 — 10:34
- Book 15 — 24:35
- Book 16 — 15:17
- Book 17 — 31:14
- Book 18 — 9:58
- Book 19 — 48:18
- Book 20 — 23:46
- Book 21, Part 1 — 41:27
- Book 21, Part 2 — 46:56
- Book 22 — 15:21
- Book 23 — 35:27
- Book 24, Part 1 — 48:34
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