Left to Themselves: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Left to Themselves, credited to Edward Irenæus Stevenson, 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 Left to Themselves by Edward Irenæus Stevenson. Read in English by Donald Cummings Said to be the first-ever gay youth novel, this 1891 story follows the adventures of 12-year-old Gerald Saxton embarking on a trip from New York, to meet his father in Nova Scotia. He is chaperoned by 17-year-old Philip Touchtone. During the trip, their steamer sinks, they are shipwrecked, and marooned on an island. In addition, a shady antagonist is stalking the two. And while all this is happening, a friendship of mutual affection develops between the boys (nothing explicit). - Summary by Donald Cummings

Recording facts

• Recording title: Left to Themselves
• Author credits: Edward Irenæus Stevenson
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 21
• Combined MP3 track duration: 6:11:48

Catalogue topics

• fiction
• adventure
• youth
• Friendship
• voyage
• juvenile
• shipwrecked
• lgbt

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 4:23
2. 01 - Mr. Sip’s Appearance and Disappearance--Philip and Gerald Break Ice in Summer — 18:43
3. 02 - Mutual Confidences; and Philip Turns Red in the Face — 18:52
4. 03 - All About a Row — 19:55
5. 04 - Under Sailing Orders — 10:41
6. 05 - "The Unguessed Beginnings of Trouble" — 25:56
7. 06 - A Riddle Not Easily Answered--The "Old Province" — 13:53
8. 07 - Open War — 20:54
9. 08 - In Night and Mist — 13:46
10. 09 - Two Out of Twelve — 14:00
11. 10 - From an Old Scrap-book — 7:06
12. 11 - A Nameless Haven — 16:10
13. 12 - Invading the Unknown — 18:09
14. 13 - At Home in My Neighbor’s House — 25:33
15. 14 - Allies — 20:30
16. 15 - Storm-stayed — 33:57
17. 16 - Suspense — 26:36
18. 17 - In the Arbor — 26:53
19. 18 - Explanations; and Mr. Jennison Sends a Request — 13:57
20. 19 - After Many Days — 13:57
21. 20 - Present and Future — 7:58

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