Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends, credited to John Keats; Sidney Colvin, 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 Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends by John Keats; Sidney Colvin. Read in English by Nemo; Eva Davis These are the letters of John Keats, as written to family, close friends and others during his brief, eventful years as an artist. (However, the editor chose to exclude love letters to Fanny Brawne, respecting their private nature.) The celebrated Keats letters were written between 1816–1820, and include those colorful entries penned during his 44-day tour with Charles Brown as they rambled through England, Ireland and Scotland. Also included are the famous, lengthy "journal letters," written to his brother George and sister-in-law in America. Not only a poetic genius, Keats shines in epistolary form. His letters brim with the emotion, wit and intelligence he routinely shared with intimates. - Summary by NemoR

Recording facts

• Recording title: Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends
• Author credits: John Keats; Sidney Colvin
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 171
• Listed recording duration: 15:33:46

Catalogue topics

• poetry
• Wordsworth
• letters
• shelley
• romantic
• byron
• Keats

Opening tracks: first 24 of 171

1. 000 - Preface — 21:11
2. 001 - Letter 1 - to Charles Cowden Clarke — 1:10
3. 002 - Letter 2 - to Benjamin Robert Haydon — 1:45
4. 003 - Letter 3 - to Benjamin Robert Haydon — 0:54
5. 004 - Letter 4 - to Charles Cowden Clarke — 1:57
6. 005 - Letter 5 - to John Hamilton Reynolds — 1:28
7. 006 - Letter 6 - to John Hamilton Reynolds — 1:26
8. 007 - Letter 7 - to George and Thomas Keats — 4:25
9. 008 - Letter 8 - to John Hamilton Reynolds — 7:57
10. 009 - Letter 9 - to Leigh Hunt — 7:59
11. 010 - Letter 10 - to Benjamin Robert Haydon — 10:19
12. 011 - Letter 11 - to Messrs. Taylor and Hessey — 3:19
13. 012 - Letter 12 - to Messrs. Taylor and Hessey — 2:17
14. 013 - Letter 13 - to Mariane and Jane Reynolds — 4:27
15. 014 - Letter 14 - to Fanny Keats — 7:53
16. 015 - Letter 15 - to Jane Reynolds — 8:16
17. 016 - Letter 16 - to John Hamilton Reynolds — 8:05
18. 017 - Letter 17 - to Benjamin Robert Haydon — 2:50
19. 018 - Letter 18 - to Benjamin Bailey — 6:19
20. 019 - Letter 19 - to Benjamin Bailey — 7:36
21. 020 - Letter 20 - to Benjamin Bailey — 2:46
22. 021 - Letter 21 - to Charles Wentworth Dilke — 1:01
23. 022 - Letter 22 - to Benjamin Bailey — 10:02
24. 023 - Letter 23 - to John Hamilton Reynolds — 6:00

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