Lourdes: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Lourdes, credited to Émile Zola, 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 Lourdes by Émile Zola. (Translated by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly.) Read in English by Peter Tucker This book describes a five day national pilgrimage to the holy shrine of Lourdes, where miracle cures are hoped for. The central character is a priest, Pierre, whose faith is faltering. He is accompanying his childhood sweetheart who has been stricken with paralysis and whose faith is strong. In the background of the great irony of this relationship, there are numerous sub-plots, some tragic, some whimsical, involving a large number of characters, set in the midst of organised chaos in the pilgrimage site. Through Pierre's mental and spiritual experiences Zola explores the role of religious faith in a society coming to terms with science and reason. - Summary by Peter Tucker

Recording facts

• Recording title: Lourdes
• Author credits: Émile Zola
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 26
• Listed recording duration: 19:03:37

Catalogue topics

• Catholicism
• suffering
• miracles
• cure
• lourdes
• shrine

Opening tracks: first 24 of 26

1. 00 - Preface — 13:56
2. 01 - The First Day: I — 40:30
3. 02 - The First Day: II — 44:36
4. 03 - The First Day: III — 44:25
5. 04 - The First Day: IV — 48:51
6. 05 - The First Day: V — 53:29
7. 06 - The Second Day: I — 40:31
8. 07 - The Second Day: II — 44:13
9. 08 - The Second Day: III — 44:18
10. 09 - The Second Day: IV — 46:31
11. 10 - The Second Day: V — 48:06
12. 11 - The Third Day: I — 39:54
13. 12 - The Third Day: II — 49:44
14. 13 - The Third Day: III — 40:32
15. 14 - The Third Day: IV — 47:25
16. 15 - The Third Day: V — 41:58
17. 16 - The Fourth Day: I — 39:12
18. 17 - The Fourth Day: II — 38:36
19. 18 - The Fourth Day: III — 42:13
20. 19 - The Fourth Day: IV — 47:48
21. 20 - The Fourth Day: V — 44:13
22. 21 - The Fifth Day: I — 37:53
23. 22 - The Fifth Day: II — 50:22
24. 23 - The Fifth Day: III — 51:44

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