Manchester Poetry: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
Manchester Poetry by James Wheeler: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 13 original MP3 tracks, 3:31:43 running time and a link to listen.
Manchester Poetry, credited to James Wheeler, 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 Manchester Poetry by James Wheeler. Read in English by Phil Benson Manchester's first published anthology of locally-written poetry was compiled by editor James Wheeler to show that Manchester, 'the most mechanical of boroughs', had more to offer than spinning jennies and power looms. The collection includes selections from ten Manchester-born poets, among whom Charles Swain was the best known. - Summary by Phil Benson
Recording facts
- Recording title: Manchester Poetry
- Author credits: James Wheeler
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 13
- Listed recording duration: 3:31:43
Catalogue topics
- poetry
- Manchester
Track guide
- 00 - Introductory Essay — 19:45
- 01 - Poems by John Byrom — 8:43
- 02 - Poems by Mrs. Fletcher (Maria Jane Jewsbury) — 18:11
- 03 - Poems by Charles Swain — 18:26
- 04 - Poems by Charles Swain continued — 20:07
- 05 - Poems by Rev. Dr. Mc. All — 4:05
- 06 - Poems by W. H. Ainsworth — 14:57
- 07 - Poems by Rev. R. Parkinson — 12:36
- 08 - Poems by J. Riddal Wood — 16:41
- 09 - Poems by William Mort — 19:01
- 10 - Poems by Samuel Bamford — 16:04
- 11 - Poems by Ner Gardiner — 12:04
- 12 - Miscellany — 31:03
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