Manhattan Transfer: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Manhattan Transfer, credited to John Dos Passos, 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 Manhattan Transfer by John Dos Passos. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. Manhattan Transfer is novel that follows several individuals and their overlapping stories in New York City from the Gilded Age to the Jazz Age. The narrative jumps from one vignette to the next with little warning, adding to the impression of a Manhattan teeming with energy and restlessness. The book attacks the consumerism, mercilessness, and social indifference of contemporary urban life. (Summary by TriciaG, with help from Wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Manhattan Transfer
• Author credits: John Dos Passos
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 29
• Listed recording duration: 14:01:11

Catalogue topics

• fiction
• New York
• immigrants
• class
• manhattan
• psychological fiction
• social problems
• rich people

Opening tracks: first 24 of 29

1. 01 - I.I Ferryslip — 17:24
2. 02 - I.II Metropolis, Part 1 — 33:57
3. 03 - I.II Metropolis, Part 2 — 34:02
4. 04 - I.II Metropolis, Part 3 — 19:13
5. 05 - I.III Dollars, Part 1 — 30:29
6. 06 - I.III Dollars, Part 2 — 26:12
7. 07 - I.IV Tracks, Part 1 — 38:14
8. 08 - I.IV Tracks, Part 2 — 32:27
9. 09 - I.V Steamroller — 31:55
10. 10 - II.I Great Lady on a White Horse — 30:59
11. 11 - II.II Longlegged Jack of the Isthmus, Part 1 — 30:29
12. 12 - II.II Longlegged Jack of the Isthmus, Part 2 — 26:35
13. 13 - II.III Nine Days' Wonder, Part 1 — 21:26
14. 14 - II.III Nine Days' Wonder, Part 2 — 45:23
15. 15 - II.IV Fire Engine — 29:25
16. 16 - II.V Went to the Animals' Fair — 39:27
17. 17 - II.VI Five Statutory Questions — 24:42
18. 18 - II.VII Rollercoaster — 12:33
19. 19 - II.VIII One More River to Jordan — 30:56
20. 20 - III.I Rejoicing City that Dwelt Carelessly — 38:57
21. 21 - III.II Nickelodeon — 27:29
22. 22 - III.III Revolving Doors, Part 1 — 23:52
23. 23 - III.III Revolving Doors, Part 2 — 27:16
24. 24 - III.III Revolving Doors, Part 3 — 39:34

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