Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard, credited to Eleanor Farjeon, 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 Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard by Eleanor Farjeon. Read by Peter Eastman. The wandering minstrel Martin Pippin finds a lovelorn ploughman who begs him to visit the orchard where his beloved has been locked in the well-house with six sworn virgins to guard her. Martin Pippin goes to the rescue and wins the confidence of the young women by telling them love stories. Although ostensibly a children's book, the six love stories, which have much the form of Perrault's fairy tales such as Beauty and the Beast and Cinderella, have a depth which is adult in sentiment, and indeed they were written not for a child but for a young soldier, Victor Haslam. Among the stories, themes include the apparent loss of a loved one, betrayal, and the yearning of a woman for whom it appears that love will never come. (Introduction adapted from Wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard
• Author credits: Eleanor Farjeon
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 26
• Listed recording duration: 11:58:05

Catalogue topics

• fiction
• short stories
• love stories

Opening tracks: first 24 of 26

1. 01 - Introduction — 13:18
2. 02 - Prologue Parts I and II — 21:12
3. 03 - Prologue Part III; Prelude to the First Tale — 21:22
4. 04 - The King's Barn — 30:00
5. 05 - The King's Barn (continued) — 35:08
6. 06 - First Interlude — 18:51
7. 07 - Young Gerard (part 1) — 30:48
8. 08 - Young Gerard (part 2) — 27:38
9. 09 - Young Gerard (part 3) — 20:00
10. 10 - Second Interlude — 20:47
11. 11 - The Mill of Dreams (part 1) — 32:35
12. 12 - The Mill of Dreams (part 2) — 29:53
13. 13 - The Mill of Dreams (part 3) — 27:28
14. 14 - Third Interlude — 34:12
15. 15 - Open Winkins (part 1) — 34:32
16. 16 - Open Winkins (part 2) — 30:56
17. 17 - Open Winkins (part 3) — 30:28
18. 18 - Fourth Interlude — 33:19
19. 19 - Proud Rosalind and the Hart-Royal (part 1) — 30:52
20. 20 - Proud Rosalind and the Hart-Royal (part 2) — 29:07
21. 21 - Proud Rosalind and the Hart-Royal (part 3) — 42:55
22. 22 - Fifth Interlude — 39:07
23. 23 - The Imprisoned Princess; Postlude Parts I and II — 21:24
24. 24 - Postlude Parts III and IV — 24:07

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