Mince Pie: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Mince Pie, credited to Christopher Morley, 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 Mince Pie, by Christopher Morley. Mince Pie is a compilation of humorous sketches, poetry, and essays written by Christopher Morley. Morley sets the tone in the preface: "If one asks what excuse there can be for prolonging the existence of these trifles, my answer is that there is no excuse. But a copy on the bedside shelf may possibly pave the way to easy slumber. Only a mind "debauched by learning" (in Doctor Johnson's phrase) will scrutinize them too anxiously." (Summary from preface and by lubee930)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Mince Pie
• Author credits: Christopher Morley
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 61
• Listed recording duration: 6:00:21

Catalogue topics

• essay/short nonfiction
• humor
• poetry

Opening tracks: first 24 of 61

1. 00 - Instructions — 3:31
2. 01 - On Filling an Ink-Well — 9:51
3. 02 - Old Thoughts for Christmas — 9:29
4. 03 - Christmas Cards — 5:41
5. 04 - On Unanswering Letters — 7:27
6. 05 - A Letter To Father Time — 8:30
7. 06 - What Men Live by — 7:46
8. 07 - The Unnatural Naturalist — 8:06
9. 08 - Sitting In The Barber's Chair — 5:29
10. 09 - Brown Eyes and Equinoxes — 5:02
11. 10 - 163 Innocent Old Men — 7:05
12. 11 - A Tragic Smell in Marathon — 7:00
13. 12 - Bullied By The Birds — 6:51
14. 13 - A Message For Boonville — 6:46
15. 14 - Making Marathon Safe For the Urchin — 8:31
16. 15 - The Smell Of Smells — 4:56
17. 16 - A Japanese Bachelor — 19:36
18. 17 - Two Days We Celebrate — 21:25
19. 18 - The Urchin At The Zoo — 9:13
20. 19 - Fellow Craftsmen — 6:41
21. 20 - The Key Ring — 7:18
22. 21 - 'Owd Bob' - Chapter 1 - Introduces Our Hero — 3:01
23. 22 - 'Owd Bob' - Chapter 2 - Our Hero Begins a Career — 3:22
24. 23 - 'Owd Bob' - Chapter 3 - In Which Our Hero Darts Off at a Tangent — 4:25

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