My Trip Abroad: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

My Trip Abroad, credited to Charlie Chaplin, 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 My Trip Abroad by Charlie Chaplin. Read in English by Chuck Williamson "A steak and kidney pie, influenza and a cablegram. There is the triple alliance that is responsible for the whole thing." So begins Charlie Chaplin's My Trip Abroad, a travel memoir charting the actor-director's semi-spontaneous visit to Europe. Fresh off the success of 1921's The Kid, Chaplin decides to "play hookey" after his seven year stay in Hollywood. He return to his native Europe as an international superstar, beloved by fans and hounded by reporters. The "triple alliance" of the book's opening line sends Chaplin on an whirlwind tour through Great Britain, Germany, and France -- and the results are both funny and insightful. My Trip Abroad gives us an intimate and moving portrait of a Hollywood legend. Published in the UK as My Wonderful Visit.

Recording facts

• Recording title: My Trip Abroad
• Author credits: Charlie Chaplin
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 15
• Listed recording duration: 7:17:54

Track guide

1. 01 - I Decide to Play Hookey — 31:33
2. 02 - Off to Europe — 32:11
3. 03 - Days on Shipboard — 31:05
4. 04 - Hello! England — 30:21
5. 05 - I Arrive in London — 25:07
6. 06 - The Haunts of My Childhood — 23:51
7. 07 - A Joke and Still on the Go — 18:09
8. 08 - A Memorable Night in London — 26:52
9. 09 - I Meet the Immortals — 32:46
10. 10 - I Meet Thomas Burke and H.G. Wells — 28:45
11. 11 - Off to France — 30:33
12. 12 - My Visit to Germany — 31:11
13. 13 - I Fly From Paris to London — 29:40
14. 14 - Farewells to Paris and London — 26:36
15. 15 - Bon Voyage — 39:14

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