Niels Klim's Journey Under the Ground: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Niels Klim's Journey Under the Ground, credited to Baron Ludvig Holberg, 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 Niels Klim's Journey Under the Ground, by Baron Ludvig Holberg. Read by Alan Winterrowd. Niels Klim's Underground Travels, originally published in Latin as Nicolai Klimii Iter Subterraneum (1741) is a satirical science-fiction/fantasy novel written by Ludvig Holberg, a Norwegian-Danish dramatist, historian, and essayist, born in Bergen, Norway. It was his first and only novel. It describes a utopian society from an outsider's point of view, and often pokes fun at diverse cultural and social topics such as moral, science, sexual equality, religion, governments, and philosophy. (Summary by Wikipedia)(Text is from a 1845 translation by John Gierlow)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Niels Klim's Journey Under the Ground
• Author credits: Baron Ludvig Holberg
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 17
• Listed recording duration: 3:50:50

Catalogue topics

• Fantasy
• Satire
• Adventure
• Science Fiction

Track guide

1. 01 -Introduction and Apologetic Preface — 15:42
2. 02 -Chapter I - The Author's Descent to the Abyss — 9:40
3. 03 -Chapter II - The Author's Arrival at the Planet Nazar — 12:11
4. 04 -Chapter III - Description of the Town Keba — 5:53
5. 05 -Chapter IV - The Royal Court of Potu — 5:43
6. 06 -Chapter V - The Kingdom of Potu and Its Inhabitants — 3:52
7. 07 -Chapter VI - The Religion of the Potuans — 3:17
8. 08 -Chapter VII - The Potuan Constitution — 6:01
9. 09 -Chapter VIII - The Academies of Potu — 6:00
10. 10 -Chapter IX - The Journey Around the Planet Nazar — 42:03
11. 11 -Chapter X - The Voyage to the Firmament — 27:04
12. 12 -Chapter XI - The Voyage to the Land-of-Wonders — 20:09
13. 13 -Chapter XII - The Author's Arrival in Quama — 10:28
14. 14 -Chapter XIII - The Beginning of the Fifth Monarchy — 35:38
15. 15 -Chapter XIV - The Author Becomes a Monarch Under The Ground — 6:03
16. 16 -Chapter XV - A Sudden Change in the Fortunes of the Author — 11:03
17. 17 -Chapter XVI - The Author's Return to His Father-Land, and the End of the Fifth Monarchy — 10:04

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