Oak and Ivy: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Oak and Ivy, credited to Paul Laurence Dunbar, 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 Oak and Ivy by Paul Laurence Dunbar. Read in English by Andrew Kennedy "Oak and Ivy" is Paul Laurence Dunbar's first collection of poetry. He was by far the most successful Black American to write poetry in the so-called Negro dialect, although he also wrote a lot of verse in standard diction. His poetry and prose often speaks of the frustrated aspirations of and bleak prospects for African Americans in a white supremacist era. - Summary by TriciaG

Recording facts

• Recording title: Oak and Ivy
• Author credits: Paul Laurence Dunbar
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 56
• Listed recording duration: 1:48:25

Catalogue topics

• paul laurence dunbar
• african american poetry
• 19th century american poetry
• dialect poetry

Opening tracks: first 24 of 56

1. 01 - Ode to Ethiopia — 3:03
2. 02 - A Drowsy Day — 2:05
3. 03 - Keep A-Pluggin' Away — 2:04
4. 04 - The Sparrow — 1:16
5. 05 - An Easter Ode — 2:37
6. 06 - October — 1:57
7. 07 - Merry Autumn — 2:32
8. 08 - To Dr. James Newton Matthews — 1:29
9. 09 - A Summer Pastoral — 3:38
10. 10 - Songs — 2:53
11. 11 - Sunset — 1:01
12. 12 - In Summer Time — 2:59
13. 13 - Hymn — 1:08
14. 14 - A Banjo Song — 3:29
15. 15 - The Ol' Tunes — 3:16
16. 16 - Lullaby — 0:39
17. 17 - Christmas Carol — 1:47
18. 18 - Welcome Address — 1:57
19. 19 - The Old Apple-Tree — 3:55
20. 20 - James Whitcomb Riley — 2:09
21. 21 - A Thanksgiving Poem — 2:05
22. 22 - To Miss Mary Britton — 2:38
23. 23 - Whittier — 1:14
24. 24 - Nutting Song — 1:48

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