Original Stories from Real Life: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Original Stories from Real Life, credited to Mary Wollstonecraft, 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 Original Stories from Real Life by Mary Wollstonecraft. Read in English by Larry Wilson; jenno; Amanda Miller; Willow Lin; Stacy Dugan-Wilcox; Steve C; Ejaz Siddiqui; Cate Williams; Owlivia; Michele Eaton; John; Steven Jon Peterson Mary Wollstonecraft was one of the early promoters of gender equality long before other crusaders took up the cause. She is perhaps best known for her books, “A Vindication of the Rights of Women” (1792) and “A Vindication of the Rights of Men” (1790). But she also wrote widely on education and used fiction formats to promote her progressive views. This book using the genre of didactic children’s stories, was written the same year as her “Mary: A Fiction” 1788, but was first published anonymously. It relates the re-education two young girls -- Mary 15 and Caroline, 12, by Mrs. Mason who dispenses her advice on topics of character and behavior ranging from the treatment of animals to idleness and innocent amusements, without any real dialog. - Summary by Larry Wilson

Recording facts

• Recording title: Original Stories from Real Life
• Author credits: Mary Wollstonecraft
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 26
• Listed recording duration: 3:18:54

Catalogue topics

• education
• ethics
• etiquette
• feminism
• child rearing
• gender equality
• didactic fiction

Opening tracks: first 24 of 26

1. 00 - Preface & Introduction — 5:49
2. 01 - Chapter 1 — 11:10
3. 02 - Chapter 2 — 8:48
4. 03 - Chapter 3 — 10:01
5. 04 - Chapter 4 — 7:48
6. 05 - Chapter 5 — 13:04
7. 06 - Chapter 6 — 3:55
8. 07 - Chapter 7 — 8:38
9. 08 - Chapter 8 — 16:36
10. 09 - Chapter 9 — 6:15
11. 10 - Chapter 10 — 13:03
12. 11 - Chapter 11 — 7:18
13. 12 - Chapter 12 — 6:48
14. 13 - Chapter 13 — 4:34
15. 14 - Chapter 14 — 11:54
16. 15 - Chapter 15 — 8:16
17. 16 - Chapter 16 — 8:20
18. 17 - Chapter 17 — 5:05
19. 18 - Chapter 18 — 4:31
20. 19 - Chapter 19 — 6:49
21. 20 - Chapter 20 — 6:01
22. 21 - Chapter 21 — 6:06
23. 22 - Chapter 22 — 2:48
24. 23 - Chapter 23 — 6:26

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