Piccadilly: A Fragment of Contemporary Biography: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Piccadilly: A Fragment of Contemporary Biography, credited to Laurence Oliphant, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Piccadilly: A Fragment of Contemporary Biography, by Laurence Oliphant. Laurence Oliphant, author, international traveller, diplomatist and mystic, who spent a decade in later life under the influence of the spiritualist prophet Thomas Lake Harris, writes here under the amusing guise of Lord Frank Vanecourt, bringing us a veritable pot-pourri of events from everyday life in 1865 as he moves amongst the great, the good, and not so good who reside in the exclusive area of London's Piccadilly W1 and its surroundings. (Summary by Nigel Carrington)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Piccadilly: A Fragment of Contemporary Biography
• Author credits: Laurence Oliphant
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 13
• Listed recording duration: 7:54:48

Catalogue topics

• satire

Track guide

1. 01 - Preface and Part I: Love — 44:09
2. 02 - Part IIa: Madness — 32:19
3. 03 - Part IIb: Madness — 28:42
4. 04 - Part IIIa: Suicide — 32:52
5. 05 - Part IIIb: Suicide — 35:53
6. 06 - Part IVa: The World — 36:31
7. 07 - Part IVb: The World — 38:05
8. 08 - Part Va: The Flesh — 30:46
9. 09 - Part Vb: The Flesh — 42:55
10. 10 - Part VIa: The ____ — 48:31
11. 11 - Part VIb: The ____ — 38:31
12. 12 Conclusion — 27:52
13. 13 Conclusion — 37:46

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