Poison Island: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Poison Island, credited to Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, 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 Poison Island by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch. Read in English by Daniel Goodson; Danny Whitfield; ToddHW; deongines; Jules Hawryluk; Audrey Giger; Kieren Metts; THBosc; Logan Lorenz; Diana Schmidt; Romano Mysterious old Captain Coffin not only has a wild story about a Honduran island where treasure lies, he has a map. But they must be wary because it also holds “a poison that kills a man and keeps him fresh as paint”. Nothing can hold Harry back from tagging along and meeting up with murder, intrigue, a collection of colorful characters, and a vociferous parrot. - Summary by Amy Gramour

Recording facts

• Recording title: Poison Island
• Author credits: Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 34
• Listed recording duration: 9:10:52

Catalogue topics

• adventure
• pirates
• South America
• Honduras
• treasure hunting

Opening tracks: first 24 of 34

1. 01 - HOW I FIRST MET WITH CAPTAIN COFFIN — 14:51
2. 02 - I AM ENTERED AT COPENHAGEN ACADEMY — 10:06
3. 03 - A STREET FIGHT, AND WHAT CAME OF IT — 9:12
4. 04 - CAPTAIN COFFIN STUDIES NAVIGATION — 15:38
5. 05 - THE WHALEBOAT — 15:09
6. 06 - MY FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE CHART — 11:29
7. 07 - ENTER THE RETURNED PRISONER — 15:04
8. 08 - THE HUNTED AND THE HUNTER — 15:42
9. 09 - CHAOS IN THE CAPTAINS LODGINGS — 12:41
10. 10 - NEWS — 17:29
11. 11 - THE CRIME IN THE SUMMER-HOUSE — 15:10
12. 12 - THE BLOODSTAIN ON THE STILE — 19:57
13. 13 - CLUES IN A TANGLE — 15:31
14. 14 - HOW I BROKE OUT THE RED ENSIGN — 14:41
15. 15 - CAPTAIN BRANSCOME'S CONFESSION—THE MAN IN THE LANE — 20:54
16. 16 - CAPTAIN BRANSCOME'S CONFESSION—THE FLAG AND THE CASHBOX — 21:12
17. 17 - THE CHART OF MORTALLONE — 12:02
18. 18 - THE CONTENTS OF THE CORNER CUPBOARD — 15:24
19. 19 - CAPTAIN COFFIN'S LOG-Part 1 — 22:16
20. 20 - CAPTAIN COFFIN'S LOG-Part 2 — 17:39
21. 21 - IN WHICH PLINNY SURPRISES EVERYONE — 14:48
22. 22 - A STRANGE MAN IN THE GARDEN — 18:09
23. 23 - HOW WE SAILED TO THE ISLAND — 11:03
24. 24 - WE ANCHOR OFF THE ISLAND — 14:55

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