Poor Richard's Almanack: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
Poor Richard's Almanack by Benjamin Franklin: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 7 original MP3 tracks, 1:30:08 running time and a link to listen.
Poor Richard's Almanack, credited to Benjamin Franklin, 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 Poor Richard's Almanack by Benjamin Franklin. Read in English by Michele Fry A brief biographical sketch of Franklin's life, followed by a collection (published in 1899) of 670 aphorisms, apothegms, or proverbs - short, pithy, instructive sayings - that were scattered throughout the pages of his Poor Richard's Almanack over its 25 years of once-a-year publication (1732-1758). Many of these sayings are familiar to all . . . "a penny saved is a penny earned" . . . "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" . . . but there are many more for you to laugh at, ponder over and learn from! Most were not invented by him, but these little gems of wisdom Franklin gleaned from all over the world are what made his Almanack so wildly popular, and himself a wealthy man. - Summary by Michele Fry, Soloist
Recording facts
- Recording title: Poor Richard's Almanack
- Author credits: Benjamin Franklin
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 7
- Listed recording duration: 1:30:08
Catalogue topics
- aphorisms
- wisdom
- prosperity
- proverbs
Track guide
- 00 - Introduction, and Aphorisms 1-99 — 19:48
- 01 - Aphorisms 100-199 — 12:51
- 02 - Aphorisms 200-299 — 11:59
- 03 - Aphorisms 300-399 — 11:32
- 04 - Aphorisms 400-499 — 12:56
- 05 - Aphorisms 500-599 — 12:19
- 06 - Aphorisms 600-670 — 8:43
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