Prisoner for Blasphemy: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Prisoner for Blasphemy, credited to George William Foote, 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 Prisoner for Blasphemy by George William Foote. Read in English by Rob Marland George William Foote, a British secularist, was convicted and imprisoned on the charge of blasphemy after founding "The Freethinker", a magazine that, despite the best efforts of the 19th Century British judicial system, is still going strong. "Prisoner for Blasphemy" is a memoir of his several trials and final imprisonment in Holloway Gaol. Although Foote's was the last prominent blasphemy case in England, his hope that the blasphemy law would soon be abolished was not to be realised until almost a century after his death, in 2008. (Summary by Rob Marland)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Prisoner for Blasphemy
• Author credits: George William Foote
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 18
• Listed recording duration: 6:54:46

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 22:07
2. 01 - I. The Storm Brewing — 21:03
3. 02 - II. Our First Summons — 18:03
4. 03 - III. Mr. Bradlaugh Included — 20:17
5. 04 - IV. Our Indictment — 20:13
6. 05 - V. Another Prosecution — 24:37
7. 06 - VI. Preparing for Trial — 22:37
8. 07 - VII. At the Old Bailey — 42:54
9. 08 - VIII. Newgate — 30:36
10. 09 - IX. The Second Trial — 23:42
11. 10 - X. Black Maria — 19:47
12. 11 - XI. Holloway Gaol — 20:30
13. 12 - XII. Prison Life — 38:45
14. 13 - XIII. Parson Plaford — 23:34
15. 14 - XIV. The Third Trial — 26:08
16. 15 - XV. Loss and Gain — 17:52
17. 16 - XVI. A Long Night — 14:18
18. 17 - XVII. Daylight — 11:19

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