Quatrains of Omar Khayyam: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Quatrains of Omar Khayyam, credited to Justin Huntly McCarthy, 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 Quatrains of Omar Khayyam, by Justin Huntly McCarthy. Read by Algy Pug. Justin Huntly McCarthy (1859 - 1936) was an Irish scholar, author and nationalist politician. In 1889 his prose translations of 466 quatrains of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam was published by David Nutt. An abbreviated edition, containing a shorter introduction and translations of 373 quatrains, was published by David Nutt in 1898, and this has been used for the present recording. (Summary by Algy Pug)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Quatrains of Omar Khayyam
• Author credits: Justin Huntly McCarthy
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 8
• Listed recording duration: 1:46:15

Catalogue topics

• Poetry
• Khayyam
• wine
• love
• religion
• spirit

Track guide

1. 0 - Section 0 - Dedication and Introduction — 2:18
2. 1 - Section 1 — 13:18
3. 2 - Section 2 — 20:26
4. 3 - Section 3 — 17:42
5. 4 - Section 4 — 17:57
6. 5 - Section 5 — 17:52
7. 6 - Section 6 — 9:43
8. 7 - Section 7 - The Grave of Omar Khayyam — 6:59

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