Robinson Crusoe in Words of One Syllable: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Robinson Crusoe in Words of One Syllable, credited to Godolphin, Mary and Aikin, Lucy, 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:

Mary Godolphin was the pseudonym of Lucy Aikin who undertook translating great literature into single-syllable words so that young readers could enjoy plots that were considerably more interesting than, say, the McGuffey readers of the 1880's or the "Dick and Jane" primers of the 1950s (still around today as "decodable readers" in elementary schools). She produced this volume based on Daniel Defoe's most famous work, considered by many to be the first English novel (1719). She also rendered Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and Wyss' Swiss Family Robinson, which she translated as well. I'm recording this as a complement to my voicing for LibriVox of Robinson Crusoe by Defoe and the companion recording of James Baldwin's version, Robinson Crusoe Written Anew for Children (actually more for adolescents). So many different versions for a variety of young audiences speaks to the timelessness of Defoe's original! (Summary by D. Sayers)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Robinson Crusoe in Words of One Syllable
• Author credits: Godolphin, Mary and Aikin, Lucy
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 12
• Listed recording duration: 2:59:18

Catalogue topics

• crusoe
• 1-syllable
• godolphin
• aikin
• children

Track guide

1. 01 Robinson Crusoe in Words of One Syllable — 16:18
2. 02 Robinson Crusoe in Words of One Syllable — 17:09
3. 03 Robinson Crusoe in Words of One Syllable — 14:55
4. 04 Robinson Crusoe in Words of One Syllable — 16:11
5. 05 Robinson Crusoe in Words of One Syllable — 15:10
6. 06 Robinson Crusoe in Words of One Syllable — 15:30
7. 07 Robinson Crusoe in Words of One Syllable — 9:04
8. 08 Robinson Crusoe in Words of One Syllable — 13:04
9. 09 Robinson Crusoe in Words of One Syllable — 12:06
10. 10 Robinson Crusoe in Words of One Syllable — 16:38
11. 11 Robinson Crusoe in Words of One Syllable — 13:26
12. 12 Robinson Crusoe in Words of One Syllable — 19:48

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