Satan's Diary: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Satan's Diary, credited to Leonid Nikolayevich Andreyev, 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 Satan's Diary by Leonid Nikolayevich Andreyev. Read in English by Carolin Ksr "Satan's Diary", Andreyev's last work, was completed by the great Russian a few days before he died in Finland, in September, 1919. But a few years ago the most popular and successful of Russian writers, Andreyev died almost penniless, a sad, tragic figure, disillusioned, broken-hearted over the tragedy of Russia. In "Satan's Diary", Andreyev summoned up his boundless disillusionment in an absorbing satire on human life. Fearlessly and mercilessly he hurled the falsehoods and hypocrisies in the face of life. He portrayed Satan coming to this earth to amuse himself and play. Having assumed the form of an American multi-millionaire, Satan set out on a tour through Europe in quest of amusement and adventure. Before him passed various forms of spurious virtues, hypocrisies, the ruthless cruelty of man and the often deceptive innocence of woman. Within a short time, Satan finds himself outwitted, deceived, relieved of his millions, mocked, humiliated, beaten by man in his own devilish devices. (Summary by Herman Bernstein, in the Preface)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Satan's Diary
• Author credits: Leonid Nikolayevich Andreyev
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 30
• Listed recording duration: 8:50:28

Catalogue topics

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Opening tracks: first 24 of 30

1. 01 - Preface by Herman Bernstein — 25:49
2. 02 - January 18 - On Board the 'Atlantic' — 23:11
3. 03 - February 7, 1914 - Rome, Hotel 'Internationale' - Part 1 — 35:37
4. 04 - February 7, 1914 - Rome, Hotel 'Internationale' - Part 2 — 28:37
5. 05 - February 14 - Rome, Hotel 'Internationale' — 19:02
6. 06 - February 18, 1914 - Rome, Hotel 'Internationale' — 13:55
7. 07 - February 21, 1914 - Rome, Villa Orsini - Part 1 — 22:58
8. 08 - February 21, 1914 - Rome, Villa Orsini - Part 2 — 10:26
9. 09 - February 22 - Rome, Villa Orsini — 1:21
10. 10 - February 23 - Villa Orsini — 21:01
11. 11 - March 2 - Rome, Villa Orsini — 15:56
12. 12 - March 9, 1914 - Rome, Villa Orsini - Part 1 — 17:25
13. 13 - March 9, 1914 - Rome, Villa Orsini - Part 2 — 16:24
14. 14 - March 9, 1914 - Rome, Villa Orsini - Part 3 — 21:09
15. 15 - March 18 - Rome, Palazzo Orsini — 12:26
16. 16 - March 26 - Rome, Palazzo Orsini — 9:19
17. 17 - March 29 - Rome — 1:02
18. 18 - April 2 - Rome, Palazzo Orsini — 25:39
19. 19 - April 6, 1914 - Part 1 — 14:50
20. 20 - April 6, 1914 - Part 2 — 26:49
21. 21 - April 8 - Rome — 24:00
22. 22 - April 16 - Rome — 20:28
23. 23 - April 19 - Isle of Capri — 4:37
24. 24 - April 23 - Rome, Palazzo Orsini — 11:07

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