Saunterings In And About London: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Saunterings In And About London, credited to Max Schlesinger, 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 Saunterings In And About London by Max Schlesinger. (Translated by Otto von Wenckstern.) Read in English by David Wales A witty 1853 travelogue by a cultured German for his countrymen. “…for I did not write for an English public, nor did I ever pretend to popularity in England. The “SAUNTERINGS” were intended for the profit and amusement of my German countrymen; and I must say I was not a little pleased and surprised with the very flattering reception which my book experienced at the hands of the English critics. Their favourable opinion, which they so emphatically and—I am selfish enough to go the whole length of the word—so ably expressed, has probably caused the production of the book in an English dress.” ( Book Preface and david wales)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Saunterings In And About London
• Author credits: Max Schlesinger
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 23
• Listed recording duration: 11:54:48

Catalogue topics

• London
• england
• travelogue

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 1:43
2. 01 - Part 1 Chapter 1 — 26:39
3. 02 - Part 1 Chapter 2 Street Life — 30:58
4. 03 - Part 1 Chapter 3 The Squares, Lincoln's Inn — 14:48
5. 04 - Part 1 Chapter 4 Up the Thames, Vauxhall — 34:24
6. 05 - Part 1 Chapter 5 The Police — 30:48
7. 06 - Part 1 Chapter 6 Newgate and its Neighbourhood — 20:44
8. 07 - Part 1 Chapter 7 Street Life, The Post-office — 35:55
9. 08 - Part 1 Chapter 8 Sunlight, Moonlight, Gaslight — 17:20
10. 09 - Part 1 Chapter 9 The City Capitol — 34:56
11. 10 - Part 1 Chapter 10 Hyde Park — 23:01
12. 11 - Part 1 Chapter 11 The Quarters of Fashion — 20:01
13. 12 - Part 1 Chapter 12 Gentlemen and Foreigners — 35:15
14. 13 - Part 2 Chapter 1 Down The Thames — 47:31
15. 14 - Part 2 Chapter 2 The Theory of Locomotion — 42:49
16. 15 - Part 2 Chapter 3 The Quarters of Royalty and Government — 25:17
17. 16 - Part 2 Chapter 4 Westminster, The Parliament — 55:05
18. 17 - Part 2 Chapter 5 The Periodical Press — 35:28
19. 18 - Part 2 Chapter 6 The Bank — 35:18
20. 19 - Part 2 Chapter 7 Four-and-twenty Hours at the Times Office — 46:13
21. 20 - Part 2 Chapter 8 A Frenchman's Notions — 36:31
22. 21 - Part 2 Chapter 9 The Theatrical Quarters — 56:51
23. 22 - Appendix — 7:13

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