Shivratri (the Night of Shiva): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Shivratri (the Night of Shiva), credited to Laurence Hope, 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 volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Shivratri (the Night of Shiva) by Laurence Hope. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for November 9, 2025. Violet Nicolson, otherwise known as Adela Florence Nicolson (née Cory), was an English poet who wrote under the pseudonym Laurence Hope. In the early 1900s, she became a best-selling author. Adela married Colonel Malcolm Hassels Nicolson. A talented linguist, he introduced her to his love of India and native customs and food, which she began to share. This widely gave the couple a reputation for being eccentric. On the Zhob Valley expedition of 1890 she followed her husband through the passes of the Afghan border disguised as a Pathan boy. - Summary by Wikipedia

Recording facts

• Recording title: Shivratri (the Night of Shiva)
• Author credits: Laurence Hope
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 14
• Listed recording duration: 25:30

Catalogue topics

• poetry
• philosophy
• Indian
• despair

Track guide

1. 01 - Shivratri - read by BK — 2:02
2. 02 - Shivratri - read by BWC — 1:44
3. 03 - Shivratri - read by CG — 1:54
4. 04 - Shivratri - read by DC — 1:45
5. 05 - Shivratri - read by DL — 2:00
6. 06 - Shivratri - read by DLS — 2:02
7. 07 - Shivratri - read by EL0 — 2:12
8. 08 - Shivratri - read by JBW — 1:43
9. 09 - Shivratri - read by JK — 1:45
10. 10 - Shivratri - read by PDS — 1:29
11. 11 - Shivratri - read by PFS — 1:53
12. 12 - Shivratri - read by PTB — 1:36
13. 13 - Shivratri - read by SLM — 1:37
14. 14 - Shivratri - read by TLK — 1:48

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