Short Stories (All the Year Round, 1859-1863): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Short Stories (All the Year Round, 1859-1863), credited to Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Short Stories (All the Year Round, 1859-1863) by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. Read in English by Phil Benson In 1859 Charles Dickens incorporated Household Worlds into a new weekly journal, All the Year Round, for which Elizabeth Gaskell remained a prolific contributor until 1863. Her contributions included a serialised novel, A Dark Night's Work, and the shorter pieces in this collection. Among these, Lois the Witch is one of Gaskell's strongest works - a heartfelt story of a young English girl who becomes of a victim of the Salem witch trials.... - Summary by Phil Benson

Recording facts

• Recording title: Short Stories (All the Year Round, 1859-1863)
• Author credits: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 15
• Listed recording duration: 12:28:38

Track guide

1. 01 - Lois the Witch: Part the First — 50:41
2. 02 - Lois the Witch: Part the Second — 1:11:51
3. 03 - Lois the Witch: Part the Third 1 — 59:10
4. 04 - Lois the Witch: Part the Third 2 — 54:28
5. 05 - The Ghost in the Garden Room 1 — 1:04:53
6. 06 - The Ghost in the Garden Room 2 — 54:15
7. 07 - The Grey Woman: Portion the First — 43:05
8. 08 - The Grey Woman: Portion the Second — 54:24
9. 09 - The Grey Woman: Portion the Third — 54:37
10. 10 - Select Committee on French Songs: Sitting the First — 42:04
11. 11 - Select Committee on French Songs: Sitting the Second — 44:48
12. 12 - An Italian Institution — 24:25
13. 13 - The Cage at Cranford — 29:37
14. 14 - How the First Floor Went to Crowley Castle 1 — 56:04
15. 15 - How the First Floor Went to Crowley Castle 2 — 44:16

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