Sonnet (From the Spanish of Plácido): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Sonnet (From the Spanish of Plácido), credited to James Weldon Johnson, 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 11 recordings of Sonnet (From the Spanish of Plácido) by James Weldon Johnson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 26, 2015. Read in English by Algy Pug; Bruce Kachuk; David Lawrence; Newgatenovelist; fshort; Greg Giordano; Ian King; J. McDougall; Larry Wilson; Leonard Wilson and Rosslyn Carlyle. James Weldon Johnson was an American author, educator, lawyer, diplomat, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Johnson is best remembered for his leadership of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), where he started working in 1917. In 1920 he was the first black to be chosen as executive secretary of the organization, effectively the operating officer. - Summary by Wikipedia

Recording facts

• Recording title: Sonnet (From the Spanish of Plácido)
• Author credits: James Weldon Johnson
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 11
• Listed recording duration: 13:46

Catalogue topics

• poetry
• romance

Track guide

1. 01 - Sonnet (From the Spanish of Plácido) - Read by ALP — 1:08
2. 02 - Sonnet (From the Spanish of Plácido) - Read by BK — 1:25
3. 03 - Sonnet (From the Spanish of Plácido) - Read by DL — 1:16
4. 04 - Sonnet (From the Spanish of Plácido) - Read by EL — 0:56
5. 05 - Sonnet (From the Spanish of Plácido) - Read by FS — 1:16
6. 06 - Sonnet (From the Spanish of Plácido) - Read by GG — 1:32
7. 07 - Sonnet (From the Spanish of Plácido) - Read by IK — 1:18
8. 08 - Sonnet (From the Spanish of Plácido) - Read by JM — 1:07
9. 09 - Sonnet (From the Spanish of Plácido) - Read by LCW — 1:13
10. 10 - Sonnet (From the Spanish of Plácido) - Read by LLW — 1:23
11. 11 - Sonnet (From the Spanish of Plácido) - Read by RC — 1:12

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