Stolen Idols: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Stolen Idols, credited to E. Phillips Oppenheim, 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 Stolen Idols by E. Phillips Oppenheim. Read in English by Christine Dufour Two temple statues, one with the most beautiful of features, the other a hideous sight, are at the core of this tale of adventure and the supernatural. Carved by Chinese craftsmen, they have stood to either side of the great Buddha for hundreds of years, worshipped and protected by generations of priests.Taken together, they represent human nature in balance, the spiritual with the bestial, the Soul with the Body. But what if they are separated? Ancient legend warns of disaster to anyone who disturbs that balance. Young Gregory Ballaston of England, however, gives no credence to such dire threats when he and a friend set out to steal the idols, which are rumored to conceal a treasure in jewels. His friend dies in the attempt and one of the idols is presumably stolen by his murderers. Gregory nearly loses his own life in the effort but manages to get away with the other idol – the bestial Body. What will be the outcome for Gregory, or the beautiful young woman he meets in China and courts on the journey home with his prize? Even before he sets sail for home, the idol begins to prey on Gregory Ballaston. Warning: Set in the 19th century, this book contains references to Jews and Asians that are offensive to the modern ear.(Jacquerie)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Stolen Idols
• Author credits: E. Phillips Oppenheim
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 29
• Listed recording duration: 8:41:23

Opening tracks: first 24 of 29

1. 01 - Book One - Chapter I — 25:05
2. 02 - Book One - Chapter II — 20:54
3. 03 - Book One - Chapter III — 17:28
4. 04 - Book One - Chapter IV — 20:15
5. 05 - Book One - Chapter V — 14:18
6. 06 - Book One - Chapter VI — 12:23
7. 07 - Book One - Chapter VII — 20:25
8. 08 - Book One - Chapter VIII — 25:43
9. 09 - Book Two - Chapter I — 23:24
10. 10 - Book Two - Chapter II — 20:55
11. 11 - Book Two - Chapter III — 13:56
12. 12 - Book Two - Chapter IV — 11:00
13. 13 - Book Two - Chapter V — 16:15
14. 14 - Book Two - Chapter VI — 17:11
15. 15 - Book Two - Chapters VII, VIII — 20:14
16. 16 - Book Two - Chapter IX — 12:41
17. 17 - Book Three - Chapter I — 15:19
18. 18 - Book Three - Chapter II — 13:48
19. 19 - Book Three - Chapter III — 24:00
20. 20 - Book Three - Chapter IV — 19:22
21. 21 - Book Three - Chapter V — 11:13
22. 22 - Book Three - Chapter VI — 24:21
23. 23 - Book Three - Chapter VII — 13:13
24. 24 - Book Three - Chapter VIII — 14:01

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