Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic, credited to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, 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 Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic, by Thomas Wentworth Higginson. The sea has always been, by the mystery of its horizon, the fury of its storms, and the variableness of the atmosphere above it, the foreordained land of romance. In all ages and with all sea-going races there has always been something especially fascinating about an island amid the ocean. It's very existence has for all explorers an air of magic. The order of the tales in the present work follows roughly the order of development, giving first the legends which kept near the European shore, and then those which, like St. Brandan's or Antillia, were assigned to the open sea or, like Norumbega or the Isle of Demons, to the very coast of America. Every tale in this book bears reference to some actual legend, followed more or less closely, and the authorities for each will be found carefully given in the appendix for such readers as may care to follow the subject further. (Summary by Arnieh)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic
• Author credits: Thomas Wentworth Higginson
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 21
• Listed recording duration: 4:46:08

Catalogue topics

• adventure
• history
• myths/legends
• sea stories
• fiction
• Atlantis

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 9:09
2. 01 - Chapter I: The Story of Atlantis — 5:08
3. 02 - Chapter II: Taliessin of the Radiant Brow — 13:28
4. 03 - Chapter III: The Swan-Children of Lir — 9:19
5. 04 - Chapter IV: Usheen in the Island of Youth — 9:47
6. 05 - Chapter V: Bran the Blessed — 8:56
7. 06 - Chapter VI: The Castle of the Active Door — 10:24
8. 07 - Chapter VII: Merlin the Enchanter — 18:20
9. 08 - Chapter VIII: Sir Lancelot of the Lake — 13:06
10. 09 - Chapter IX: The Half-Man — 10:32
11. 10 - Chapter X: King Arthur at Avalon — 17:03
12. 11 - Chapter XI: Maelduin's Voyage — 16:05
13. 12 - Chapter XII: The Voyage of St. Brandan — 22:12
14. 13 - Chapter XIII: Kirwan's Search for Hy-Brasail — 11:46
15. 14 - Chapter XIV: The Isle of Satan's Hand — 11:17
16. 15 - Chapter XV: Antillia, the Island of the Seven Cities — 24:39
17. 16 - Chapter XVI: Harald the Viking — 20:47
18. 17 - Chapter XVII: The Search for Norumbega — 12:38
19. 18 - Chapter XVIII: The Guardians of the St. Lawrence — 11:02
20. 19 - Chapter XIV: The Island of Demons — 20:02
21. 20 - Chapter XX: Bimini and the Fountain of Youth — 10:32

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