Tales of the Long Bow: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Tales of the Long Bow, credited to G. K. Chesterton, 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 Long Bow by G. K. Chesterton. Read in English by Wayne Cooke; Kingsnake; Adele de Pignerolles; Owlivia; Devorah Allen These tales concern the doing of things recognized as impossible to do; impossible to believe; and, as the weary reader may well cry aloud, impossible to read about. Did the narrator merely say that they happened, without saying how they happened, they could easily be classified with the cow who jumped over the moon or the more introspective individual who jumped down his own throat. In short, they are all tall stories; and though tall stories may also be true stories, there is something in the very phrase appropriate to such a topsy-turvydom; for the logician will presumably class a tall story with a corpulent epigram or a long-legged essay. (From the book)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Tales of the Long Bow
• Author credits: G. K. Chesterton
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 8
• Listed recording duration: 5:56:53

Catalogue topics

• fiction
• england
• Chesterton
• humorous
• eccentric

Track guide

1. 01 - The Unpresentable Appearance of Colonel Crane — 57:39
2. 02 - The Improbable Success of Mr. Owen Hood — 47:19
3. 03 - The Unobtrusive Traffic of Captain Pierce — 33:12
4. 04 - The Elusive Companion of Parson White — 39:45
5. 05 - The Exclusive Luxury of Enoch Oates — 32:12
6. 06 - The Unthinkable Theory of Professor Green — 44:44
7. 07 - The Unprecedented Architecture of Commander Blair — 51:16
8. 08 - The Ultimate Ultimatum of the League of the Long Bow — 50:46

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