Tales of Wonder: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Tales of Wonder, credited to Lord Dunsany, 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 Wonder by Lord Dunsany. Read in English by Mike Pelton; Sandra; Lynn Fiorentino; Ed Humpal; David Starner; Jason Mayoff; Matt Braymiller The Last Book of Wonder, originally published as Tales of Wonder, is the tenth book and sixth original short story collection of Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula K. Le Guin and others. The first edition, in hardcover, was published in London by Elkin Mathews in October 1916 as Tales of Wonder, followed by a Boston hardcover publication in November 1916, by John W. Luce & Co.. The title of the American edition, The Last Book of Wonder, was Dunsany's own preferred title. The British and American editions also differ in that they arrange the material slightly differently.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Tales of Wonder
• Author credits: Lord Dunsany
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 22
• Listed recording duration: 4:20:15

Catalogue topics

• fantasy
• lord dunsany

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 2:41
2. 01 - A Tale of London — 8:56
3. 02 - Thirteen at Table — 26:07
4. 03 - The City of Mallington Moor — 21:18
5. 04 - Why the Milkman Shudders When he Perceives the Dawn — 8:13
6. 05 - The Bad Old Woman in Black — 6:22
7. 06 - The Bird of the Difficult Eye — 7:50
8. 07 - The Long Porter's Tale — 14:01
9. 08 - The Loot of Loma — 8:20
10. 09 - The Secret of the Sea — 9:12
11. 10 - How Ali Came to the Black Country — 11:13
12. 11 - The Bureau d'Echange de Maux — 10:35
13. 12 - The Story of Land and Sea, part 1 — 26:01
14. 13 - The Story of Land and Sea, part 2 — 27:21
15. 14 - Guarantee to the Reader — 2:13
16. 15 - A Tale of the Equator — 7:36
17. 16 - A Narrow Escape — 6:17
18. 17 - The Watch-Tower — 6:27
19. 18 - How Plash-Goo Came to the Land of None's Desire — 5:39
20. 19 - The Three Sailor's Gambit — 18:09
21. 20 - The Exiles Club — 10:50
22. 21 - The Three Infernal Jokes — 14:54

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