Tarka the Otter: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Tarka the Otter, credited to Henry Williamson, 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 Tarka the Otter by Henry Williamson. Read in English by czandra. Poetically descriptive, this true-to-nature adventure story of a family of otter in southern England endears the animals to the reader without endowing them with human features. Penned by a painstaking naturalist, it provides a detailed and exciting water-level view of rural landscapes and wildlife that is still relevant today. The language of Devon is unique and lovely in its sounds and colours. Tarka the Otter was made into film in 1979. It has been a rallying point for animal rights activists. Hunting otter is now illegal, but there are still hunts in England along the same rivers as before.(Summary by Czandra)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Tarka the Otter
• Author credits: Henry Williamson
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 21
• Listed recording duration: 7:12:09

Catalogue topics

• animals
• otter
• nature
• England

Track guide

1. 00 - Introduction — 7:51
2. 01 - Part 1, The first year, Chapter 1 — 27:49
3. 02 - Part 1, Chapter 2 — 28:32
4. 03 - Part 1, Chapter 3 — 21:49
5. 04 - Part 1, Chapter 4 — 14:59
6. 05 - Part 1, Chapter 5 — 20:20
7. 06 - Part 1, chapter 6 — 20:43
8. 07 - part 1,Chapter 7 — 12:33
9. 08 - part 1, Chapter 8 — 23:45
10. 09 - part 1, Chapter 9 — 16:45
11. 10 - part 1, Chapter 10 — 22:16
12. 11 - part 2, Chapter 11 — 18:26
13. 12 - part 2, Chapter 12 — 29:10
14. 13 - part 2, Chapter 13 — 24:29
15. 14 - part 2,Chapter 14 — 14:28
16. 15 - part 2,Chapter 15 — 18:25
17. 16 - part 2, Chapter 16 — 18:13
18. 17 - part 2, Chapter 17 — 29:58
19. 18 - part 2, Chapter 18 — 21:09
20. 19 - part 2, Chapter 19 — 21:22
21. 20 - part 2, Chapter 20 — 19:07

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