The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories, credited to Mark Twain, 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 The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories by Mark Twain. Read by John Greenman. The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories is a 1906 collection of 30 comic short stories by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. Published just 4 years before his death, this was the last time he chose works from throughout his career, in an effort to show the diversity of his style and the breadth and depth of his interests. (Introduction by John Greenman & Wikipedia )

Recording facts

• Recording title: The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories
• Author credits: Mark Twain
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 41
• Listed recording duration: 10:20:01

Catalogue topics

• audio
• twain
• stories
• humor

Opening tracks: first 24 of 41

1. 01 - The $30,000 Bequest, Chapter I — 4:47
2. 02 - The $30,000 Bequest Chapter II — 10:50
3. 03 - The $30,000 Bequest - Chapter III — 7:00
4. 04 - The $30,000 Bequest - Chapter IV — 12:44
5. 05 - The $30,000 Bequest - Chapter V — 5:48
6. 06 - The $30,000 Bequest, Chapter VI — 13:06
7. 07 - The $30,000 Bequest, Chapter VII — 9:27
8. 08 - The $30,000 Bequest, Chapter VIII — 9:45
9. 09 - A Dog's Tale - Chapter 1 — 6:12
10. 10 - A Dog's Tale - Chapter II — 1:56
11. 11 - A Dog's Tale - Chapter III — 17:42
12. 12 - Was It Heaven? Or Hell? Chapter I & Chapter II — 9:37
13. 13 - Was It Heaven? Or Hell? - Chapter III — 15:55
14. 14 - Was It Heaven? Or Hell? Chapter IV — 7:10
15. 15 - Was It Heaven? Or Hell? - Chapter IV, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X — 14:42
16. 16 - A Cure for the Blues — 50:12
17. 17 - The Curious Book part 1 — 59:44
18. 18 - The Curious Book part 2 — 52:26
19. 19 - The Californian's Tale — 18:07
20. 20 - A Helpless Situation — 13:20
21. 21 - A Telephonic Conversation — 6:10
22. 22 - Edward Mills and George B — 14:43
23. 23 - The Five Boons of Life — 6:32
24. 24 - The First Writing-Machines — 7:37

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