The Adventures of Gil Blas de Santillane: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Adventures of Gil Blas de Santillane, credited to Alain René Lesage, 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 Adventures of Gil Blas de Santillane by Alain René Lesage. (Translated by Tobias Smollett.) Read in English by Jim Locke Gil Blas is born in misery to a stablehand and a chambermaid of Santillana in Cantabria, and is educated by his uncle. He leaves Oviedo at the age of seventeen to attend the University of Salamanca. His bright future is suddenly interrupted when he is forced to help robbers along the route and is faced with jail. He becomes a valet and, over the course of several years, is able to observe many different classes of society, both lay and clerical. Because of his occupation, he meets many disreputable people and is able to adjust to many situations, thanks to his adaptability and quick wit. He finally finds himself at the court as a favorite of the king and secretary to the prime minister. Working his way up though hard work and intelligence, Gil is able to retire to a castle to enjoy a fortune and a hard-earned honest life.

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Adventures of Gil Blas de Santillane
• Author credits: Alain René Lesage
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 138
• Listed recording duration: 34:25:12

Catalogue topics

• Spain
• France
• translation
• picaresque
• 1715
• 1866
• smollet

Opening tracks: first 24 of 138

1. 000 - The Author's Declaration and Gil Blas to the Reader — 4:15
2. 001 - Book I, Chapter I — 6:05
3. 002 - Book I, Chapter II — 17:55
4. 003 - Book I, Chapter III — 8:37
5. 004 - Book I, Chapter IV — 6:39
6. 005 - Book I, Chapter V — 17:15
7. 006 - Book I, Chapter VI — 8:00
8. 007 - Book I, Chapter VII — 5:06
9. 008 - Book I, Chapter VIII — 7:51
10. 009 - Book I, Chapter IX — 6:19
11. 010 - Book I, Chapter X — 14:24
12. 011 - Book I, Chapter XI — 19:34
13. 012 - Book I, Chapter XII — 8:03
14. 013 - Book I, Chapter XIII — 8:17
15. 014 - Book I, Chapter XIV — 9:40
16. 015 - Book I, Chapter XV — 11:14
17. 016 - Book I, Chapter XVI — 15:29
18. 017 - Book I, Chapter XVII — 18:19
19. 018 - Book II, Chapter I — 13:51
20. 019 - Book II, Chapter II — 12:58
21. 020 - Book II, Chapter III — 14:03
22. 021 - Book II, Chapter IV — 21:32
23. 022 - Book II, Chapter V — 15:22
24. 023 - Book II, Chapter VI — 6:18

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