The Amateur Emigrant: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Amateur Emigrant by Robert Louis Stevenson: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 8 original MP3 tracks, 2:48:38 running time and a link to listen.
The Amateur Emigrant, credited to Robert Louis Stevenson, 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 Amateur Emigrant, by Robert Louis Stevenson. Read by Annise. In July 1879, Robert Louis Stevenson left Scotland to meet his future wife in her native California. Leaving by ship from Glasgow, Scotland, he determined to travel in steerage class to see how the working classes fared. At the last minute he was convinced by friends to purchase a ticket one grade above the lowest price, for which he was later thankful after seeing the conditions in steerage, but he still lived among the 'lower' classes. His comments on the experience make interesting reading. His father however was so shocked at the thought of his son associating with people 'beneath him' that the work was not published for a number of years, (Summary by annise)
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Amateur Emigrant
- Author credits: Robert Louis Stevenson
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 8
- Listed recording duration: 2:48:38
Catalogue topics
- emigrant
- steerage
- trans atlantic
Track guide
- 01 - The Second Cabin — 16:37
- 02 - Early Impressions — 18:12
- 03 - Steerage Scenes — 16:32
- 04 - Steerage Types — 23:53
- 05 - The Sick Man — 20:01
- 06 - The Stowaways — 28:55
- 07 - Personal Experience & Review — 24:39
- 08 - New York — 19:53
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