The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571) Vol 1, translated by John Addington Symonds (1840-1893): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571) Vol 1, translated by John Addington Symonds (1840-1893), credited to Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571), is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Volume 1, read by LibriVox volunteers, proofed by Annise, and produced by Karen Merline. Cellini's autobiographical memoirs, which he began writing in Florence in 1558, give a detailed account of his singular career, as well as his loves, hatreds, passions, and delights, written in an energetic, direct, and racy style. They show a great self-regard and self-assertion, sometimes running into extravagances which are impossible to credit. He even writes in a complacent way of how he contemplated his murders before carrying them out. He writes of his time in Paris: Parts of his tale recount some extraordinary events and phenomena; such as his stories of conjuring up a legion of devils in the Colosseum, after one of his not innumerous mistresses had been spirited away from him by her mother; of the marvelous halo of light which he found surrounding his head at dawn and twilight after his Roman imprisonment, and his supernatural visions and angelic protection during that adversity; and of his being poisoned on two separate occasions. The autobiography is a classic, and commonly regarded as one of the most colourful; it is certainly the most important autobiography from the Renaissance. Cellini's autobiography is one of the books Tom Sawyer mentions as inspiration while freeing Jim in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia by Karen Merline)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571) Vol 1, translated by John Addington Symonds (1840-1893)
• Author credits: Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571)
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 30
• Listed recording duration: 10:14:31

Catalogue topics

• audio books
• Italy
• art
• biography

Opening tracks: first 24 of 30

1. 00 - Introduction — 6:27
2. 01 - Chapters 1-6 — 23:01
3. 02 - Chapters 07-11 — 21:28
4. 03 - Chapters 12-17 — 24:11
5. 04 - Chapters 18-22 — 18:30
6. 05 - Chapters 23-26 — 22:22
7. 06 - Chapters 27-30 — 24:47
8. 07 - Chapters 31-33 — 21:46
9. 08 - Chapters 34 - 37 — 18:58
10. 09 - Chapters 38 - 41 — 17:55
11. 10 - Chapters 42 - 45 — 20:07
12. 11 - Chapters 46 - 51 — 21:51
13. 12 - Chapters 52 - 56 — 21:31
14. 13 - Chapters 57 - 61 — 24:23
15. 14 - Chapters 62 - 65 — 18:19
16. 15 - Chapters 66 - 70 — 20:32
17. 16 - Chapters 70 - 75 — 18:23
18. 17 - Chapters 76 - 80 — 18:22
19. 18 - Chapters 81 - 84 — 22:01
20. 19 - Chapters 85 - 88 — 23:53
21. 20 - Chapters 89 - 92 — 25:04
22. 21 - Chapters 93 - 95 — 17:12
23. 22 - Chapters 96 - 99 — 16:40
24. 23 - Chapters 100 - 103 — 16:59

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