The Book of the Cheese: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Book of the Cheese by Thomas Wilson Reid: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 13 original MP3 tracks, 3:00:00 running time and a link to listen.
The Book of the Cheese, credited to Thomas Wilson Reid, 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 Book of the Cheese by Thomas Wilson Reid. Read in English by Peter Yearsley "Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese" is a pub on Fleet Street, London. It was rebuilt after the Great Fire of 1666, and has been frequented by many literary and historical characters. The book rambles through the pub's history, with many anecdotes and stories about its staff and customers. - Summary by Peter Yearsley
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Book of the Cheese
- Author credits: Thomas Wilson Reid
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 13
- Listed recording duration: 3:00:00
Track guide
- 01 - Early History of Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese — 11:29
- 02 - Johnson and Goldsmith at the 'Cheese' — 12:05
- 03 - Relics and Art Treasures of the 'Cheese' — 21:35
- 04 - Mr Joseph Pennell and Lady Colin Campbell on the 'Cheese' — 14:27
- 05 - About the Pudding — 7:41
- 06 - The Bar — 9:41
- 07 - Club Life at the 'Cheese' — 27:52
- 08 - Dr Johnson's Homes and Haunts — 2:59
- 09 - The 'Cheese' and its Fare - a Great Fall in Pudding — 8:45
- 10 - Mr George Augustus Sala and Others on the 'Cheese' — 7:06
- 11 - The Press and the 'Cheese' — 12:41
- 12 - What the World Says of the 'Cheese' — 24:46
- 13 - The 'Cheshire Cheese' in Literature — 18:53
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