The Burning Secret: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Burning Secret, credited to Stefan Zweig, 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 Burning Secret, by Stefan Zweig. Read by Lee Smalley. A lonely, convalescing 12 year-old boy and his attractive mother, who is in a loveless marriage, meet a gentleman while vacationing at a European resort. Seeking an enjoyable way to pass the time, the man schemes to seduce the woman with the unwitting help of the boy. The son, puzzled by the developing relationship, becomes increasingly isolated and suspicious as he loses his childish innocence in this gripping coming-of-age novella. This work is translated from the original German, Brennendes Geheimnis, which has also been recorded for Librivox. Stefan Zweig was one of the world's most acclaimed writers during the 1920s and 1930s. He produced novels, plays, biographies and journals. He and his second wife committed suicide in 1942.

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Burning Secret
• Author credits: Stefan Zweig
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 15
• Listed recording duration: 2:33:57

Catalogue topics

• general fiction
• Psychological
• jealousy
• sanitoria
• Austria

Track guide

1. 01 - I The Partner — 11:31
2. 02 - II Quick Friendship — 12:29
3. 03 - III The Trio — 9:04
4. 04 - IV The Attack — 9:38
5. 05 - V The Elephants — 7:39
6. 06 - VI Skirmishing — 10:26
7. 07 - VII The Burning Secret — 10:26
8. 08 - VIII Silent Hostility — 12:11
9. 09 - IX The Liars — 13:27
10. 10 - X On the Trail — 11:48
11. 11 - XI The Surprise Attack — 6:27
12. 12 - XII The Tempest — 11:58
13. 13 - XIII Dawning Perception — 8:26
14. 14 - XIV Darkness and Confusion — 7:36
15. 15 - XV The Last Dream — 10:51

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