The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne, credited to Ann Radcliffe, 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 Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne by Ann Radcliffe. Read in English by Lauren Randall Ann Radcliffe is the founder of the gothic novel. This novel is no exception. The wicked baron murdered the good earl's father twelve years before the novel began. Only twelve years later, free from his mother's wishes, can the earl seek revenge. Meanwhile, Mary, the earl's beautiful sister is falling in love with a peasant. Yet her brother was abducted by the baron and he wants to marry her. She may have to wed him in order to secure his return. We see Mary's conflict along with a description of her brother's captivity. This book has everything: murder, revenge, battles, damsels in distress, aristocrats, captives, secrets, and, most of all, love. It is a love story in every sense: the love to the Scottish highlands in which it is set, the family love that binds almost above all else, and of course the love between men and women. This short work would later influence Radcliffe's other works. Radcliffe had an influence on Jane Austen, Mary Shelley, and many others who wrote popular gothic novels. - Summary by Stav Nisser and Wikipedia

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne
• Author credits: Ann Radcliffe
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 12
• Listed recording duration: 4:22:32

Catalogue topics

• gothic novel

Track guide

1. 01 - Chapter 1 — 13:13
2. 02 - Chapter 2 — 18:31
3. 03 - Chapter 3 — 39:46
4. 04 - Chapter 4 — 17:43
5. 05 - Chapter 5 — 19:13
6. 06 - Chapter 6 — 25:36
7. 07 - Chapter 7 — 16:36
8. 08 - Chapter 8 — 21:16
9. 09 - Chapter 9 — 21:29
10. 10 - Chapter 10 — 25:20
11. 11 - Chapter 11 — 14:30
12. 12 - Chapter 12 — 29:19

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