The Cloister and the Hearth (version 2): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Cloister and the Hearth (version 2), credited to Charles Reade, 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 Cloister and the Hearth (version 2) by Charles Reade. Read in English by Patrick Saville; Zoe Brookes; John; Jim Locke; Hannah Yu; Larry Wilson Set in the 15th century, the Cloister and the Hearth is a story Gerald Eliassoen, a young scribe and illuminator, who travels through seven different countries. Gerald is afraid of persecution from a burgomaster, and so he escapes from Rome to Holland, to search and find a place to make money for his family. His father and mother die, and Gerald's brothers decide to take most of the share, and instead tell Gerald that his wife, Margaret, has died. This was all a lie, but Gerald believed it, and decided to attempt suicide. But instead of killing himself and escaping death, he decides to become a friar. - (Summary by Elijah Fisher)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Cloister and the Hearth (version 2)
• Author credits: Charles Reade
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 107
• Listed recording duration: 30:46:05

Catalogue topics

• middle ages
• religion
• Catholic
• medieval
• charles reade
• celibacy
• priesthood

Opening tracks: first 24 of 107

1. 000 - Preface — 1:29
2. 001 - Chapter 1 — 36:33
3. 002 - Chapter 2 — 37:56
4. 003 - Chapter 3 — 25:10
5. 004 - Chapter 4 — 13:28
6. 005 - Chapter 5 — 3:49
7. 006 - Chapter 6 — 8:25
8. 007 - Chapter 7 — 21:27
9. 008 - Chapter 8 — 12:14
10. 009 - Chapter 9 — 22:47
11. 010 - Chapter 10 — 29:09
12. 011 - Chapter 11 — 11:56
13. 012 - Chapter 12 — 10:02
14. 013 - Chapter 13 — 7:37
15. 014 - Chapter 14 — 9:44
16. 015 - Chapter 15 — 6:24
17. 016 - Chapter 16 — 3:18
18. 017 - Chapter 17 — 10:14
19. 018 - Chapter 18 — 2:35
20. 019 - Chapter 19 — 13:02
21. 020 - Chapter 20 — 13:49
22. 021 - Chapter 21 — 4:30
23. 022 - Chapter 22 — 3:40
24. 023 - Chapter 23 — 10:43

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