The Depths of the Soul: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Depths of the Soul, credited to Wilhelm Stekel, 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 Depths of the Soul by Wilhelm Stekel. (Translated by Samuel A. Tannenbaum.) Read in English by Lee Smalley; Eric Hodges ; jenno; Jill Preston; deongines; 5Tommy00; Shasta; Kenzie Tartaglione; Deanna Strauss; Larry Wilson; Lazlo; Mike Pelton Wilhelm Stekel was an Austrian physician and psychologist and one of Freud’s earliest followers. This title, originally published in 1921, was the author’s favorite of his own work. Covering a variety of topics he takes a psychoanalytic look into The Depths of the Soul.

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Depths of the Soul
• Author credits: Wilhelm Stekel
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 25
• Listed recording duration: 6:14:23

Catalogue topics

• essays
• human nature

Opening tracks: first 24 of 25

1. 00 - Preface — 1:32
2. 01 - The Second World — 16:00
3. 02 - Gratitude and Ingratitude — 17:24
4. 03 - Unpacking One’s Heart — 19:47
5. 04 - Laziness — 16:05
6. 05 - Those Who Stand Outside — 14:47
7. 06 - What Children Aspire To — 16:00
8. 07 - Independence — 17:59
9. 08 - Jealousy — 18:11
10. 09 - Childhood Friendship — 10:49
11. 10 - Eating — 18:02
12. 11 - Are We All Megalomaniacs? — 10:39
13. 12 - Running Away From Home — 16:35
14. 13 - Dead-Heads — 11:12
15. 14 - Identification — 16:51
16. 15 - Refuge in Disease — 12:08
17. 16 - Why We Travel — 20:38
18. 17 - Moody Persons — 13:25
19. 18 - Overvalued Ideas — 13:57
20. 19 - Affectionate Parents — 15:24
21. 20 - Why They Quarrel — 14:30
22. 21 - Looking into the Future — 19:42
23. 22 - Looking Backward — 17:38
24. 23 - All-Souls — 14:24

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