The Desultory Man: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Desultory Man, credited to George Payne Rainsford James, 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 Desultory Man by George Payne Rainsford James. Read in English by Lynne T. This early novel by James is written in the first person by "James Young", and tells of his early experiences of the deaths of his father and brother, and his enduring love for his childhood companion, Emily. We watch the development of his character, influenced by these early experiences, family, education and enduring love as he becomes a Desultory Man. Unlike James's other works, this is written as a series of sketches, thoughts and poems.(Summary by LynneT)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Desultory Man
• Author credits: George Payne Rainsford James
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 86
• Listed recording duration: 17:57:35

Catalogue topics

• duel
• love
• exile
• France
• pyrenees

Opening tracks: first 24 of 86

1. 00 - Dedication to Miss M.L. Boyle — 5:30
2. 01 - The Desultory Man — 41:06
3. 02 - The Ramble — 5:46
4. 03 - The Recompense — 8:43
5. 04 - The Paintings — 9:20
6. 05 - The Lover's Leap — 16:47
7. 06 - The Chateau — 8:27
8. 07 - La Galette — 8:34
9. 08 - English Travellers on the Continent — 7:22
10. 09 - Dieppe -- The Evening — 2:47
11. 10 - The Story of the Beauty of Arles — 43:15
12. 11 - The Story of the Beauty of Arles -- continued — 31:09
13. 12 - Two Scenes from the Civil War Scene I — 19:34
14. 13 - Two Scenes from the Civil War Scene II — 7:37
15. 14 - To W.H. -- Esq. — 12:47
16. 15 - The Journey — 17:38
17. 16 - Words and Things — 10:24
18. 17 - A French Cook — 5:50
19. 18 - The Table D'Hote — 10:19
20. 19 - The Peasant of Brittany Chapter I — 11:20
21. 20 - Chapter II — 13:15
22. 21 - Chapter III — 10:04
23. 22 - Chapter IV — 11:23
24. 23 - Chapter V — 10:22

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