The Diary of a Country Parson: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Diary of a Country Parson, credited to James Woodforde, 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 Diary of a Country Parson by James Woodforde; John Beresford. Read in English by John Greenman The Revd. James Woodforde was an English clergyman, best known for his vivid account of parish life in the 18th century. His diary, edited by John Beresford, remained unpublished until the 20th century. The diary provides a wonderfully full account of the small community in which the diarist lived — of the births and deaths, comings and goings, illnesses, and annual celebrations, along with many other details of daily life. As a churchman, Woodforde himself was conscientious by the standards of his time, charitable and pious without being sanctimonious and again typical of his day, deeply suspicious of enthusiasm. The value of the diary to the historian lies in the wealth of primary source material it provides, while the general reader can bring from it the authentic flavor of 18th-century English country life. - Summary by Wikipedia and John Greenman

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Diary of a Country Parson
• Author credits: James Woodforde
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 26
• Listed recording duration: 11:41:20

Catalogue topics

• diary
• 19th century england
• country parson

Opening tracks: first 24 of 26

1. 00 - PREFARATORY NOTE & INTRODUCTION — 29:00
2. 01 - THE DIARY-PART ONE - OXFORD AND SOMERSET CURASIES, (1758-1776) - 1758-1759 — 6:13
3. 02 - 1760 — 3:55
4. 03 - 1761 — 8:05
5. 04 - 1762 — 9:02
6. 05 - 1763 — 22:32
7. 06 - 1764 — 16:49
8. 07 - 1765 — 22:16
9. 08 - 1766 — 16:30
10. 09 - 1767 — 14:07
11. 10 - 1768 — 29:26
12. 11 - 1769 — 24:03
13. 12 - 1770 — 15:05
14. 13 - 1771 — 19:29
15. 14 - 1772 — 8:07
16. 15 - 1773 — 11:18
17. 16 - 1774 — 40:45
18. 17 - 1775 — 59:30
19. 18 - 1776 — 14:30
20. 19 - THE DIARY - PART TWO - WESTON LONGVILLE, NORFOLK (1776 - 1803) - 1776 (continued) — 30:57
21. 20 - 1777 — 41:27
22. 21 - 1778 — 55:43
23. 22 - 1779 — 59:27
24. 23 - 1780 — 58:03

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