The Diary of a Superfluous Man: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Diary of a Superfluous Man by Ivan Turgenev: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 5 original MP3 tracks, 2:37:04 running time and a link to listen.
The Diary of a Superfluous Man, credited to Ivan Turgenev, 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 Superfluous Man, by Ivan Turgenev. Read by Martin Geeson. Turgenev's shy hero, Tchulkaturin, is a representative example of a Russian archetype - the "superfluous man", a sort of Hamlet not necessarily dignified with the title Prince: an individual of comfortable means leading a dreary existence, without purpose and led on by events which may, as in this story, engulf him. The novella takes the form of a diary started by Tchulkaturin in the shock of being diagnosed as having a terminal illness. The journal entries cover a period of two weeks, leading to his death. Tchulkaturin quickly homes in on the only significant event in his life - an unreciprocated falling-in-love leading haphazardly to a non-fatal duel that leaves him desolated and fully conscious of the futility of his inactive existence.(Summary by Martin Geeson)
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Diary of a Superfluous Man
- Author credits: Ivan Turgenev
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 5
- Listed recording duration: 2:37:04
Catalogue topics
- Ivan Turgenev
- diary
- superfluous man
Track guide
- 01 - March 20 - March 23 — 31:10
- 02 - March 24 — 23:40
- 03 - March 25 and 26 — 29:17
- 04 - March 27 — 33:04
- 05 - March 29 to April 1 — 39:55
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