The Emperor of Portugallia: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Emperor of Portugallia by Selma Lagerloef: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 26 original MP3 tracks, 7:10:56 running time and a link to listen.
The Emperor of Portugallia, credited to Selma Lagerloef, 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 Emperor of Portugallia, by Selma Lagerloef. Read by Lars Rolander. Selma Lagerlöf was born in Vaermland, Sweden, in 1858 and enjoyed a long and very successful career as a writer, receiving the Nobel-Price in Literature in 1909. She died in Vaermland in 1940. The Emperor of Portugallia was first Published 1914 in Sweden, and 1916 in English, translated by Velma Swanston Howard. The Story i set in Vaermland around 1860 or 1870. In the centre is Jan of Ruffluck Croft. He loves his daughter more than anything, but when she moves to Stockholm and never sends a word home about her doings, he sinks into a dream-world where she is a noble Empress of Portugallia. And he believes himself to be Emperor too. His whole world and all his thoughts are dominated by the thoughts of her return and what will happen then. In the role of Emperor in the poor forest country where he lives he can question the social hierarchies around him, and dressed in his Royal regalia he sits in the frontbench in the Church, and he takes the place of honour at Parties etc. After 15 years his daughter returns home and is shocked to see what a mad clown her father has become and .... ( Summary by Lars Rolander )
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Emperor of Portugallia
- Author credits: Selma Lagerloef
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 26
- Listed recording duration: 7:10:56
Catalogue topics
- librivox, audio, audiobook, fiction, The Emperor of Portugallia, Selma Lagerloef
Opening tracks: first 24 of 26
- 01 - The Beating Heart - Glory Golden Sunnycastle — 19:28
- 02 - The Christening - The Vacination Bee — 12:40
- 03 - The Birthday - Christmas Morn — 15:29
- 04 - Glory Goldie's Illness - Calling on Relatives — 13:28
- 05 - The School Examination - The Contest — 19:01
- 06 - Fishing — 9:35
- 07 - Agrippa - Forbidden Fruit — 17:36
- 08 - Lars Gunnarsson - The Red Dress — 14:23
- 09 - The New Master - On the Mountain Top — 17:24
- 10 - The Eve of Departure - At the Pier — 12:25
- 11 - The Letter - August Dar Nol — 14:45
- 12 - October the First - The Dream Begins — 20:23
- 13 - Heirlooms - Clothed in Satin — 14:35
- 14 - Stars - Waiting — 14:00
- 15 - The Empress - The Emperor — 13:18
- 16 - The Emperor's Song - The Sevententh of August — 19:48
- 17 - Katrina and Jan - Bjorn Hindrickson's Funeral — 23:05
- 18 - The Dying Heart - Deposed — 18:53
- 19 - The Catechetical Meeting — 13:36
- 20 - An Old Troll — 14:38
- 21 - The Sunday after Midsummer — 24:14
- 22 - Summernight - The Emperor's Consort — 19:05
- 23 - The Welcome Greeting — 15:30
- 24 - The Flight — 14:44
Listen to this recording
Open the complete recording and player on Internet Archive. The player includes the full track list and available download formats.
Source and rights
This is a record from LibriVox's official Internet Archive collection, with a public-domain licence recorded in its metadata. LibriVox's policy includes its catalogue summaries as well as its recordings. Its public-domain assessment follows United States law; copyright status can differ elsewhere. The summary and track facts are reproduced and reformatted from that record. Dates attached to the archive upload are not treated as original book publication dates.
Sources
More in Books & Authors
Keep reading
