The Eye of Dread: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Eye of Dread, credited to Payne Erskine, 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 Eye of Dread, by Payne Erskine. The Civil War is upon the United States, and the town of Leauvite has sent away its young men, among them Peter Junior and Richard Kildene. When they leave, Betty Ballard is but a child, but by the time the war has ended, she has become something else entirely. Wounded, Peter Junior finds his time at Betty's father's studio, learning to become an artist, until one day he proposes to her after deciding to go to France. Of course, she agrees to wait for him. Meanwhile, Richard, who has decided to work on the railways, expects that when he gets back, that Betty will be waiting for him. With these complications, problems begin to arise... (Summary by Chelsea)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Eye of Dread
• Author credits: Payne Erskine
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 40
• Listed recording duration: 14:58:08

Catalogue topics

• fiction
• United States of America
• American Civil War
• romance
• melodrama

Opening tracks: first 24 of 40

1. Chapter 01 - Betty — 11:17
2. Chapter 02 - Watching the Bees — 20:15
3. Chapter 03 - A Mother's Struggle — 16:58
4. Chapter 04 - Leave-Taking — 22:24
5. Chapter 05 - The Passing of Time — 15:06
6. Chapter 06 - The End of the War — 14:47
7. Chapter 07 - A New Era Begins — 26:43
8. Chapter 08 - Mary Ballard's Discovery — 13:18
9. Chapter 09 - The Banker's Point of View — 20:13
10. Chapter 10 - The Nutting Party — 20:06
11. Chapter 11 - Betty Ballard's Awakening — 18:54
12. Chapter 12 - Mysterious Findings — 27:13
13. Chapter 13 - Confession — 21:39
14. Chapter 14 - Out of the Desert — 28:35
15. Chapter 15 - The Big Man's Return — 25:12
16. Chapter 16 - A Peculiar Position — 21:41
17. Chapter 17 - Adopting A Family — 23:13
18. Chapter 18 - Larry Kildene's Story — 36:24
19. Chapter 19 - The Mine-And the Departure — 28:50
20. Chapter 20 - Alone on the Mountain — 25:24
21. Chapter 21 - The Violin — 26:15
22. Chapter 22 - The Beast on the Trail — 21:40
23. Chapter 23 - A Discourse on Lying — 17:18
24. Chapter 24 - Amalia's Fete — 22:20

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