The Five Jars: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Five Jars, credited to Montague Rhodes 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 Five Jars, by M.R. James. Read by Peter Yearsley. The Five Jars is the only novel written by James, who is best known for his ghost stories. It is a peculiarly surreal fantasy apparently written for children. While he is out walking, the narrator is drawn to a remote pool, and finds a small box that has been hidden since Roman times. He gradually learns how to use its contents, fighting off a series of attempts to steal it, and becomes aware of a strange world hidden from our own. (Summary by Peter Yearsley)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Five Jars
• Author credits: Montague Rhodes James
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 8
• Listed recording duration: 2:11:10

Catalogue topics

• fiction
• children
• fantasy

Track guide

1. 1 - The Discovery — 16:43
2. 2 - The First Jar — 9:16
3. 3 - The Second Jar — 12:25
4. 4 - The Small People — 18:58
5. 5 - Danger to the Jars — 19:18
6. 6 - The Cat, Wag, Slim and Others — 21:36
7. 7 - The Bat-Ball — 17:23
8. 8 - Wag At Home — 15:34

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