The Gadfly: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Gadfly, credited to Ethel Lilian Voynich, 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 Gadfly by Ethel Lilian Voynich. Read in English by LibriVox volunteers An adventure thriller set in 1840s Italy under the dominance of Austria, a time of revolt and uprisings. The story of faith, disillusionment, revolution, romance, and heroism centres on the life of the protagonist, Arthur Burton, member of the Youth movement; his antagonist, Padre Montanelli; and his love Gemma. - Summary by Wikipedia and Mark Chulsky

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Gadfly
• Author credits: Ethel Lilian Voynich
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 27
• Listed recording duration: 11:08:18

Catalogue topics

• revolution
• Italy
• youth movement
• risorgimento
• romantism
• Austria

Opening tracks: first 24 of 27

1. 01 - Part I, Chapter I — 21:20
2. 02 - Part I, Chapter II — 22:23
3. 03 - Part I, Chapter III — 14:30
4. 04 - Part I, Chapter IV — 20:25
5. 05 - Part I, Chapter V — 17:39
6. 06 - Part I, Chapter VI — 32:36
7. 07 - Part I, Chapter VII — 35:23
8. 08 - Part II, Chapter I — 22:15
9. 09 - Part II, Chapter II — 26:34
10. 10 - Part II, Chapter III — 26:37
11. 11 - Part II, Chapter IV — 23:57
12. 12 - Part II, Chapter V — 25:12
13. 13 - Part II, Chapter VI — 21:18
14. 14 - Part II, Chapter VII — 18:23
15. 15 - Part II, Chapter VIII — 39:46
16. 16 - Part II, Chapter IX — 32:49
17. 17 - Part II, Chapter X — 16:19
18. 18 - Part II, Chapter XI — 31:26
19. 19 - Part III, Chapter I — 24:11
20. 20 - Part III, Chapter II — 24:26
21. 21 - Part III, Chapter III — 25:18
22. 22 - Part III, Chapter IV — 32:23
23. 23 - Part III, Chapter V — 16:41
24. 24 - Part III, Chapter VI — 35:11

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