The Head of the House of Coombe: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Head of the House of Coombe by Frances Hodgson Burnett: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 32 original MP3 tracks, 11:20:33 running time and a link to listen.
The Head of the House of Coombe, credited to Frances Hodgson Burnett, 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 Head of the House of Coombe by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers While renowned for her beloved children's literature, Frances Hodgson Burnett's talent extended to historical novels. Originally serialized in 1920 in Scribner's Monthly, 'The Head of the House of Coombe' was met with immense popularity, leading to its full publication in 1922 in two volumes, as it distinctly deals with two epochs. The first, The Head of the House of Coombe, deals with social life in London during the evolutionary period between the late Victorian years and the reign of Edward VII and that of his successor, previous to the Great War. It brings Lord Coombe and Donal, Feather and her girl Robin to the summer of 1914. It ends with the ending of a world which can never again be the same. The second novel, Robin, to be published later continues the story of the same characters, facing existence, however, in a world transformed by tragedy, and in which new aspects of character, new social, economic, and spiritual possibilities are to be confronted, rising to the surface of life as from the depths of unknown seas. Readers of The Head of the House of Coombe will follow the story of Robin with intensified interest. (Summary by Rapunzelina, plus Publisher's Note)
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Head of the House of Coombe
- Author credits: Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 32
- Listed recording duration: 11:20:33
Catalogue topics
- nobility
- pre-ww1
Opening tracks: first 24 of 32
- 01 - Chapter I — 19:28
- 02 - Chapter II — 27:32
- 03 - Chapter III — 14:45
- 04 - Chapter IV — 22:35
- 05 - Chapter V — 12:59
- 06 - Chapter VI — 25:40
- 07 - Chapter VII — 28:27
- 08 - Chapter VIII — 21:05
- 09 - Chapter IX — 24:59
- 10 - Chapter X — 21:46
- 11 - Chapter XI — 26:20
- 12 - Chapter XII — 16:16
- 13 - Chapter XIII — 16:43
- 14 - Chapter XIV — 17:54
- 15 - Chapter XV — 26:32
- 16 - Chapter XVI — 18:58
- 17 - Chapter XVII — 32:56
- 18 - Chapter XVIII — 18:12
- 19 - Chapter XIX — 23:16
- 20 - Chapter XX — 26:34
- 21 - Chapter XXI — 31:51
- 22 - Chapter XXII — 22:06
- 23 - Chapter XXIII — 15:43
- 24 - Chapter XXIV — 19:28
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