The History of Pompey the Little: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The History of Pompey the Little by Francis Coventry: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 34 original MP3 tracks, 6:09:00 running time and a link to listen.
The History of Pompey the Little, credited to Francis Coventry, 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 History of Pompey the Little, by Francis Coventry. Read by volunteer readers. "Pompey, the son of Julio and Phyllis, was born A.D. 1735, at Bologna in Italy, a place famous for lap-dogs and sausages." At an early age he was carried away from the boudoir of his Italian mistress by Hillario, an English gentleman illustrious for his gallantries, who brought him to London. The rest of the history is really a chain of social episodes, each closed by the incident that Pompey becomes the property of some fresh person. In this way we find ourselves in a dozen successive scenes, each strongly contrasted with the others. It is the art of the author that he knows exactly how much to tell us without wearying our attention, and is able to make the transition to the next scene a plausible one. (Summary by Edmund Gosse in "Gossip in a Library" http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/11628)
Recording facts
- Recording title: The History of Pompey the Little
- Author credits: Francis Coventry
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 34
- Listed recording duration: 6:09:00
Catalogue topics
- satire
- fiction
Opening tracks: first 24 of 34
- 00 - Dedication — 9:12
- 01 - Book 1, Chapter 1 — 10:17
- 02 - Book 1, Chapter 2 — 10:45
- 03 - Book 1, Chapter 3 — 14:03
- 04 - Book 1, Chapter 4 — 16:06
- 05 - Book 1, Chapter 5 — 20:52
- 06 - Book 1, Chapter 6 — 7:32
- 07 - Book 1, Chapter 7 — 15:34
- 08 - Book 1, Chapter 8 — 8:57
- 09 - Book 1, Chapter 9 — 13:33
- 10 - Book 1, Chapter 10 — 9:30
- 11 - Book 1, Chapter 11 — 9:24
- 12 - Book 1, Chapter 12 — 14:04
- 13 - Book 1, Chapter 13 — 7:21
- 14 - Book 1, Chapter 14 — 7:05
- 15 - Book 1, Chapter 15 — 11:40
- 16 - Book 1, Chapter 16 — 13:01
- 17 - Book 1, Chapter 17 — 9:47
- 18 - Book 1, Chapter 18 — 12:24
- 19 - Book 2, Chapter 1 — 9:04
- 20 - Book 2, Chapter 2 — 12:49
- 21 - Book 2, Chapter 3 — 13:32
- 22 - Book 2, Chapter 4 — 19:25
- 23 - Book 2, Chapter 5 — 11:08
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