The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great, credited to Henry Fielding, 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 the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great, by Henry Fielding. Read by Denny Sayers. This novel is sometimes thought of as [Fielding's] first because he almost certainly began composing it before he wrote Shamela and Joseph Andrews. It is a satire of Walpole that draws a parallel between Walpole and Jonathan Wild, the infamous gang leader and highwayman. He implicitly compares the Whig party in Parliament with a gang of thieves being run by Walpole, whose constant desire to be a "Great Man" (a common epithet for Walpole) should culminate only in the antithesis of greatness: being hanged. (Summary by Wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great
• Author credits: Henry Fielding
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 56
• Listed recording duration: 10:16:39

Catalogue topics

• picaresque
• historical fiction
• satire
• politics
• criminals
• thieves
• 18th-century London

Opening tracks: first 24 of 56

1. 01 - Book 1, Chapter 1 [The achievements of Great Men] — 9:48
2. 02 - Book 1, Chapter 2 [Our Hero's Ancestors] — 8:50
3. 03 - Book 1, Chapter 3 [Birth, Parentage & Education] — 11:53
4. 04 - Book 1, Chapter 4 [Mr. Wild's First Entrance into the World] — 9:23
5. 05 - Book 1, Chapter 5 [Young Master Wild & Count La Ruse] — 17:41
6. 06 - Book 1, Chapter 6 [Further Conferences between the Count & Master Wild] — 9:32
7. 07 - Book 1, Chapter 7 [Wild Sets Out on his Travels] — 5:11
8. 08 - Book 1, Chapter 8 [An Astonishing Instance of Greatness] — 12:23
9. 09 - Book 1, Chapter 9 [A Visit to Miss Letitia Snap] — 7:47
10. 10 - Book 1, Chapter 10 [Some Matters Concerning the Chaste Laetitia] — 7:02
11. 11 - Book 1, Chapter 11 [Notable Instances of Human Greatness] — 9:22
12. 12 - Book 1, Chapter 12 [Other Particulars relating to Miss Tishy] — 10:38
13. 13 - Book 1, Chapter 13 [Our Chef-D'Oeuvre] — 13:15
14. 14 - Book 1, Chapter 14 [The History of Greatness is Continued] — 17:27
15. 15 - Book 2, Chapter 1 [Characters of Silly People] — 12:13
16. 16 - Book 2, Chapter 2 [Great Examples of Greatness in Wild] — 12:37
17. 17 - Book 2, Chapter 3 [Scenes of Softness, Love & Honour] — 17:37
18. 18 - Book 2, Chapter 4 [On his Misfortune in a Speech] — 9:20
19. 19 - Book 2, Chapter 5 [Many Surprising Adventures] — 15:49
20. 20 - Book 2, Chapter 6 [Of Hats] — 7:34
21. 21 - Book 2, Chapter 7 [Heartfree's Adventures with Wild] — 9:39
22. 22 - Book 2, Chapter 8 [Greatness to an Immoderate Height] — 10:41
23. 23 - Book 2, Chapter 9 [More Greatness in Wild] — 9:32
24. 24 - Book 2, Chapter 10 [Sea-Adventures Very New & Surprising] — 7:46

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