The Idiot at home: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Idiot at home, credited to John Kendrick Bangs, 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 Idiot at home by John Kendrick Bangs. Read in English by John Kellow; larryhayes7; JudyDerby; Kathleen Moore; Mike Harris; Patrick McHaffie; Kevin Callon Boyle The Idiot returns along with Ms Idiot and their two children, Mollie and Tommy, move into their first house in suburbia. What follows are encounters with his companions from his boarding house days, Coffee and Repartee, along with new characters that inhabit suburbia with the unassailable logic of the Idiot and Mrs Idiot regarding various aspects of life in the suburbs, starting with why the knowledge of an egg beater is more important than that of Wagner. Which story is your favourite? (Introduction by Kim)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Idiot at home
• Author credits: John Kendrick Bangs
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 16
• Listed recording duration: 4:03:15

Catalogue topics

• satire
• humor
• boarding house

Track guide

1. 01 - By Way of Introduction — 14:25
2. 02 - A Little Dinner to Some Old Friends — 16:52
3. 03 - In the Library — 14:32
4. 04 - As to a Small Dinner — 18:14
5. 05 - On the Maintenance of An Attic — 15:27
6. 06 - The Idiot's Garden — 18:10
7. 07 - Household Poetry — 13:20
8. 08 - Some Consideration of the Hired Man — 13:12
9. 09 - On Social Accounts — 11:25
10. 10 - As to Santa Claus — 12:59
11. 11 - As to New-Year's Day — 16:42
12. 12 - Some Domestic Intentions — 15:02
13. 13 - A Suburban Complication — 15:28
14. 14 - Some Consideration of the Moth — 14:08
15. 15 - Some Consideration of the Burglar — 16:04
16. 16 - Conclusion — 17:15

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