The Inventions of the Idiot: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Inventions of the Idiot by John Kendrick Bangs: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 13 original MP3 tracks, 2:37:54 running time and a link to listen.
The Inventions of the Idiot, 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 Inventions of the Idiot by John Kendricks Bangs. "It was before the Idiot's marriage, and in the days when he was nothing more than a plain boarder in Mrs. Smithers-Pedagog's High-class Home for Single Gentlemen, that he put what the School-master termed his "alleged mind" on plans for the amelioration of the condition of the civilized." This humorous story by the editor of Puck magazine describes how the Idiot sets out to improve the lot of civilized man through his inventions - the lot of barbarian man already being well tended to by missionaries and other do-gooders. (Introduction by peac)
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Inventions of the Idiot
- Author credits: John Kendrick Bangs
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 13
- Listed recording duration: 2:37:54
Catalogue topics
- English
- Humour
Track guide
- 00 - Dramatis Personae — 1:00
- 01 - Chapter 1: The Culinary Guild — 12:15
- 02 - Chapter 2: A Suggestion for the Cable-cars — 13:08
- 03 - Chapter 3: The Transatlantic Trolley Company — 13:42
- 04 - Chapter 4: The Incorporation of the Idiot — 14:14
- 05 - Chapter 5: University Extension — 12:42
- 06 - Chapter 6: Social Expansion — 14:28
- 07 - Chapter 7: A Beggar's Hand-book — 14:05
- 08 - Chapter 8: Progressive Waffles — 12:19
- 09 - Chapter 9: A Clearing-house for Poets — 12:44
- 10 - Chapter 10: Some Electrical Suggestions — 13:30
- 11 - Chapter 11: Concerning Children — 11:40
- 12 - Chapter 12: Dreamaline — 12:16
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