The Letters of a Post-Impressionist: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Letters of a Post-Impressionist, credited to Vincent Van Gogh, 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 Letters of a Post-Impressionist by Vincent Van Gogh. Read by Librivox volunteers. “Being the Familiar Correspondence of Vincent Van Gogh ... [Van Gogh's] art was appreciated during his life only by a very few and it is but within recent years that it has found admirers who in many cases have been most ardently enthusiastic. Of the following letters, some were addressed to his brother and the remainder to his friend E. Bernard. (Summary from Preface)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Letters of a Post-Impressionist
• Author credits: Vincent Van Gogh
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 17
• Listed recording duration: 6:43:47

Catalogue topics

• Van Gogh
• Art
• Correspondence
• post-impressionism
• painting

Track guide

1. 01 - Introductory Essay, Part 1 — 23:38
2. 02 - Introductory Essay, Part 2 — 25:48
3. 03 - Introductory Essay, Part 3 — 21:26
4. 04 - Introductory Essay, Part 4 — 19:51
5. 05 - Preface and Letters to His Brother, Part 1 — 22:20
6. 06 - Letters to His Brother, Part 2 — 34:58
7. 07 - Letters to His Brother, Part 3 — 27:46
8. 08 - Letters to E. Bernard, Part 1 — 30:22
9. 09 - Letters to E Bernard, Part 2 — 26:50
10. 10 - Letters to E. Bernard, part 3 — 22:32
11. 11 - Letters to E. Bernard, Part 4 — 24:03
12. 12 - Further Letters to His Brother, Part 1 — 14:27
13. 13 - Further Letters to His Brother Part II — 16:47
14. 14 - More Letters to E. Bernard — 22:15
15. 15 - More Letters to His Brother, Part 1 — 23:07
16. 16 - More Letters to His Brother Part 2 — 25:03
17. 17 - More Letters to His Brother, Part 3 — 22:41

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