The Life of Florence Nightingale, Volume 1: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Life of Florence Nightingale, Volume 1, credited to Edward Tyas Cook, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The Life of Florence Nightingale, Volume 1 by Edward Tyas Cook. Read in English by Michele Fry; MaryAnnS; Jim Locke; BettyB; Lisa Ellen Quintana; deongines; Pamela Nagami; Kate Meehan; lukija; James K. White; Amelia Chesley; Kathrine Engan; Kathleen Moore A history of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), the founder of modern nursing. Here's the definitive biography, gleaned from a lifetime of her notes, letters and writings, that goes way beyond the mere legend of "The Lady With The Lamp", and the "Founder Of Modern Nursing". This well written saga covers the vastly more expanded story of her development into an intelligent woman with a high purpose, her social standing and family connections that opened many doors for her, her extensive work after the Crimean War working with governments to develop better health care delivery systems to the indigent in England and in India, and her voluminous writings on numerous topics. Volume 1 recounts her life from childhood through 1861. (Summary by Michele Fry)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Life of Florence Nightingale, Volume 1
• Author credits: Edward Tyas Cook
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 48
• Listed recording duration: 20:13:18

Catalogue topics

• Florence
• nursing
• Crimean War
• Nightingale
• social reform

Opening tracks: first 24 of 48

1. 00 - Preface — 9:55
2. 01 - Introductory — 20:38
3. 02 - Part I Chapter I: Childhood and Education — 22:11
4. 03 - Part I Chapter I: Childhood and Education, continued — 23:36
5. 04 - Part I Chapter II: Home Life — 28:23
6. 05 - Part I Chapter II: Home Life, continued — 28:18
7. 06 - Part I Chapter III: The Spiritual Life — 31:27
8. 07 - Part I Chapter IV: Disappointment — 22:59
9. 08 - Part I Chapter V: A Winter Home in Rome, and After — 35:09
10. 09 - Part I Chapter VI: Foreign Travel Egypt and Greece — 29:08
11. 10 - Part I Chapter VII: The Single Life — 18:53
12. 11 - Part I Chapter VIII: Apprenticeship at Kaiserswerth — 27:30
13. 12 - Part I Chapter IX: An Interlude — 24:40
14. 13 - Part I Chapter X: Freedom, Paris and Harley Street — 15:45
15. 14 - Part I Chapter X: Freedom, Paris and Harley Street, continued — 21:51
16. 15 - Part II Chapter I: The Call — 14:02
17. 16 - Part II Chapter I: The Call, continued — 29:52
18. 17 - Part II Chapter II: The Expedition-Problems Ahead — 21:26
19. 18 - Part II Chapter III: The Hospitals at Scutari — 26:13
20. 19 - Part II Chapter IV: The Expert's Touch — 18:43
21. 20 - Part II Chapter IV: The Expert's Touch, continued — 25:46
22. 21 - Part II Chapter V: The Administrator — 31:26
23. 22 - Part II Chapter VI: The Reformer — 22:08
24. 23 - Part II Chapter VI: The Reformer, continued — 25:34

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