The Life of Richard Nash, Esq., Late Master of the Ceremonies at Bath: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Life of Richard Nash, Esq., Late Master of the Ceremonies at Bath by Oliver Goldsmith: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 20 original MP3 tracks, 4:43:12 running time and a link to listen.
The Life of Richard Nash, Esq., Late Master of the Ceremonies at Bath, credited to Oliver Goldsmith, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
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The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of The Life of Richard Nash, Esq., Late Master of the Ceremonies at Bath (2nd edition), by Oliver Goldsmith and edited by Peter Cunningham. Read by volunteer readers. Beau Nash (1674–1762), born Richard Nash, was a celebrated dandy and leader of fashion in 18th-century Britain. He is best remembered as the Master of Ceremonies at the spa town of Bath. (Wikipedia) This, the best of Goldsmith's Biographies, was published the year after Nash's death. It was at once popular, and went through two editions in the same year in which it was published. To the second edition (it never reached a third), Goldsmith made many important additions. Yet strange to say none of these have been attended to by the editors of his Works. The text of this reprint is that of the second edition, compared with the first. The text of previous editions has been that of a mutilated first impression. (Peter Cunningham, Editor)
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Life of Richard Nash, Esq., Late Master of the Ceremonies at Bath
- Author credits: Oliver Goldsmith
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 20
- Listed recording duration: 4:43:12
Catalogue topics
- biography
- Beau Nash
- Bath
- British society
- spa towns
- gambling
Track guide
- 00 - Advertisement & Preface — 5:23
- 01 - Section 1 — 13:55
- 02 - Section 2 — 13:36
- 03 - Section 3 — 15:16
- 04 - Section 4 — 15:04
- 05 - Section 5 — 15:08
- 06 - Section 6 — 16:23
- 07 - Section 7 — 16:27
- 08 - Section 8 — 14:02
- 09 - Section 9 — 15:57
- 10 - Section 10 — 13:46
- 11 - Section 11 — 14:41
- 12 - Section 12 — 17:10
- 13 - Section 13 — 14:50
- 14 - Section 14 — 15:28
- 15 - Section 15 — 11:16
- 16 - Section 16 — 14:47
- 17 - Section 17 — 12:57
- 18 - Section 18 — 14:37
- 19 - Section 19 — 12:44
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