The Life of St. Teresa: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Life of St. Teresa, credited to Santa Teresa de Jesus (Teresa of Avila), 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 Life of St. Teresa, by Santa Teresa de Jesus (Teresa of Avila). Read by Ann Boulais. Saint Teresa of Ávila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, baptized as Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada, (March 28, 1515, at Gotarrendura (Ávila), Old Castile, Spain – October 4, 1582, at Alba de Tormes, Salamanca, Spain) was a prominent Spanish mystic, Carmelite nun, and writer of the Counter Reformation. She was a reformer of the Carmelite Order and is considered to be, along with John of the Cross, a founder of the Discalced Carmelites. In 1970 she was named a Doctor of the Church by Pope Paul VI. (Summary from wikipedia.org)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Life of St. Teresa
• Author credits: Santa Teresa de Jesus (Teresa of Avila)
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 40
• Listed recording duration: 13:31:33

Catalogue topics

• religion
• Catholicism
• Saint Teresa of Jesus
• autobiography

Opening tracks: first 24 of 40

1. 01 - Preface & Chapter I — 8:47
2. 02 - Chapter II — 10:58
3. 03 - Chapter III — 7:14
4. 04 - Chapter IV — 15:21
5. 05 - Chapter V — 16:52
6. 06 - Chapter VI — 14:47
7. 07 - Chapter VII — 31:45
8. 08 - Chapter VIII — 16:26
9. 09 - Chapter IX — 10:59
10. 10 - Chapter X — 14:37
11. 11 - Chapter XI — 22:49
12. 12 - Chapter XII — 10:03
13. 13 - Chapter XIII — 27:44
14. 14 - Chapter XIV — 15:25
15. 15 - Chapter XV — 22:37
16. 16 - Chapter XVI — 11:32
17. 17 - Chapter XVII — 12:58
18. 18 - Chapter XVIII — 18:45
19. 19 - Chapter XIX — 23:37
20. 20 - Chapter XX — 34:10
21. 21 - Chapter XXI — 16:06
22. 22 - Chapter XXII — 26:31
23. 23 - Chapter XXIII — 21:54
24. 24 - Chapter XXIV — 10:01

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