The Loot Of Cities: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Loot Of Cities, credited to Arnold Bennett, 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 Loot Of Cities by Arnold Bennett. Read in English by David Wales Published in 1917, this is a collection of a novella and seven short stories by one of the cleverest authors of the early twentieth century. ‘In Queen's Quorum (1951), a survey of crime fiction, Ellery Queen listed Bennett's The Loot of Cities among the 100 most important works in the genre. This collection of stories recounts the adventures of a millionaire who commits crimes to achieve his idealistic ends. Although it was "one of his least known works," it was nevertheless "of unusual interest, both as an example of Arnold Bennett's early work and as an early example of dilettante detectivism".’ - Summary by David Wales

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Loot Of Cities
• Author credits: Arnold Bennett
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 13
• Listed recording duration: 5:31:32

Catalogue topics

• short stories
• novella
• Crime
• Europe
• england

Track guide

1. 01 - The Loot Of Cities: Chapter 1 The Fire Of London — 34:47
2. 02 - The Loot Of Cities: Chapter 2 A Comedy On The Gold Coast — 34:42
3. 03 - The Loot Of Cities: Chapter 3 A Bracelet At Bruges — 33:25
4. 04 - The Loot Of Cities: Chapter 4 A Solution Of The Algiers Mystery — 33:46
5. 05 - The Loot Of Cities: Chapter 5 In The Capital Of The Sahara — 34:33
6. 06 - The Loot Of Cities: Chapter 6 ‘Lo! ‘Twas A Gala Night!’ — 31:22
7. 07 - Mr. Penfound’s Two Burglars. The Story Of His Walk With Them — 20:52
8. 08 - Midnight At The Grand Babylon — 26:29
9. 09 - The Police Station — 28:15
10. 10 - The Adventure Of The Prima Donna — 13:13
11. 11 - The Episode In Room 222 — 13:39
12. 12 - Saturday To Monday — 12:28
13. 13 - A Dinner At The Louvre — 14:01

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