The Magic World: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Magic World, credited to E. Nesbit, 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 Magic World, by E. Nesbit. Read by Ruth Golding. Talking cats, birds, fish and bells, wicked fairies, uglified princesses - adventure, magic, and more magic. A delightful collection of stories for children of all ages. The Magic World is an influential collection of twelve short stories by E. Nesbit. It was first published in book form in 1912 by Macmillan and Co. Ltd., with illustrations by H. R. Millar and Gerald Spencer Pryse. The stories, previously printed in magazines (like Blackie's Children's Annual), are typical of Nesbit's arch, ironic, clever fantasies for children. (Summary by Wikipedia and Ruth Golding)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Magic World
• Author credits: E. Nesbit
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 12
• Listed recording duration: 7:27:30

Catalogue topics

• children
• short stories
• animals
• magic

Track guide

1. 01 - I - The Cat-hood of Maurice — 43:19
2. 02 - II - The Mixed Mine — 47:39
3. 03 - III - Accidental Magic — 59:56
4. 04 - IV - The Princess and the Hedge-pig — 46:36
5. 05 - V - Septimus Septimusson — 35:38
6. 06 - VI - The White Cat — 21:02
7. 07 - VII - Belinda and Bellamant; or the Bells of Carrillon-Land — 40:36
8. 08 - VIII - Justnowland — 35:16
9. 09 - IX - The Related Muff — 17:34
10. 10 - X - The Aunt and Amabel — 23:17
11. 11 - XI - Kenneth and the Carp — 42:17
12. 12 - XII - The Magician's Heart — 34:25

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