The Magician: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Magician by W. Somerset Maugham: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 17 original MP3 tracks, 8:06:10 running time and a link to listen.
The Magician, credited to W. Somerset Maugham, 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 Magician by W. Somerset Maugham. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. The Magician follows Oliver Haddo as he attempts to create life. He has a fight with a friend, Arthur, after kicking his fiancees dog. Following this fight, he seduces the fiancee, Margaret, with magic and the newlyweds away to Italy. Arthur returns to England to lick his wounds. Meanwhile, Margaret's former roommate, Susie, has fallen for Arthur, although she knows it is hopeless. Eventually, all four meet up at a dinner party and Arthur rescues Margaret from her loveless marriage. After this novel was published in 1908, he was accused of plagiarism by magician Aleister Crowley. It was re-published in 1909, with some changes. It was made into a motion picture in 1926. - Summary by LynneT
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Magician
- Author credits: W. Somerset Maugham
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 17
- Listed recording duration: 8:06:10
Catalogue topics
- magic
- paris
- seduction
Track guide
- 00 - A Fragment of Autobiography — 16:02
- 01 - Chapter I — 14:57
- 02 - Chapter II — 18:00
- 03 - Chapter III — 33:01
- 04 - Chapter IV — 17:22
- 05 - Chapter V — 38:17
- 06 - Chapter VI — 17:09
- 07 - Chapter VII — 39:32
- 08 - Chapter VIII — 38:58
- 09 - Chapter IX — 33:27
- 10 - Chapter X — 22:26
- 11 - Chapter XI — 32:24
- 12 - Chapter XII — 31:28
- 13 - Chapter XIII — 34:33
- 14 - Chapter XIV — 29:50
- 15 - Chapter XV — 17:12
- 16 - Chapter XVI — 51:32
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