The Mysteries of London Vol. IV: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Mysteries of London Vol. IV, credited to George W. M. Reynolds, 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 Mysteries of London Vol. IV by George W. M. Reynolds. Read in English by Jim Locke; Brian Keenan; Steven Seitel; GRuss; Rita Boutros; MajorHistory; Gillian Hendrie; Lynne T; Kathryn Phipps; annie70; ibkhan; BrittanyRill; Dr. Lyndon; ChadH94; Lola Janie; Christina Bui; 5Tommy00; Susan Floerchinger; Kathleen Moore; Mairi Patterson; Matea Bracic The Mysteries of London was a best-selling novel in mid-Victorian England, published in four volumes. This is the fourth and final volume. Initially serialized in weekly installments, they were the forerunners of today's soap operas. Known as "Penny Dreadfuls", they had no claim to literary brilliance but offered readers entertainment and excitement in the form of vice, poverty, wealth, virtue, mystery, romance and scandal in every combination and reached a mass audience. - Summary by Lynne Thompson

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Mysteries of London Vol. IV
• Author credits: George W. M. Reynolds
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 106
• Listed recording duration: 21:55:04

Catalogue topics

• romance
• Crime
• murder
• poverty
• family
• vice
• luxury

Opening tracks: first 24 of 106

1. 001 - CONTINUATION OF THE BLACK’S VISITS TO HIS PRISONERS — 24:30
2. 002 - A CONVERSATION — 31:35
3. 003 - THE CONVERSATION CONCLUDED — 17:56
4. 004 - ESTHER DE MEDINA AND OLD DEATH — 24:08
5. 005 - OLD DEATH IN THE DUNGEON — 25:29
6. 006 - THOMAS RAINFORD — 17:07
7. 007 - OLD DEATH — 20:03
8. 008 - AN EXPLANATORY CONVERSATION — 19:34
9. 009 - THE INSOLVENT DEBTORS’ COURT — 25:23
10. 010 - THE EXAMINATION OF MR. FRANK CURTIS — 24:45
11. 011 - THE LAPSE OF NINETEEN YEARS — 29:10
12. 012 - MR. HATFIELD — 20:02
13. 013 - TWO OF THE READER’S OLD FRIENDS — 14:41
14. 014 - A MAN OF BUSINESS — 14:14
15. 015 - CHARLES HATFIELD — 36:12
16. 016 - THE PROJECTED RAILWAY COMPANY — 37:20
17. 017 - ELUCIDATIONS — 32:17
18. 018 - THE WANDERERS — 26:24
19. 019 - THE JOURNEY CONTINUED AND CONCLUDED — 37:49
20. 020 - THE ADVERTISING AGENT — 11:17
21. 021 - PERDITA — 39:05
22. 022 - THE SYREN’S ARTS AND CHARMS — 50:51
23. 023 - THE DANGEROUS SOPHISTRY OF A LOVELY WOMAN — 15:03
24. 024 - A THRONE SURROUNDED BY REPUBLICAN INSTITUTIONS — 44:40

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