The Mysteries of Udolpho: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Mysteries of Udolpho, credited to Ann Radcliffe, 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 Udolpho, by Ann Radcliffe. Considered a change agent in early Gothic romance; oft-referenced in later literary works or paid homage to by such authors as Jane Austen (influential novel ready by her heroine, Catherine Morland, in Northanger Abbey); Edgar Allen Poe (borrowed plot elements for the short story The Oval Portrait); and Sir Walter Scott. - In The Mysteries of Udolpho, one of the most famous and popular gothic novels of the eighteenth century, Ann Radcliffe took a new tack from her predecessors and portrayed her heroine's inner life, creating an atmosphere thick with fear, and providing a gripping plot that continues to thrill readers today. The Mysteries of Udolpho, set in Europe in the year 1584, is the story of orphan Emily St. Aubert, who finds herself separated from the man she loves and confined within the medieval castle of her aunt's new husband, Montoni, after being forced to travel through France and Italy. Inside the castle, she must cope with an unwanted suitor, Montoni's threats, and the wild imaginings and terrors that threaten to overwhelm her. The mysterious happenings in the story always have a natural and probable explanation because Radcliffe was a very rational person and did not believe in the supernatural. Radcliffe's strengths in writing were in describing scenery as well as suspense and terror. Many critics have called the work "dreamlike" and "suggestive of the cinematic technique of slow-motion." (Summary by Wikipedia/Michelle Crandall)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Mysteries of Udolpho
• Author credits: Ann Radcliffe
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 78
• Listed recording duration: 32:00:28

Catalogue topics

• audio book
• udolpho
• austen
• radcliffe
• mystery

Opening tracks: first 24 of 78

1. Vol 01, Ch. 01, part 1 — 24:44
2. Vol 01, Ch. 01, part 2 — 23:51
3. Vol 01, Ch. 02 — 20:02
4. Vol 01, Ch. 03 — 23:24
5. Vol 01, Ch. 04 — 34:53
6. Vol 01, Ch. 05 — 19:51
7. Vol 01, Ch. 06 — 42:58
8. Vol 01, Ch. 07 — 20:57
9. Vol 01, Ch. 08, part 1 — 23:26
10. Vol 01, Ch. 08, part 2 — 25:26
11. Vol 01, Ch. 09 — 12:26
12. Vol 01, Ch. 10 — 48:20
13. Vol 01, Ch. 11 — 11:23
14. Vol 01, Ch. 12, part 1 — 24:34
15. Vol 01, Ch. 12, part 2 — 27:38
16. Vol 01, Ch. 13, part 1 — 24:17
17. Vol 01, Ch. 13, part 2 — 31:49
18. Vol 02, Ch. 01 — 27:04
19. Vol 02, Ch. 02 — 29:28
20. Vol 02, Ch. 03, part 1 — 35:02
21. Vol 02, Ch. 03, part 2 — 23:49
22. Vol 02, Ch. 03, part 3 — 23:26
23. Vol 02, Ch. 04 — 29:15
24. Vol 02, Ch. 05, part 1 — 31:38

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