The Old Adam: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Old Adam, 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 Old Adam by Arnold Bennett. Read in English by Phil Benson; Algy Pug; Greg Lewin; VfkaBT; Kathleen Moore; Anna Simon; Amelia Chesley Edward Henry Machin leads a comfortable life in the English midlands 'Five Towns'. Yet when he unexpectedly gains three hundred and forty one pounds in a speculation on rubber shares, he realises that he doesn't 'feel so jolly, after all'. After a visit to the local music hall, he decides that a change is in order. He takes the morning train to London, where adventures in the theatrical world await. ( Phil Benson)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Old Adam
• Author credits: Arnold Bennett
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 10
• Listed recording duration: 9:19:24

Track guide

1. 01 - Chapter 1 — 55:54
2. 02 - Chapter 2 — 50:26
3. 03 - Chapter 3 — 59:28
4. 04 - Chapter 4 — 43:33
5. 05 - Chapter 5 — 54:59
6. 06 - Chapter 6 — 1:00:24
7. 07 - Chapter 7 — 1:01:45
8. 08 - Chapter 8 — 1:05:59
9. 09 - Chapter 9 — 57:30
10. 10 - Chapter 10 — 49:26

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