The Old Curiosity Shop: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 74 original MP3 tracks, 24:09:26 running time and a link to listen.
The Old Curiosity Shop, credited to Charles Dickens, 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 Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, Read by Mil Nicholson. Written in the years 1840 to 1841, when Dickens was twenty-eight years old, this is a ‘Road’ tale in the very best tradition. Little Nell Trent and her Grandfather are the main characters, who secretly set off from their home under cover of night, to escape the wicked dwarf Quilp. Pursued across England, their adventures lead them through poverty stricken city areas where several destitute people offer them aid on their way, into the countryside where they meet the strange, colorful, and sometimes menacing characters for which Dickens is so well known. Grandfather’s mind begins to wander, and he leans even more for help on Nell, who herself is feeling ill and weak. Eventually they reach a safe pasture with a kind gentleman and think their troubles may be over, but heart-breaking tragedy strikes.(Summary by Mil Nicholson)
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Old Curiosity Shop
- Author credits: Charles Dickens
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 74
- Listed recording duration: 24:09:26
Catalogue topics
- novel
- fiction
- curiosity
- shop
- charles
- dickens
Opening tracks: first 24 of 74
- 00 - Preface — 4:39
- 01 - Chapter 1 — 37:52
- 02 - Chapter 2 — 18:23
- 03 - Chapter 3 — 21:01
- 04 - Chapter 4 — 21:03
- 05 - Chapter 5 — 15:57
- 06 - Chapter 6 — 24:11
- 07 - Chapter 7 — 16:09
- 08 - Chapter 8 — 24:25
- 09 - Chapter 9 — 26:54
- 10 - Chapter 10 — 13:45
- 11 - Chapter 11 — 21:11
- 12 - Chapter 12 — 18:19
- 13 - Chapter 13 — 21:53
- 14 - Chapter 14 — 16:00
- 15 - Chapter 15 — 22:48
- 16 - Chapter 16 — 13:44
- 17 - Chapter 17 — 19:16
- 18 - Chapter 18 — 18:26
- 19 - Chapter 19 — 24:55
- 20 - Chapter 20 — 11:45
- 21 - Chapter 21 — 23:07
- 22 - Chapter 22 — 12:32
- 23 - Chapter 23 — 23:11
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