The Portent: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Portent by George MacDonald: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 28 original MP3 tracks, 4:23:49 running time and a link to listen.
The Portent, credited to George MacDonald, 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 Portent by George MacDonald. Read in English by Beth Thomas; Gemma L Myers; Mike Pelton; Larry Wilson; JustinJYN Overshadowed by the dark legend of the murderous rider of the horse with the loose shoe, Duncan Campbell sets out from his home in the Highlands to make his fortune in the world. When he finds the woman whose destiny is mingled with his, he must overcome first her indifference, then the malice of her family, then the forces of space and time. Will he ever put to rest the old curse? George MacDonald was an influence on many famous fantasy writers, including C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Madeleine L'Engle. This fantasy romance derives from MacDonald's own Celtic tradition of the "Second Sight". It is a daydream, but one which holds up a mirror to human nature and shows us the truth of ourselves, as well as being a work of art in itself. (summary by Beth Thomas and Gemma Myers)
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Portent
- Author credits: George MacDonald
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 28
- Listed recording duration: 4:23:49
Opening tracks: first 24 of 28
- 00 - Preface — 2:59
- 01 - Chapter 1: My Boyhood — 9:30
- 02 - Chapter 2: The Second Hearing — 7:35
- 03 - Chapter 3: My Old Nurse's Story — 31:25
- 04 - Chapter 4: Hilton Hall — 8:58
- 05 - Chapter 5: Lady Alice — 8:17
- 06 - Chapter 6: My Quarters — 7:38
- 07 - Chapter 7: The Library — 7:36
- 08 - Chapter 8: The Somnambulist — 6:51
- 09 - Chapter 9: The First Waking — 7:19
- 10 - Chapter 10: Love and Power — 11:55
- 11 - Chapter 11: A New Pupil — 8:48
- 12 - Chapter 12: Confession — 7:19
- 13 - Chapter 13: Questioning — 4:50
- 14 - Chapter 14: Jealousy — 4:47
- 15 - Chapter 15: The Chamber of Ghosts — 10:38
- 16 - Chapter 16: The Clanking Shoe — 14:39
- 17 - Chapter 17: The Physician — 9:20
- 18 - Chapter 18: Old Friends — 4:48
- 19 - Chapter 19: Old Constancy — 5:47
- 20 - Chapter 20: Margaret — 24:21
- 21 - Chapter 21: Hilton — 7:35
- 22 - Chapter 22: The Sleeper — 9:27
- 23 - Chapter 23: My Old Room — 10:27
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