The Prelude, Version 2: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Prelude, Version 2, credited to William Wordsworth, 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 Prelude, Version 2 by William Wordsworth. Read in English by Peter Tucker. Wordsworth's celebrated poetic summary of his creative life and development, from childhood to old age, in which he examines his motives, inspirations, and analytical processes, in an admirable quest to situate himself as a poet in his world. - Summary by Peter Tucker

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Prelude, Version 2
• Author credits: William Wordsworth
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 14
• Listed recording duration: 5:28:47

Catalogue topics

• poetry
• nature
• English
• autobiography
• creativity
• Romanticism

Track guide

1. 01 - Book First — 26:52
2. 02 - Book Second — 19:12
3. 03 - Book Third — 25:49
4. 04 - Book Fourth — 19:49
5. 05 - Book Fifth — 25:23
6. 06 - Book Sixth — 32:47
7. 07 - Book Seventh — 32:14
8. 08 - Book Eighth — 29:16
9. 09 - Book Ninth — 24:02
10. 10 - Book Tenth — 24:48
11. 11 - Book Eleventh — 19:25
12. 12 - Book Twelfth — 14:20
13. 13 - Book Thirteenth — 15:53
14. 14 - Book Fourteenth — 18:57

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