The Prince and the Pauper: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 34 original MP3 tracks, 7:41:05 running time and a link to listen.
The Prince and the Pauper, credited to Mark Twain, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
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The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain. Read in English by volunteer readers. One day a poor boy, Tom, gets a little too near the gates of the palace. and the guards start to beat him. However the prince himself intervenes and invites Tom into the palace. They talk about their differences in life and how very similar they both are to one another in appearance. They decide to trade clothes for a few minutes to see what it is like. Still in Tom's clothes, the Prince, Edward, leaves the room for a few minutes, and the guards mistake him for the pauper, throwing him out of the palace! Tom decides to try and act like the prince, not knowing what has happened to him. Everyone thinks the prince is ill, causing him to forget things, while the real prince struggles to survive in the streets of his own kingdom. This story is about all the adventures both have in the process. --Summary by Fiddlesticks
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Prince and the Pauper
- Author credits: Mark Twain
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 34
- Listed recording duration: 7:41:05
Catalogue topics
- Historical Fiction
- mistaken identity
Opening tracks: first 24 of 34
- 01 - The birth of the Prince and the Pauper. — 2:33
- 02 - Tom's early life. — 10:31
- 03 - Tom's meeting with the Prince. — 13:31
- 04 - The Prince's troubles begin. — 9:46
- 05 - Tom as a patrician. — 15:50
- 06 - Tom receives instructions. — 16:16
- 07 - Tom's first royal dinner. — 10:46
- 08 - The question of the Seal. — 6:50
- 09 - The river pageant. — 7:46
- 10 - The Prince in the toils. — 25:01
- 11 - At Guildhall. — 12:53
- 12 - The Prince and his deliverer. — 28:59
- 13 - The disappearance of the Prince. — 10:48
- 14 - 'Le Roi est mort--vive le Roi.' — 22:51
- 15 - Tom as King. — 22:15
- 16 - The state dinner. — 5:47
- 17 - Foo-foo the First. — 18:27
- 18 - The Prince with the tramps. — 18:54
- 19 - The Prince with the peasants. — 13:05
- 20 - The Prince and the hermit. — 16:24
- 21 - Hendon to the rescue. — 9:26
- 22 - A victim of treachery. — 12:16
- 23 - The Prince a prisoner. — 6:41
- 24 - The escape. — 6:12
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