The Purple Land: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Purple Land, credited to William Henry Hudson, 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 Purple Land by William Henry Hudson. Read in English by Larry Wilson; MaryAnn; DJRickyV; Alexander Brett; jftocanada; Kalynda; Jairus Amar; Chancho Jomp In W.H. Hudson’s first novel, an Englishman wandering on horseback across the pampas finds adventure and romance in Uruguay. The full title became: “The Purple Land: Being the Narrative of One Richard Lamb's Adventures in The Banda Oriental, in South America, as Told By Himself”. In the preface to "The Sun Also Rises", President Teddy Roosevelt said that everyone should read "The Purple Land."- Summary by A. Gramour

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Purple Land
• Author credits: William Henry Hudson
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 31
• Listed recording duration: 12:15:20

Catalogue topics

• adventure
• South America
• uruguay

Opening tracks: first 24 of 31

1. 00 - PREFACE — 3:06
2. 01 - CHAPTER I — 23:13
3. 02 - CHAPTER II — 19:09
4. 03 - CHAPTER III — 19:39
5. 04 - CHAPTER IV — 28:00
6. 05 - CHAPTER V — 21:50
7. 06 - CHAPTER VI — 16:13
8. 07 - CHAPTER VII — 12:33
9. 08 - CHAPTER VIII — 22:49
10. 09 - CHAPTER IX — 7:38
11. 10 - CHAPTER X — 31:27
12. 11 - CHAPTER XI — 14:02
13. 12 - CHAPTER XII — 20:56
14. 13 - CHAPTER XIII — 16:24
15. 14 - CHAPTER XIV — 32:38
16. 15 - CHAPTER XV — 22:20
17. 16 - CHAPTER XVI — 36:43
18. 17 - CHAPTER XVII — 43:08
19. 18 - CHAPTER XVIII — 32:29
20. 19 - CHAPTER XIX — 46:35
21. 20 - CHAPTER XX — 14:54
22. 21 - CHAPTER XXI — 27:50
23. 22 - CHAPTER XXII — 24:49
24. 23 - CHAPTER XXIII — 27:44

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