The Riddle and Other Stories: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Riddle and Other Stories, credited to Walter De la Mare, 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 Riddle and Other Stories by Walter De la Mare. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers Walter de la Mare has entertained generations with his lyrical and fantastical stories of lost childhood and the magic hidden within plain sight. At times, these themes manifest as psychologically complex tales of faith and regret. At other times, they manifest as something more dream-like and ethereal, wispy bits of rich prose swirling through the fingers and twisting into the air. And then there are times where they manifest as something darker and more sinister, preying upon the frayed edges of childhood where things hide that can hurt you. Join us in this first collection of Walter de la Mare's stories as we immerse ourselves in a feast of bygone hopes and false nostalgia. - Summary by Ben Tucker

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Riddle and Other Stories
• Author credits: Walter De la Mare
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 16
• Listed recording duration: 8:49:13

Catalogue topics

• sinister aunt
• mysterious trunk
• magical garden
• ghostly manservants

Track guide

1. 01 - The Almond Tree Part 1 — 36:00
2. 02 - The Almond Tree Part 2 — 34:52
3. 03 - The Count's Courtship — 22:37
4. 04 - The Looking Glass — 23:54
5. 05 - Miss Duveen — 34:44
6. 06 - Selina's Parable — 15:08
7. 07 - Seaton's Aunt — 1:11:57
8. 08 - The Bird of Travel — 31:10
9. 09 - The Bowl — 22:04
10. 10 - The Three Friends — 18:33
11. 11 - Lispet, Lispett & Vaine — 54:37
12. 12 - The Tree — 45:06
13. 13 - Out of the Deep — 1:06:19
14. 14 - The Creatures — 25:18
15. 15 - The Riddle — 9:33
16. 16 - The Vats — 17:21

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