The Rise of David Levinsky: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Rise of David Levinsky, credited to Abraham Cahan, 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 Rise of David Levinsky by Abraham Cahan. Read in English by volunteer readers. Coming to New York from the Russian Empire, Abraham Cahan founded the Jewish Daily Forward to help Yiddish-speaking immigrants adjust to life in New York. He also became a popular novelist, best known for his semi-autobiographical The Rise of David Levinsky, about a Russian Jew who emigrates to America and rises from rags to riches. - Summary modified from Wikipedia

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Rise of David Levinsky
• Author credits: Abraham Cahan
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 59
• Listed recording duration: 18:51:17

Catalogue topics

• New York
• socialism
• Russia
• Jew

Opening tracks: first 24 of 59

1. 01 - Book I - Home and School, Chapter 1 — 12:35
2. 02 - Book I - Home and School, Chapter 2 — 23:03
3. 03 - Book I - Home and School, Chapters 3,4 — 20:44
4. 04 - Book II - Enter Satan, Chapter 1 — 27:43
5. 05 - Book II - Enter Satan, Chapter 2 — 23:25
6. 06 - Book II - Enter Satan, Chapter 3 — 9:12
7. 07 - Book III - I Lose My Mother, Chapter 1 — 20:08
8. 08 - Book III - I Lose My Mother, Chapter 2 — 12:34
9. 09 - Book IV - Matilda, Chapters 1,2 — 21:55
10. 10 - Book IV - Matilda, Chapters 3,4,5 — 16:58
11. 11 - Book V - I Discover America, Chapter 1 — 17:23
12. 12 - Book V - I Discover America, Chapter 2 — 21:34
13. 13 - Book V - I Discover America, Chapters 3,4 — 16:44
14. 14 - Book VI - A Greenhorn No Longer, Chapters 1,2 — 15:49
15. 15 - Book VI - A Greenhorn No Longer, Chapter 3 — 7:22
16. 16 - Book VI - A Greenhorn No Longer, Chapter 4 — 17:26
17. 17 - Book VI - A Greenhorn No Longer, Chapter 5 — 12:47
18. 18 - Book VII - My Temple Book, Chapters 1,2 — 21:13
19. 19 - Book VII - My Temple Book, Chapters 3,4 — 18:02
20. 20 - Book VII - My Temple Book, Chapters 5,6 — 19:14
21. 21 - Book VII - My Temple Book, Chapters 7,8 — 23:05
22. 22 - Book VIII - The Destruction of My Temple Book, Chapters 1,2 — 13:28
23. 23 - Book VIII - The Destruction of My Temple Book, Chapters 3,4 — 18:59
24. 24 - Book VIII - The Destruction of My Temple Book, Chapters 5,6 — 17:10

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