The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke, credited to C. J. Dennis, 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 Songs of a Sentimental Bloke by C. J. Dennis. Read by Algy Pug. The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke is a verse novel by Australian novelist and poet C. J. Dennis. The book sold over 60,000 copies in nine editions within the first year, and is probably one of the highest selling verse novels ever published in Australia. The novel tells the story of Bill, a larrikin of the Little Lonsdale Street Push, who is introduced to a young woman by the name of Doreen. The book chronicles their courtship and marriage, detailing Bill's transformation from a violence-prone gang member to a contented husband and father. C.J. Dennis went on to publish three sequels to this novel: The Moods of Ginger Mick (1916), Doreen (1917) and Rose of Spadgers (1924) (Introduction from Wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke
• Author credits: C. J. Dennis
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 16
• Listed recording duration: 2:08:34

Catalogue topics

• poetry
• romance
• adventure
• myths/legends

Track guide

1. 0 - Introduction — 2:29
2. 1 - A Spring Song — 5:24
3. 2 - The Intro — 6:13
4. 3 - The Stoush o' Day — 5:30
5. 4 - Doreen — 3:55
6. 5 - The Play — 6:25
7. 6 - The Stror 'at Coot — 8:11
8. 7 - The Siren — 6:51
9. 8 - Mar — 7:32
10. 9 - Pilot Cove — 5:03
11. 10 - Hitched — 7:31
12. 11 - Beef Tea — 5:54
13. 12 - Uncle Jim — 6:54
14. 13 - The Kid — 8:44
15. 14 - The Mooch o' Life — 4:41
16. 15 - Glossary — 36:52

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