The Spook Ballads: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Spook Ballads by William Theodore Parkes: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 62 original MP3 tracks, 4:43:24 running time and a link to listen.
The Spook Ballads, credited to William Theodore Parkes, 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 Spook Ballads by William Theodore Parkes. Read in English by Larry Wilson; Diana Schmidt; Lynda Marie Neilson; Nemo; ReaganRecordings; ToddHW; GentleJim; Kalynda; Julena Goodell; RecordingPerson; Patrick Saville; Angadeon; LibriSkub; Queen Tiffany Rose This is a volume of ghost stories in verse by William Theodore Parkes. The poems in this volume are often humorous, and written in a parody of ye olde style of poetry. "Dealing largely with ghosts and legends embracing a dash of diablerie such as would have been dear to the heart of Ingoldsby. There is a rugged force in 'The Girl of Castlebar' that will always make it tell in recitation; and even greater success in this direction has attended 'The Fairy Queen,' a story unveiling the seamy side, with quaint humour and stern realism. It is specially worthy of note that Mr. Parkes's skill in versification has received the warmest acknowledgment from those best qualified to appreciate the bright local coloring as well as the blending of fancy and fun."— Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper. - Summary by Carolin
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Spook Ballads
- Author credits: William Theodore Parkes
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 62
- Listed recording duration: 4:43:24
Catalogue topics
- poetry
- horror
- poem
- humour
- ghost
- Ireland
- 1895
- 2017
Opening tracks: first 24 of 62
- 01 - Bohemians, Hail — 2:11
- 02 - The Ghosts of Hampton Court — 17:47
- 03 - Ye Filial Sacrafice — 3:17
- 04 - Madame Stiffin's Ghost — 10:35
- 05 - Sonnet on Parting — 0:59
- 06 - His Bouquet — 2:53
- 07 - The Girl of Castlebar — 5:56
- 08 - The German Band — 5:21
- 09 - Out of Plumb — 0:53
- 10 - A Ward in the Chancerie — 4:44
- 11 - The Fairy Queen — 12:16
- 12 - The Devil in Richmond Park — 6:01
- 13 - Saved — 0:57
- 14 - A Most Remarkable Case — 12:43
- 15 - A Tour to Svitzerland — 5:20
- 16 - Joy! on Seeing a Flying Spring — 0:57
- 17 - The Mate of the Mary Anne — 6:10
- 18 - An Umbrella Case — 1:02
- 19 - The Spook of Rotten Row — 8:22
- 20 - The Magic Specs — 3:00
- 21 - Ye Curious Tayle — 3:06
- 22 - Leather Versus Law — 6:39
- 23 - Heads and Tails — 1:20
- 24 - The Colonel and the Cook — 6:52
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