The Steam House: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Steam House, credited to Jules Verne, 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 Steam House by Jules Verne. (Translated by Agnes D. Kingston.) Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers Jules Verne is back with another action-packed adventure--this time in India with a steam-powered elephant! Maucler, Captain Hood, Banks, and Colonel Munro set out for a pleasure trip across India in their train pulled by Behemoth, their mechanical elephant, but soon realize that they are in the midst of a plot by the Colonel's archenemy, Nana Sahib, to get vengeance for past wrongs and seize control of India once and for all. Will they be able to escape from a hidden assassin and uncover a secret hidden for decades in time to stop Nana Sahib? You’ll have to join us in this exciting story read by Librivox volunteers to find out! (Summary by AdeledePignerolles)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Steam House
• Author credits: Jules Verne
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 30
• Combined MP3 track duration: 11:48:23

Catalogue topics

• Verne
• adventure
• science fiction

Opening tracks: first 24 of 30

1. 01 - 1-01. Two Thousand Pounds for a Head — 21:07
2. 02 - 1-02. Colonel Munro — 24:11
3. 03 - 1-03. The Sepoy Revolt — 24:18
4. 04 - 1-04. Deep in the Caves of Ellora — 20:14
5. 05 - 1-05. The Iron Giant — 20:26
6. 06 - 1-06. First Stages — 25:34
7. 07 - 1-07. The Pilgrims of the Phalgou River — 30:23
8. 08 - 1-08. A Few Hours at Benares — 28:42
9. 09 - 1-09. Allahabad — 21:48
10. 10 - 1-10. Via Dolorosa — 16:03
11. 11 - 1-11. The Monsoon — 22:53
12. 12 - 1-12. Three-Fold Light — 21:24
13. 13 - 1-13. Captain Hood's Prowess — 24:16
14. 14 - 1-14. One Against Three — 29:54
15. 15 - 1-15. The Pal of Tandit — 17:16
16. 16 - 1-16. Roving Flame — 18:27
17. 17 - 2-01. Our Sanatarium — 18:50
18. 18 - 2-02. Mathias van Guitt — 28:05
19. 19 - 2-03. The Kraal — 28:15
20. 20 - 2-04. A Queen of the Terrai — 39:10
21. 21 - 2-05. A Night Attack — 31:27
22. 22 - 2-06. Mathias van Guitt's Farewell — 21:29
23. 23 - 2-07. Passage of the Bettwa — 34:23
24. 24 - 2-08. Hood Versus Banks — 18:22

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