The Sword of Damocles: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Sword of Damocles, credited to Anna Katharine Green, 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 Sword of Damocles by Anna Katharine Green. Read in English by Mary Bard Anna Katharine Green is best known as one of the first women detective writers, and The Sword of Damocles, first published in 1881, does indeed include several mysteries. There is a very brief appearance by her famous detective, Mr Gryce, but at the heart of the book, which is subtitled A Story of New York Life, are a number of very different love stories. (Summary by Mary Bard)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Sword of Damocles
• Author credits: Anna Katharine Green
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 46
• Listed recording duration: 16:39:39

Opening tracks: first 24 of 46

1. 01 - A Wanderer — 4:27
2. 02 - A Discussion — 13:13
3. 03 - A Mysterious Summons — 22:44
4. 04 - Searchings — 24:22
5. 05 - The Rubicon — 27:10
6. 06 - A Hand Clasp — 4:38
7. 07 - Mrs. Sylvester — 16:42
8. 08 - Shadows of the Past — 16:46
9. 09 - Paula — 29:26
10. 10 - The Barred Door — 16:30
11. 11 - Miss Stuyvesant — 23:20
12. 12 - Miss Belinda Makes Conditions — 24:21
13. 13 - The End of My Lady's Picture — 28:35
14. 14 - Miss Belinda has a Question to Decide — 34:46
15. 15 - An Adventure - or Something More — 19:46
16. 16 - The Sword of Damocles — 28:52
17. 17 - Grave and Gay — 26:41
18. 18 - In the Night Watches — 8:00
19. 19 - A Day at the Bank — 15:00
20. 20 - The Dregs in the Cup — 20:13
21. 21 - Departure — 21:23
22. 22 - Hopgood — 23:54
23. 23 - The Poem — 23:18
24. 24 - The Japha Mansion — 24:29

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