The Tinted Venus: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Tinted Venus, credited to F. Anstey, 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 Tinted Venus by F. Anstey. Read in English by Don W. Jenkins When a young newly engaged man finds himself bound for an amusement garden with an old flame, not his fiancee, it is not surprising that he still feels some attraction for her. When they escape the heat of the dance floor to walk among the trees in the garden, it is not surprising that they should come upon a statue of a woman of uncommon beauty, with the smallest hands. When the young man attempts to demonstrate that his absent fiancee has hands even smaller than this immortalized stone woman, it is surprising when the engagement ring he is carrying fits easily on the stone finger, but does not easily come off. There are many surprises to come with with this sculpted woman and the all too lively young lady from his past. - Summary by Don W. Jenkins

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Tinted Venus
• Author credits: F. Anstey
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 15
• Listed recording duration: 5:47:41

Catalogue topics

• humor
• romance
• aphrodite

Track guide

1. 01 - In Pursuit of Pleasure — 37:42
2. 02 - Pleasure in Pursuit — 16:16
3. 03 - A Distinguished Stranger — 12:17
4. 04 - From Bad to Worse — 28:59
5. 05 - An Experiment — 18:47
6. 06 - Two Are Company — 20:37
7. 07 - A Further Predicament — 21:39
8. 08 - Between the Devil and the Deep Sea — 31:28
9. 09 - At Last — 22:02
10. 10 - Damocles Dines Out — 24:00
11. 11 - Denounced — 22:52
12. 12 - An Appeal — 24:09
13. 13 - The Last Straw — 13:31
14. 14 - The Thirteenth Trump — 28:19
15. 15 - The Odd Trick — 25:01

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