The Village Bells: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Village Bells by William Lisle Bowles: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 15 original MP3 tracks, 16:58 running time and a link to listen.

The Village Bells, credited to William Lisle Bowles, 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 volunteers bring you 15 recordings of The Village Bells by William Lisle Bowles. This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 8, 2026. William Lisle Bowles was an English priest, poet and critic. He was an amiable, absent-minded, and rather eccentric man. His poems are characterised by refinement of feeling, tenderness, and pensive thought, but are deficient in power and passion. - Summary by Wikipedia
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Village Bells
- Author credits: William Lisle Bowles
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 15
- Listed recording duration: 16:58
Catalogue topics
- poetry
- philosophy
- life
- flowers
- wedding-day
- coffin
Track guide
- 01 - The Village Bells - read by ALP — 1:05
- 02 - The Village Bells - read by AT — 1:04
- 03 - The Village Bells - read by BK — 1:12
- 04 - The Village Bells - read by BWC — 1:07
- 05 - The Village Bells - read by CLA — 1:07
- 06 - The Village Bells - read by DL — 1:16
- 07 - The Village Bells - read by DW — 1:04
- 08 - The Village Bells - read by GLN — 1:16
- 09 - The Village Bells - read by LAH — 1:08
- 10 - The Village Bells - read by LCW — 1:10
- 11 - The Village Bells - read by PAC — 1:08
- 12 - The Village Bells - read by PDP — 0:59
- 13 - The Village Bells - read by PLM — 1:16
- 14 - The Village Bells - read by SLM — 0:59
- 15 - The Village Bells - read by SP — 1:07
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