The Welsh and Their Literature: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Welsh and Their Literature by George Borrow: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 11 original MP3 tracks, 1:27:18 running time and a link to listen.
The Welsh and Their Literature, credited to George Borrow, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
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The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of The Welsh and their literature by George Borrow. Read in English by Eric Metzler Originally an article in the US Edition of the London Quarterly Review, George Borrow offers a sweeping history of Welsh literature, beginning with the legendary origin of the Welsh people, then their major bards and poets, and then their works of prose. Many examples are offered. - Summary by Eric W. Metzler
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Welsh and Their Literature
- Author credits: George Borrow
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 11
- Listed recording duration: 1:27:18
Catalogue topics
- Wales
- welsh history
- welsh poetry
- welsh literature
Track guide
- 01 - Section 1 - to legend of Hu Gadarn — 8:17
- 02 - Section 2 - to the Saxon conquest — 5:59
- 03 - Section 3 - to Merddin Ambrosius — 10:04
- 04 - Section 4 - to bard Dafydd Benfras — 7:54
- 05 - Section 5 - to Griffith ap Nicholas — 9:30
- 06 - Section 6 - to Sion Tudor — 5:00
- 07 - Section 7 - to Gronwy Owen — 7:51
- 08 - Section 8 - to the Mabinogion — 7:46
- 09 - Section 9 - The Sleeping Bard, part A — 8:24
- 10 - Section 10 - The Sleeping Bard, part B — 9:50
- 11 - Section 11 - to Taliesin — 6:42
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