The World's Desire: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The World's Desire by Andrew Lang; H. Rider Haggard: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 28 original MP3 tracks, 10:16:37 running time and a link to listen.
The World's Desire, credited to Andrew Lang; H. Rider Haggard, 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 World's Desire by Andrew Lang; H. Rider Haggard. Read in English by Annyiee Hill; Taylor Davison; pcushnie; DJRickyV; Marcelle D Ward H. Rider Haggard (author of King Solomon's Mines the Allan Quatermain Series, and many more) and Andrew Lang (author of, among others, the rainbow coloured fairytale books) collaborate to lend their talent to one of the most fascinating and well known stories of all times. Odysseus returns home from the war, but does not find the peace and quiet which he craves. His home is ravaged, and his wife Penelope is dead. He comunicates with an old flame, the beautiful Helen of Troy, who sends him to his ultimate and defining last journey. Read about his adventures, and what might have been, in this beautiful novel by two of Britian's best Vctorian novelists. - Summary by Stav Nisser and Wikipedia.
Recording facts
- Recording title: The World's Desire
- Author credits: Andrew Lang; H. Rider Haggard
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 28
- Listed recording duration: 10:16:37
Catalogue topics
- fantasy
- Victorian novel
Opening tracks: first 24 of 28
- 00 - Preface — 6:49
- 01 - book I, chapter I — 17:00
- 02 - book I, chapter II — 18:49
- 03 - book I, chapter III — 31:58
- 04 - book I, chapter IV — 16:18
- 05 - book I, chapter V — 18:25
- 06 - book I, chapter VI — 28:24
- 07 - book I, chapter VII — 20:05
- 08 - book I, chapter VIII — 40:37
- 09 - book II, chapter I — 22:21
- 10 - book II, chapter II — 27:39
- 11 - book II, chapter III — 33:56
- 12 - book II, chapter IV — 18:50
- 13 - book II, chapter V — 23:03
- 14 - book II, chapter VI — 24:30
- 15 - book II, chapter VII — 21:41
- 16 - book II, chapter VIII — 17:09
- 17 - book II, chapter IX — 23:31
- 18 - book II, chapter X — 18:43
- 19 - book II, chapter XI — 15:55
- 20 - book III, chapter I — 21:09
- 21 - book III, chapter II — 20:00
- 22 - book III, chapter III — 23:42
- 23 - book III, chapter IV — 14:43
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