The World that Never Was: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The World that Never Was by Arthur St. John Adcock: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 21 original MP3 tracks, 3:59:09 running time and a link to listen.
The World that Never Was, credited to Arthur St. John Adcock, 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 that Never Was by Arthur St. John Adcock. Read in English by Librivox Volunteers. Olive, age seven and a half, and her brother Tony, who is one year younger, live in London. Because their mother has been sent away ill, they are being raised by their beautiful but unpleasant Aunt Prue, their dad, who is a businessman too busy to see them, and their loving but homely nurse Becky. One night, a mysterious appearance by their mother leads them to a great adventure. Even though Becky has warned them not to, they decide to go out at night to see what the city is like when everyone else is home sleeping. At the stroke of midnight, magical things happen. - Summary by Verla Viera
Recording facts
- Recording title: The World that Never Was
- Author credits: Arthur St. John Adcock
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 21
- Listed recording duration: 3:59:09
Catalogue topics
- fantasy
- London
- juvenile
Track guide
- 01 - Chapter I Olive and Tony at Home — 10:40
- 02 - Chapter II The People of the Night — 12:02
- 03 - Chapter III Olive Starts on Her Adventures — 12:15
- 04 - Chapter IV The Troubles of P.C. 1 and a 1/2 — 17:13
- 05 - Chapter V The Romance of Bluebeard and the Princess Pearl — 10:08
- 06 - Chapter VI The Two Mr. P's and Some Others — 11:54
- 07 - Chapter VII Olive and Tony Try to Befriend Bluebeard — 14:48
- 08 - Chapter VIII The Conspiracy Succeeds — 5:39
- 09 - Chapter IX In Trafalgar Square — 7:34
- 10 - Chapter X How Tony Was Lost and the Strand Was Cleared to Find Him — 9:44
- 11 - Chapter XI Of the Charm that Gog and Magog Gave to Olive — 12:02
- 12 - Chapter XII Of the Shocking Fate of Gog and Magog — 15:18
- 13 - Chapter XIII The Idols Who Winked — 7:48
- 14 - Chapter XIV The Riddle of the Sphinx — 10:34
- 15 - Chapter XV Olive Helps Gog, but Can Do Nothing for Magog — 11:07
- 16 - Chapter XVI Father Christmas Answers the Riddle — 20:02
- 17 - Chapter XVII How the Snuff-Box Was Stolen — 6:54
- 18 - Chapter XIX Magog is Cured, and Bluebeard and Becky Made Happy — 14:08
- 19 - Chapter XVIII At the Court of the Fairy Queen — 15:17
- 20 - Chapter XX Tells How Tony Was Found — 7:04
- 21 - Chapter XXI At Home Again — 6:58
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