Venus and Adonis: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Venus and Adonis, credited to William Shakespeare, 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 Venus and Adonis by William Shakespeare. Venus and Adonis is Shakespeare's narrative poem about the love of the goddess Venus for the mortal youth Adonis, dedicated partly to his patron, the Earl of Southampton (thought by some to be the beautiful youth to which many of the Sonnets are addressed). The poem recounts Venus' attempts to woo Adonis, their passionate coupling, and Adonis' rejection of the goddess, to which she responds with jealousy, with tragic results. This recording features three different readers performing the narration, Venus, and Adonis. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Venus and Adonis
• Author credits: William Shakespeare
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 1
• Listed recording duration: 1:08:34

Catalogue topics

• audio
• shakespeare
• poetry
• venus
• adonis
• love
• lust

Track guide

1. 1 - Venus and Adonis — 1:08:34

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