Virgin Soil Volume 1: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Virgin Soil Volume 1, credited to Ivan Turgenev, 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 Virgin Soil Volume 1 by Ivan Turgenev. (Translated by Constance Garnett.) Read in English by Peter Tucker Turgenev's last and longest novel presents the story of a group of young people in late nineteenth century Russia, who because of disillusionment with the country's entrenched traditional hierarchies and power relationships, seek to foment revolutionary activity especially among the peasant and working classes, pursuing a Populist "cause". The novel throws together some disparate personalities, from aesthetes to aristocracy to works managers to fools, and exposes the real human emotions and tensions generated by the cause. The publication being read is divided into two volumes; this first one includes Chapters 1-20, approximately half the book. Volume 2 is catalogued separately.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Virgin Soil Volume 1
• Author credits: Ivan Turgenev
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 21
• Listed recording duration: 5:04:28

Track guide

1. 00 - Introduction — 17:24
2. 01 - Chapter 1 — 13:11
3. 02 - Chapter 2 — 13:43
4. 03 - Chapter 3 — 14:29
5. 04 - Chapter 4 — 14:13
6. 05 - Chapter 5 — 12:28
7. 06 - Chapter 6 — 13:03
8. 07 - Chapter 7 — 15:19
9. 08 - Chapter 8 — 17:34
10. 09 - Chapter 9 — 12:03
11. 10 - Chapter 10 — 12:12
12. 11 - Chapter 11 — 17:26
13. 12 - Chapter 12 — 13:45
14. 13 - Chapter 13 — 13:25
15. 14 - Chapter 14 — 12:19
16. 15 - Chapter 15 — 9:03
17. 16 - Chapter 16 — 14:27
18. 17 - Chapter 17 — 13:03
19. 18 - Chapter 18 — 10:28
20. 19 - Chapter 19 — 28:58
21. 20 - Chapter 20 — 15:55

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