Weird Tales, Volume 1: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Weird Tales, Volume 1, credited to E. T. A. Hoffmann, 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 Weird Tales, Volume 1 by E. T. A. Hoffmann. (Translated by J. T. Bealby.) Read in English by Thomas A. Copeland These stories form the first volume of the renowned Tales of Hoffman. They are fantasies with hints of the supernatural—quintessential Romanticism. Writers of the Romantic period typically seek to lift the spirit to awe, wonder, love, horror, or other extremes of emotion. Hoffmann is drawn to such experiences, particularly as they relate to the creative process. Although he occasionally arouses them in the reader, he more often examines them critically or, in the case of hysterical excesses, especially infatuation, satirizes them. - Summary by T. A. Copeland

Recording facts

• Recording title: Weird Tales, Volume 1
• Author credits: E. T. A. Hoffmann
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 17
• Listed recording duration: 12:02:31

Catalogue topics

• death
• art
• love
• music
• romantic
• madness
• uncanny

Track guide

1. 01 - The Cremona Violin, Part 1 — 43:22
2. 02 - The Cremona Violin, Part 2 — 21:01
3. 03 - The Fermata — 53:46
4. 04 - Signor Formica, Part 1 — 32:53
5. 05 - Signor Formica, Part 2 — 46:37
6. 06 - Signor Formica, Part 3 — 33:08
7. 07 - Signor Formica, Part 4 — 34:28
8. 08 - Signor Formica, Part 5 — 39:39
9. 09 - Signor Formica, Part 6 — 32:49
10. 10 - The Sand-man, Part 1 — 51:36
11. 11 - The Sand-man, Part 2 — 45:04
12. 12 - The Entail, Part 1 — 59:17
13. 13 - The Entail, Part 2 — 50:54
14. 14 - The Entail, Part 3 — 49:02
15. 15 - The Entail, Part 4 — 51:33
16. 16 - Arthur's Hall, Part 1 — 39:14
17. 17 - Arthur's Hall, Part 2 — 38:08

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