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Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship Volume 1: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship Volume 1 by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 13 original MP3 tracks, 9:12:53 running time and a link to listen.

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Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship Volume 1, credited to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 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 Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship Volume 1 by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. (Translated by Thomas Carlyle.) Read in English by Peter Tucker The novel is in eight books. The eponymous hero undergoes a journey of self-realization. The story centers upon Wilhelm's attempt to escape what he views as the empty life of a bourgeois businessman. After a failed romance with the theater, Wilhelm commits himself to the mysterious Tower Society. The edition being read is divided into two volumes. This is Volume 1. - Summary by Wikipedia

Recording facts

  • Recording title: Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship Volume 1
  • Author credits: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • Language: English
  • Original MP3 tracks: 13
  • Listed recording duration: 9:12:53

Catalogue topics

  • society
  • Germany
  • self-discovery

Track guide

  1. 00 - To the Reader; Translator's Preface — 20:44
  2. 01 - Book 1 Part 1 — 41:34
  3. 02 - Book 1 Part 2 — 44:25
  4. 03 - Book 1 Part 3 — 44:41
  5. 04 - Book 2 Part 1 — 1:00:35
  6. 05 - Book 2 Part 2 — 32:16
  7. 06 - Book 2 Part 3 — 39:48
  8. 07 - Book 3 Part 1 — 37:40
  9. 08 - Book 3 Part 2 — 33:13
  10. 09 - Book 3 Part 3 — 40:56
  11. 10 - Book 4 Part 1 — 54:44
  12. 11 - Book 4 Part 2 — 48:28
  13. 12 - Book 4 Part 3 — 53:49

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