Word Portraits of Famous Writers: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Word Portraits of Famous Writers, credited to Mabel E. Wotton, 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 Word Portraits of Famous Writers by Mabel E. Wotton. Read in English by Larry Wilson; Nemo; Kathleen Moore; ADKreader; Sonia; Phil Schempf; Michael Fassio; Tomas Peter; Adele Pooley; Eva Davis; Steve C; April6090; Amy Gramour; Kay Sun; Demosthenes; Devorah Allen; VfkaBT; Robert Robinson; MaryAnn; BettyB; Greg Giordano; Emma Charlotte; Rosemarie DeSapio Mabel Elizabeth Wotton, an author herself, moved in the literary circles of the late nineteenth century establishing many close friendships, She presents for us here, not literary criticism nor biographical sketches, but "word portraits," shore vignettes of a persons physical appearance and elements of behavior or personality. These are all drawn from many sources -- biographies, newspapers, or personal friends of the authors. Some descriptions are based on paintings or drawings, but the majority are derived from personal acquaintance. Thus, we have a unique view of these famous artists that we seldom read. - Summary by Larry Wilson

Recording facts

• Recording title: Word Portraits of Famous Writers
• Author credits: Mabel E. Wotton
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 116
• Listed recording duration: 7:26:11

Catalogue topics

• history
• essay
• biography
• author
• poet

Opening tracks: first 24 of 116

1. 000 - Introduction — 6:04
2. 001 - Joseph Addison — 4:48
3. 002 - Harrison Ainsworth — 4:20
4. 003 - Jane Austen — 3:43
5. 004 - Francis, Lord Bacon — 2:45
6. 005 - Joanna Baillie — 3:01
7. 006 - Benjamin, Lord Beaconsfield — 2:59
8. 007 - Jeremy Bentham — 3:33
9. 008 - Richard Bentley — 1:38
10. 009 - James Boswell — 3:29
11. 010 - Charlotte Brontë — 4:30
12. 011 - Henry, Lord Brougham — 8:57
13. 012 - Elizabeth Barrett Browning — 2:30
14. 013 - John Bunyan — 3:17
15. 014 - Edmund Burke — 4:36
16. 015 - Robert Burns — 6:43
17. 016 - Samuel Butler — 1:12
18. 017 - George, Lord Byron — 3:53
19. 018 - Thomas Campbell — 5:46
20. 019 - Thomas Carlyle — 4:10
21. 020 - Thomas Chatterton — 2:48
22. 021 - Geoffrey Chaucer — 3:21
23. 022 - Philip, Lord Chesterfield — 3:52
24. 023 - William Cobbett — 5:03

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