Letters From America

About this film

LibriVox recording of Letters From America by Rupert Brooke. Read in English by David Wales "[Rupert Brooke] started in May 1913 on a journey to the United States, Canada, and the South Seas, from which he returned next year at the beginning of June. The first thirteen chapters of this book were written as letters to the Westminster Gazette. He would probably not have republished them in their present form, as he intended to write a longer book on his travels; but they are now printed with only the correction of a few evident slips." The listener interested in Brooke's work may want to skip over Henry James' "so affectionate and desperately unintelligible a preface" (Christopher Morley in Modern Essays ) and listen to those four tracks later. (Tracks 2 - 5) ( Book's Prefatory Note and david wales) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B Audiobook (115MB)

Directors & creators

Rupert Brooke

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;America; United States; Canada; Samoa; travelogue; early twentieth century

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