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A Visit From Saint Nicholas

by Clement Clarke Moore (1779 – 1863)

LibriVox volunteers bring you 24 recordings of A Visit From Saint Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore.
More commonly known today as ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas.
This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for December 13th, 2009.

• Gutenberg e-text
• Wikipedia – Clement Clarke Moore
• Wikipedia – A Visit From Saint Nicholas
• LibriVox’s A Visit From Saint Nicholas Internet Archive page
• Zip file of the entire book (41MB)
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Total running time: 1:26:57
In addition to the readers, this audio book was produced by:
Book Coordinator and
Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: David Lawrence

mp3 and ogg files

• Version 1 – 00:03:24
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.6MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 3.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 2.2MB]
  Read by: Anne Cheng
• Version 2 – 00:03:33
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.7MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 3.4MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 2.3MB]
  Read by: Abigail Bartels
• Version 3 – 00:02:54
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.3MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 2.7MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.9MB]
  Read by: Anna Roberts
• Version 4 – 00:03:59
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.9MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 3.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 2.4MB]
  Read by: Bill Mosley
• Version 5 – 00:04:01
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.9MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 3.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 2.6MB]
  Read by: Caliban
• Version 6 – 00:03:04
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.4MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 2.9MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 2.0MB]
  Read by: Clara Snyder
• Version 7 – 00:03:33
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.7MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 3.4MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 2.3MB]
  Read by: icyjumbo
• Version 8 – 00:04:02
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.9MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 3.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 2.3MB]
  Read by: Clarica
• Version 9 – 00:03:24
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.6MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 3.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 2.2MB]
  Read by: David Lawrence
• Version 10 – 00:03:50
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.8MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 3.6MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 2.4MB]
  Read by: Ernst Pattynama
• Version 11 – 00:02:59
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.4MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 2.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.9MB]
  Read by: Elli
• Version 12 – 00:03:48
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.8MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 3.6MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 2.4MB]
  Read by: Ezwa
• Version 13 – 00:03:25
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.6MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 3.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 2.2MB]
  Read by: Kara Shallenberg
• Version 14 – 00:03:02
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.4MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 2.9MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 2.0MB]
  Read by: Lucy Perry
• Version 15 – 00:03:59
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.9MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 3.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 2.7MB]
  Read by: Linda Lee Paquet
• Version 16 – 00:03:08
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.5MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 3.0MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 2.0MB]
  Read by: Mike Vendetti
• Version 17 – 00:03:43
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.7MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 3.5MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 2.4MB]
  Read by: Mark F. Smith
• Version 18 – 00:03:18
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.5MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 3.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.9MB]
  Read by: Neeru Iyer
• Version 19 – 00:04:05
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.9MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 3.9MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 2.3MB]
  Read by: Ruth Golding
• Version 20 – 00:04:18
  [mp3@64kbps - 2.0MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 4.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 2.7MB]
  Read by: ravenotation
• Version 21 – 00:03:53
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.8MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 3.7MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 2.5MB]
  Read by: Utek
• Version 22 – 00:03:23
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.6MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 3.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 2.0MB]
  Read by: Sean McGaughey
• Version 23 – 00:03:33
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.7MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 3.4MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 2.2MB]
  Read by: Tricia G
• Version 24 – 00:04:39
  [mp3@64kbps - 2.2MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 4.4MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 3.3MB]
  Read by: Tasleem Khan

Cataloged on December 27, 2009