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Niels Klim’s Journey Under the Ground
by Baron Ludvig Holberg (1684-1754)
Niels Klim’s Underground Travels, originally published in Latin as “Nicolai Klimii Iter Subterraneum” (1741) is a satirical science-fiction/fantasy novel written by Ludvig Holberg, a Norwegian-Danish dramatist, historian, and essayist, born in Bergen, Norway. It was his first and only novel. It describes a utopian society from an outsider’s point of view, and often pokes fun at diverse cultural and social topics such as moral, science, sexual equality, religion, governments, and philosophy. (Summary by Wikipedia)
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Total running time: 3:50:50
Read by Alan Winterrowd
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- 01 -Introduction and Apologetic Preface – 00:15:42
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[ogg vorbis - 9.74MB] - 02 -Chapter I – The Author’s Descent to the Abyss – 00:09:40
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[ogg vorbis - 6.05MB] - 03 -Chapter II – The Author’s Arrival at the Planet Nazar – 00:12:11
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[ogg vorbis - 7.79MB] - 04 -Chapter III – Description of the Town Keba – 00:05:53
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[ogg vorbis - 3.74MB] - 05 -Chapter IV – The Royal Court of Potu – 00:05:43
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[ogg vorbis - 3.66MB] - 06 -Chapter V – The Kingdom of Potu and Its Inhabitants – 00:03:52
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[ogg vorbis - 2.46MB] - 07 -Chapter VI – The Religion of the Potuans – 00:03:17
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[ogg vorbis - 2.08MB] - 08 -Chapter VII – The Potuan Constitution – 00:06:01
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[ogg vorbis - 3.82MB] - 09 – Chapter VIII – The Academies of Potu – 00:06:00
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[ogg vorbis - 3.84MB] - 10 -Chapter IX – The Journey Around the Planet Nazar – 00:42:03
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[ogg vorbis - 26MB] - 11 -Chapter X – The Voyage to the Firmament – 00:27:03
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[ogg vorbis - 17MB] - 12 -Chapter XI – The Voyage to the Land-of-Wonders – 00:20:09
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[ogg vorbis - 13MB] - 13 -Chapter XII – The Author’s Arrival in Quama – 00:10:28
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[ogg vorbis - 6.70MB] - 14 -Chapter XIII – The Beginning of the Fifth Monarchy – 00:35:38
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[ogg vorbis - 23MB] - 15 -Chapter XIV – The Author Becomes a Monarch Under The Ground – 00:06:03
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[ogg vorbis - 3.84MB] - 16 -Chapter XV – A Sudden Change in the Fortunes of the Author – 00:11:03
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[ogg vorbis - 7.12MB] - 17 -Chapter XVI – The Author’s Return to His Father-Land, and the End of the Fifth Monarchy – 00:10:04
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Cataloged on April 24, 2009













