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The Life Of Charlotte Brontë Volume 1

by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1810 – 1865)

Charlotte Brontë was a British author, the eldest of the three famous Brontë sisters who have become standards of English literature. She is best known for her novel Jane Eyre, one of the greatest classics of all time. Just two years after Charlotte’s death, her friend Elizabeth Gaskell wrote her biography. Want to know more about Charlotte Brontë? If you do, please read this biography. (Summary by Stav Nisser)

Volume Two of this biography is available here.

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Total running time: 10:18:36

mp3 and ogg files

• 01 – Chapter 1 – 00:16:33
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  [mp3@128kbps - 15.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 11MB]
  Read by: Marie Manis
• 02 – Chapter 2, Part 1 – 00:25:35
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  Read by: Katie Riley
• 03 – Chapter 2, Part 2 – 00:27:41
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  [mp3@128kbps - 26.5MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 19MB]
  Read by: Katie Riley
• 04 – Chapter 3 – 00:38:53
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  Read by: Bruce Pirie
• 05 – Chapter 4 – 00:37:02
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  Read by: Bruce Pirie
• 06 – Chapter 5 – 00:31:45
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  Read by: Hayden
• 07 – Chapter 6, Part 1 – 00:26:09
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  Read by: Hayden
• 08 – Chapter 6, Part 2 – 00:22:10
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  Read by: Gail Mattern
• 09 – Chapter 7 – 00:44:26
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  Read by: Julie VW
• 10 – Chapter 8, Part 1 – 00:28:41
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  Read by: Gail Mattern
• 11 – Chapter 8, Part 2 – 00:29:47
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  Read by: supergirl
• 12 – Chapter 8, Part 3 – 00:34:39
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  Read by: Julie VW
• 13 – Chapter 9 – 00:32:25
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  Read by: Katie Riley
• 14 – Chapter 10 – 00:34:08
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  [ogg vorbis - 23MB]
  Read by: Katie Riley
• 15 – Chapter 11, Part 1 – 00:29:11
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  [mp3@128kbps - 28.0MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 18MB]
  Read by:
  Bruce Pirie
  Ruth Golding
• 16 – Chapter 11, Part 2 – 00:42:51
  [mp3@64kbps - 20.5MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 41.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 27MB]
  Read by:
  Aldor
  Bruce Pirie
  Ruth Golding
• 17 – Chapter 12, Part 1 – 00:29:44
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  [ogg vorbis - 18MB]
  Read by:
  Bruce Pirie
  Ruth Golding
• 18 – Chapter 12, Part 2 – 00:25:52
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  [ogg vorbis - 17MB]
  Read by: Bruce Pirie
• 19 – Chapter 13 – 00:31:36
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  [mp3@128kbps - 30.3MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 20MB]
  Read by:
  Bruce Pirie
  Ruth Golding
• 20 – Chapter 14 – 00:29:28
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  [mp3@128kbps - 28.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 20MB]
  Read by: Bruce Pirie

Cataloged on April 25, 2009