Around the World in Seventy-Two Days

by Nellie Bly · Free audiobook · 18 chapters

Librivox recording of Around the World in Seventy-Two Days by Nellie Bly. Read by Mary Reagan. This is a true account by an American woman journalist who, in 1889, set out to see whether she could beat the fictional journey in Jules Verne’s 1873 novel, Around the World in Eighty Days. Wearing one dress and carrying one handbag, Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman (pen name “Nellie Bly”), reported her travels back to avid readers in America.(Summary by Mary Reagan) 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 audiobooks, or to become a volunteer reader, please visit librivox.org . Download M4B (168MB)

Chapters

1. 01 - A Proposal to Girdle the Earth15:39
2. 02 - The Start20:25
3. 03 - Southampton to Jules Verne's16:56
4. 04 - Jules Verne at Home16:34
5. 05 - On to Brindisi23:13
6. 06 - An American Heiress17:57
7. 07 - Two Beautiful Black Eyes23:39
8. 08 - Aden to Colombo15:22
9. 09 - Delayed for Five Days39:44
10. 10 - In the Pirate Seas29:16
11. 11 - Against the Monsoon16:51
12. 12 - British China28:06
13. 13 - Christmas in Canton29:55
14. 14 - To the Land of the Mikado5:21
15. 15 - One Hundred and Twenty Hours in Japan28:19
16. 16 - Across the Pacific11:22
17. 17 - Across the Continent15:11
18. 18 - The Record11:41