Greatest Wonders of the World
Esther Singleton
Play
Length 10 h 51 min
Chapters 46
First published 1900
A selection of descriptions of famous, and not so famous, natural beauty spots, as described by various travelers of the age. Travelers include William Makepeace Thackeray, Charles Dickens, Sir Richard F. Burton and Alexandre Dumas. - Summary by LynneT
Chapters
1
The Blue Grotto of Capri by Alexandre Dumas Read by George Banfield 9:25
2
Mount Blanc and Chamouni by Percy Bysshe Shelley Read by BettyB 13:58
3
The Dead Sea by Pierre Loti Read by Gillian Hendrie 15:40
4
Mount Vesuvius by Charles Dickens Read by Steve C 32:34
5
The Falls of the Rhine by Victor Hugo Read by Frederick O'Brien 11:16
6
In Arctic and Antarctic Seas I. by Lord Dufferin Read by Piotr Nater 11:24
7
In Arctic and Antarctic Seas II. by W. G. Burn Murdoch Read by Piotr Nater 4:53
8
The Desert of Sahara by Eugène Fromentin Read by Chuck Lavazzi 13:53
9
Fingal’s Cave I. by Sir Walter Scott Read by WesleyDragonSight 10:19
10
Fingal’s Cave II. by John Keats Read by Alan Mapstone 6:35
11
In the Himalayas by G. W. Steevens Read by BettyB 14:44
12
Niagara Falls I. by Anthony Trollope Read by Cynthia Malone 13:30
13
Niagara Falls II. by Charles Dickens. Read by Larry Wilson 5:46
14
Fuji-San by Sir Edwin Arnold Read by Availle 15:29
15
The Cedars of Lebanon by Alphonse de Lamartine Read by Gillian Hendrie 7:41
16
The Giant’s Causeway by William Makepeace Thackeray Read by jenno 18:36
17
The Great Glacier of the Selkirks by Douglas Sladen Read by Steve C 10:35
18
Mauna Loa by Lady Brassey Read by mreaves5 19:48
19
Trollhätta by Hans Christian Andersen Read by quartertone 9:20
20
The Grand Canyon of the Colorado by C. F. Gordon-Cumming Read by Chuck Lavazzi 7:55
21
The Rock of Gibraltar by Augustus J. C. Hare Read by George Banfield 8:09
22
Thingvalla by Lord Dufferin Read by April6090 14:14
23
Land’s End and Logan Rock by John Ayrton Paris Read by jenno 14:16
24
Mount Hekla by Sir Richard F. Burton Read by Chuck Lavazzi 18:00
25
Victoria Falls by David Livingstone Read by Tom Shoesmith 17:34
26
The Dragon-Tree of Orotava by Alexander von Humboldt Read by Chuck Lavazzi 8:10
27
Mount Shasta by J. W. Boddam-Wheatham Read by Lynne T 10:26
28
The Lagoons of Venice by John Ruskin Read by Belinda McReynolds 15:51
29
The Cataracts of the Nile by Amelia B. Edwards Read by jenno 12:57
30
In the Alps by Théophile Gautier Read by Yaelin Lee 8:40
31
The Vale of Kashmir by Andrew Wilson Read by jenno 14:34
32
The Lake of Pitch by Charles Kingsley Read by jenno 14:00
33
The Lachine Rapids by Douglas Sladen Read by Katie Johnstone 6:54
34
Lake Rotorua by H. R. Haweis Read by BettyB 11:59
35
The Big Trees of California by C. F. Gordon-Cumming Read by jenno 16:48
36
Gersoppa Falls by W. M. Yool Read by Elizabeth Copnall 10:53
37
Etna by Alexandre Dumas Read by Belinda McReynolds 14:48
38
Pike’s Peak and the Garden of the Gods by Iza Duffus Hardy Read by BettyB 9:09
39
The Great Geysir of Iceland by Sir Richard F. Burton Read by Sai Karthikey Pentapati 11:59
40
The Rapids of the Danube by William Beattie Read by Tom Shoesmith 13:04
41
The Mammoth Cave by Bayard Taylor Read by Piotr Nater 21:38
42
Stromboli by Alexandre Dumas Read by mkirkpat 10:56
43
The High Woods by Charles Kingsley Read by Tom Shoesmith 38:17
44
The Yo-semité Valley by C. F. Gordon-Cumming Read by Helen 30:19
45
The Golden Horn by Alphonse de Lamartine Read by Tom Shoesmith 18:00
46
The Yellowstone by Rudyard Kipling Read by quartertone 25:53
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