Letters of Pliny
Pliny The Younger
Read by Andrew Coleman
The largest surviving body of Pliny's work is his Epistulae (Letters), a series of personal missives directed to his friends, associates and the Emperor Trajan. These letters are a unique testimony of Roman administrative history and everyday life in the 1st century CE. Especially noteworthy among the letters are two in which he describes the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in August 79, during which his uncle Pliny the Elder died (65 and 66 in this edition), and one in which he asks the Emperor for instructions regarding official policy concerning Christians (Trajan Letter 97). Other letters include a ghost story, a story about a dolphin, descriptions of Pliny's villa, and Pliny's opinions on legacy-hunting, the treatment of slaves and the decline in respect for orators. - Summary by Wikipedia revised by Andrew Coleman (10 hr 36 min)
Chapters
Introduction | 5:45 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
Letters 1-7 | 32:09 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
Letters 8-14 | 35:57 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
Letters 15-21 | 30:25 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
Letters 22-25 | 30:24 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
Letters 26-31 | 30:27 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
Letters 32-39 | 28:29 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
Letters 40-49 | 32:46 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
Letters 50-53 | 33:28 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
Letters 54-64 | 33:08 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
Letters 65-66 | 21:23 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
Letters 67-76 | 36:22 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
Letters 77-83 | 34:41 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
Letters 84-89 | 33:22 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
Letters 90-96 | 29:41 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
Letters 97-105 | 32:46 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
Letters 106-110 | 26:06 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
Letters T1-27 | 28:56 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
Letters T28-51 | 27:50 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
Letters T52-70 | 21:13 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
Letters T71-96 | 24:17 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
Letters T97-98 | 7:50 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
Letters T99-122 | 19:32 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
Reviews
THANK YOU!!
A LibriVox Listener
I have been searching for an audio version of Pliny's letters for ages unsuccessfully. I am SO grateful to Mr Coleman for his fantastic reading here. Truly well read and thoroughly enjoyable.
A LibriVox Listener
Beautiful reading, intelligently nuanced bring the writer to life. Thank you Andrew Coleman - I love this reading - and your reading of Proust! Pamina
A LibriVox Listener
Thank you! Have been looking for this.
Long Live Pliny the Elder & Younger!
Ariovistus
Yo Pliny you can keep your snails. I'll keep my poke sallat & fried green tomatoes...roll tide.