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Greatest Wonders of the World

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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 (10 hr 50 min)

Chapters

The Blue Grotto of Capri by Alexandre Dumas

9:25

Read by George Banfield

Mount Blanc and Chamouni by Percy Bysshe Shelley

13:58

Read by BettyB

The Dead Sea by Pierre Loti

15:40

Read by Gillian Hendrie

Mount Vesuvius by Charles Dickens

32:34

Read by Steve C

The Falls of the Rhine by Victor Hugo

11:16

Read by Frederick O'Brien

In Arctic and Antarctic Seas I. by Lord Dufferin

11:24

Read by Piotr Nater

In Arctic and Antarctic Seas II. by W. G. Burn Murdoch

4:53

Read by Piotr Nater

The Desert of Sahara by Eugène Fromentin

13:53

Read by Chuck Lavazzi

Fingal’s Cave I. by Sir Walter Scott

10:19

Read by WesleyDragonSight

Fingal’s Cave II. by John Keats

6:35

Read by Alan Mapstone

In the Himalayas by G. W. Steevens

14:44

Read by BettyB

Niagara Falls I. by Anthony Trollope

13:30

Read by Cynthia Malone

Niagara Falls II. by Charles Dickens.

5:46

Read by Larry Wilson

Fuji-San by Sir Edwin Arnold

15:29

Read by Availle

The Cedars of Lebanon by Alphonse de Lamartine

7:41

Read by Gillian Hendrie

The Giant’s Causeway by William Makepeace Thackeray

18:36

Read by jenno

The Great Glacier of the Selkirks by Douglas Sladen

10:35

Read by Steve C

Mauna Loa by Lady Brassey

19:48

Read by mreaves5

Trollhätta by Hans Christian Andersen

9:20

Read by quartertone

The Grand Canyon of the Colorado by C. F. Gordon-Cumming

7:55

Read by Chuck Lavazzi

The Rock of Gibraltar by Augustus J. C. Hare

8:09

Read by George Banfield

Thingvalla by Lord Dufferin

14:14

Read by April6090

Land’s End and Logan Rock by John Ayrton Paris

14:16

Read by jenno

Mount Hekla by Sir Richard F. Burton

18:00

Read by Chuck Lavazzi

Victoria Falls by David Livingstone

17:34

Read by tshoes76

The Dragon-Tree of Orotava by Alexander von Humboldt

8:10

Read by Chuck Lavazzi

Mount Shasta by J. W. Boddam-Wheatham

10:26

Read by Lynne T

The Lagoons of Venice by John Ruskin

15:51

Read by Belinda McReynolds

The Cataracts of the Nile by Amelia B. Edwards

12:57

Read by jenno

In the Alps by Théophile Gautier

8:40

Read by Yaelin Lee

The Vale of Kashmir by Andrew Wilson

14:34

Read by jenno

The Lake of Pitch by Charles Kingsley

14:00

Read by jenno

The Lachine Rapids by Douglas Sladen

6:54

Read by Katie Johnstone

Lake Rotorua by H. R. Haweis

11:59

Read by BettyB

The Big Trees of California by C. F. Gordon-Cumming

16:48

Read by jenno

Gersoppa Falls by W. M. Yool

10:53

Read by Elizabeth Copnall

Etna by Alexandre Dumas

14:48

Read by Belinda McReynolds

Pike’s Peak and the Garden of the Gods by Iza Duffus Hardy

9:09

Read by BettyB

The Great Geysir of Iceland by Sir Richard F. Burton

11:59

Read by Sai Karthikey Pentapati

The Rapids of the Danube by William Beattie

13:04

Read by tshoes76

The Mammoth Cave by Bayard Taylor

21:38

Read by Piotr Nater

Stromboli by Alexandre Dumas

10:56

Read by mkirkpat

The High Woods by Charles Kingsley

38:17

Read by tshoes76

The Yo-semité Valley by C. F. Gordon-Cumming

30:19

Read by Helen

The Golden Horn by Alphonse de Lamartine

18:00

Read by tshoes76

The Yellowstone by Rudyard Kipling

25:53

Read by quartertone