Public-domain audiobook
Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson (audiobook)
Free audiobook of Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson by Mary White Rowlandson: 1 h 52 min in 3 sections, read by LibriVox volunteers.
1 h 52 minrunning time
3sections
≈ 17,000words
About this recording
This is the story of Mary Rowlandson’s capture by American Indians in 1675. It is a blunt, frightening, and detailed work with several moments of off-color humor. Mary, the wife of a minister, was captured by Natives during King Philip's War while living in a Lancaster town, most of which was decimated, and the people murdered. See through her eyes, which depict Indians as the instruments of Satan. Her accounts were a best-seller of the era, and a seminal work, being one of the first captivity narratives ever published by a woman.
Sources & data
- From the LibriVox catalogue. Word count estimated at 9,300 words per hour of narration.