Public-domain audiobook
Society as I Have Found It (audiobook)
Free audiobook of Society as I Have Found It by Ward McAllister: 6 h 14 min in 28 sections, read by LibriVox volunteers.
About this recording
Mark Twain illustrator Dan Beard recalled discussing McAllister’s book with Twain. “It was before Webster & Company failed that Ward McAllister’s book (Society as I have Found It) appeared, and when he (Twain) sauntered into my studio one day, I said: ‘Mr. Clemens, have you read Ward McAllister’s book?’ ‘Yes; have you?’ he replied. ‘Indeed, I have. I have read it through several times, and intend to read it again. It is one of the most humorous books I ever read.’ ‘That’s so,’ said Mark, ‘that’s so. Now, I will tell you something. I spent three months writing a satire on that book of Ward McAllister’s.
Sources & data
- From the LibriVox catalogue. Word count estimated at 9,300 words per hour of narration.