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 Mc
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 Mc
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