Life and Adventures of Jack Engle: An AutoBiography
Written by Walt Whitman
Narrated by Sarah Jane Barry
4/5
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this audiobook
This story ran as a serial in 1852 in the New York Sunday Dispatch, and for more than 160 years was buried in obscurity, unknown to the world as novel written by Walt Whitman. Zachary Turpin, a graduate student specializing in Whitman's works, had seen in his notes a sketch of a novel including the characters Covert, Wigglesworth, Smytthe and Jack Engle, but no work including these characters had ever been found. After poring over endless pages of newspapers of the era however, Turpin found this advertisement for an upcoming serial:
"A RICH REVELATION. This week's SUNDAY DISPATCH will contain the LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF JACK ENGLE, an auto-biography, in which will be handled the Philosophy, Philanthropy, Pauperism, Law, Crime, Love, Matrimony, Morals, which are characteristic of this great City at the present time, including the Manners and Morals of Boarding Houses, some scenes from Church History, Operations in Wall-st., with graphic Sketches of Men and Women as they appear to the public, and as they appear in other scenes not public. Read it and you will find some familiar cases and characters, with explanations necessary to properly understand what it is all about."
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman was born on Long Island, New York in 1819. He spent most of his early life in Brooklyn where he served as editor for a number of newspapers for brief periods. His first major work, Leaves of Grass, was published in 1855 and was subsequently published in nine enlarged editions throughout his lifetime. In 1862 in the midst of the Civil War, Whitman set out for the battlefield to find his wounded brother and continued to volunteer in hospitals throughout the length of the war. He died in 1892.
More audiobooks from Walt Whitman
Leaves of Grass: 1855 Edition Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Poetry of Walt Whitman Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5O Captain! My Captain! Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Related to Life and Adventures of Jack Engle
Related audiobooks
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Tale of Two Cities Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Mystery of Charles Dickens Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/550 Real American Ghost Stories: A Journey Into the Haunted History of the United States – 1800 to 1899 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Prince and the Pauper Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Eighth Day: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Big Book of Victorian Mysteries Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Notting Hill Mystery Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Sins of Jack Saul (Second Edition): The True Story of Dublin Jack and The Cleveland Street Scandal Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Of Mice and Men Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Grapes of Wrath Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Oliver Twist Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJack London: An American Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Making Oscar Wilde Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Citizen Reporters: S.S. McClure, Ida Tarbell, and the Magazine That Rewrote America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Printer's Error: Irreverent Stories from Book History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Death of Anton Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Judderman: The Eden Book Society Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsQueen Mary: The Official Biography Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Big Book of Adventure Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJane Austen: A Very Short Introduction Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mark Twain: The Short Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Christmas Egg: British Library Crime Classic Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Statesman and the Storyteller: John Hay, Mark Twain, and the Rise of American Imperialism Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Moon and Sixpence Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Katherine: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Classics For You
The Bell Jar Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Perks of Being a Wallflower Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Picture of Dorian Gray: Classic Tales Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Silmarillion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Complete Sherlock Holmes Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Their Eyes Were Watching God Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Clockwork Orange Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fountainhead Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Iliad: A New Translation by Caroline Alexander Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Classic Tales Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Frankenstein Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Flowers in the Attic: 40th Anniversary Edition Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Pride and Prejudice: Classic Tales Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5To Kill a Mockingbird Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Old Man and the Sea Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Crucible Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Series of Unfortunate Events #1 Multi-Voice, A: The Bad Beginning Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/520,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Classic Tales Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5War & Peace - Volume I Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Schindler's List Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Thousand Ships: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Emma: Classic Tales Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Atlas Shrugged Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Tale of Two Cities Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Gone With The Wind Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Farewell to Arms Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5White Noise Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5For Whom the Bell Tolls Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Life and Adventures of Jack Engle
1 rating0 reviews