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W. S. GilbertThe Bab Ballads (November 10, 2007)

Librivox recording of The Bab Ballads by W. S. Gilbert.
Read by Graham Redman.

The Bab Ballads are a collection of light verse by W. S. Gilbert, illustrated with his own comic drawings. Gilbert wrote the Ballads before he became famous for his comic opera librettos with Arthur Sullivan. In writing the Bab Ballads, Gilbert developed his unique "topsy-turvy" style, where the humour was derived by setting up a ridiculous premise and working out its logical consequences, however absurd. The Ballads also reveal Gilbert's cynical and satirical approach to humour. They became famous on their own, as well as being a source for plot elements, characters and songs that Gilbert would recycle in the Gilbert and Sullivan operas. The Bab Ballads take their name from Gilbert's childhood nickname, and he later began to sign his illustrations "Bab". (summary from wikipedia)

link to ballads with Gilbert's original illustrations

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This audio is part of the collection: LibriVox

Artist/Composer: W. S. Gilbert
Date: 2007-11-10
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: librivox; audiobooks; poetry; Sir William S. Gilbert; verse; humor

Creative Commons license: Public Domain


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02 - The Rival Curates3.78 MB2.08 MB1.89 MB
03 - Only A Dancing Girl2.28 MB1.24 MB1.14 MB
04 - General John2.67 MB1.47 MB1.34 MB
05 - To A Little Maid - By A Policeman1.42 MB788 KB725 KB
06 - John and Freddy3.31 MB1.85 MB1.65 MB
07 - Sir Guy The Crusader2.76 MB1.58 MB1.38 MB
08 - Haunted3.54 MB1.99 MB1.77 MB
09 - The Bishop And The 'Busman3.61 MB2.02 MB1.80 MB
10 - The Troubadour3.89 MB2.14 MB1.95 MB
11 - Ferdinando And Elvira; Or, The Gentle Pieman4.95 MB2.75 MB2.47 MB
12 - Lorenzo De Lardy3.98 MB2.19 MB1.99 MB
13 - Disillusioned - By An Ex-Enthusiast2.78 MB1.54 MB1.39 MB
14 - Babette's Love4.10 MB2.28 MB2.05 MB
15 - To My Bride - (Whoever She May Be)2.89 MB1.60 MB1.44 MB
16 - The Folly Of Brown - By A General Agent4.05 MB2.24 MB2.02 MB
17 - Sir Macklin3.73 MB2.04 MB1.86 MB
18 - The Yarn Of The Nancy Bell4.49 MB2.55 MB2.25 MB
19 - The Bishop Of Rum-Ti-Foo4.28 MB2.37 MB2.14 MB
20 - The Precocious Baby. A Very True Tale3.80 MB2.09 MB1.90 MB
21 - To Phoebe1.12 MB626 KB575 KB
22 - Baines Carew, Gentleman4.36 MB2.40 MB2.18 MB
23 - Thomas Winterbottom Hance4.41 MB2.44 MB2.21 MB
24 - The Reverend Micah Sowls3.95 MB2.20 MB1.97 MB
25 - A Discontented Sugar Broker4.80 MB2.67 MB2.40 MB
26 - The Pantomime Super to His Mask2.92 MB1.63 MB1.46 MB
27 - The Force Of Argument4.15 MB2.29 MB2.08 MB
28 - The Ghost, The Gallant, The Gael, And The Goblin4.35 MB2.44 MB2.18 MB
29 - The Phantom Curate. A Fable4.03 MB2.24 MB2.02 MB
30 - The Sensation Captain4.58 MB2.51 MB2.29 MB
31 - Tempora Mutantur2.65 MB1.48 MB1.32 MB
32 - At A Pantomime. By a Bilious One3.77 MB2.11 MB1.89 MB
33 - King Borria Bungalee Boo4.76 MB2.64 MB2.38 MB
34 - The Periwinkle Girl3.70 MB2.05 MB1.85 MB
35 - Thomson Green and Harriet Hale3.56 MB1.98 MB1.78 MB
36 - Bob Polter4.80 MB2.66 MB2.40 MB
37 - The Story Of Prince Agib4.30 MB2.36 MB2.15 MB
38 - Ellen McJones Aberdeen5.19 MB2.90 MB2.60 MB
39 - Peter The Wag4.63 MB2.58 MB2.31 MB
40 - Ben Allah Achmet; - Or, The Fatal Tum4.23 MB2.35 MB2.11 MB
41 - The Three Kings Of Chickeraboo3.94 MB2.18 MB1.97 MB
42 - Joe Golightly - Or, The First Lord's Daughter4.36 MB2.39 MB2.18 MB
43 - To The Terrestrial Globe. By a Miserable Wretch1.36 MB752 KB695 KB
44 - Gentle Alice Brown5.68 MB3.14 MB2.84 MB
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