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What’s Wrong With the World

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Essay/Short nonfiction, Fiction, History, Humor, Politics
Chapter: 15 | Listen: 3

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936) has been called the “prince of paradox.” Time magazine observed of his writing style: “Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first carefully turning them inside out.” His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy and detective fiction. The title of Chesteron’s 1910 collection of essays was inspired by a title given to him two years earlier by The Times newspaper, which had asked a number of authors to write on the topic: “What’s wrong with the world?”. Chesterton’s answer at that time was the shortest of those submitted – he simply wrote: “Dear Sirs, I am. Sincerely yours, G.K. Chesterton”. In this collection he gives a fuller treatment of the question, with his characteristic conservative wit. [chương_files]

Short Poetry Collection 046

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Poetry
Chapter: 20 | Listen: 3

LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 046: a collection of 20 public-domain poems. [chương_files]

Short Poetry Collection 048

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Poetry
Chapter: 20 | Listen: 2

LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 048: a collection of 20 public-domain poems. [chương_files]

Smoke

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Published 1800 - 1900
Chapter: 29 | Listen: 3

Smoke is an 1867 novel by the highly acclaimed Russian writer Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883) that tells the gripping story of a secret love affair between a young betrothed Russian man and a young married Russian woman, while also delivering in the opening chapters the author’s criticism of Russia and Russians of the period. The story takes place largely in the German resort town of Baden-Baden. — Adapted from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke_(novel) [chương_files]

Short Poetry Collection 030

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Poetry
Chapter: 20 | Listen: 4

LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 030: a collection of 20 public-domain poems. [chương_files]

J’accuse…!

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Essay/Short nonfiction, Fiction, History, Non-fiction
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J’accuse est le titre d’un article rédigé par Émile Zola lors de l’affaire Dreyfus et publié dans le journal L’Aurore du 13 janvier 1898 sous forme d’une lettre ouverte au Président de la République Félix Faure. Il s’est inspiré d’un dossier fourni en 1896 par l’écrivain Bernard Lazare. (Résumé de Wikipedia) “J’accuse!” (I accuse!) was published January 13, 1898 in the maiden issue of the newspaper L’Aurore (The Dawn). It had the effect of a bomb. In the words of historian Barbara Tuchman, it was “one of the great commotions of history.” Zola’s intent was to force his own prosecution for libel so that the emerging facts of the Dreyfus case could be thoroughly aired. In this he succeeded. He was convicted, appealed, was retried, and, before hearing the result, fled to England on the advice of his counsel and friends, returning to Paris in June 1899 when he heard that Dreyfus’s trial was to be reviewed. [chương_files]

Short Poetry Collection 039

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Poetry
Chapter: 20 | Listen: 3

LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 039: a collection of 20 public-domain poems. [chương_files]

Passionate Pilgrim

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Poetry, Single Author
Chapter: 15 | Listen: 4

The Passionate Pilgrim was published by William Jaggard, later the publisher of Shakespeare’s First Folio. The first edition survives only in a single fragmentary copy; its date cannot be fixed with certainty since its title page is missing, though many scholars judge it likely to be from 1599, the year the second edition appeared with the attribution to Shakespeare. This version of The Passionate Pilgrim, contains 15 romantic sonnets and short poems. The works contained, while disputed as to authorship, are in this writer’s most humble opinion among the best of the age. (Summary by Caliban and Wikipedia) [chương_files]

American Notes

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Essay/Short nonfiction, Fiction, Literature, Travel
Chapter: 8 | Listen:

In American Notes, Rudyard Kipling, the Nobel Prize-winning author of the Jungle Book, visits the USA. As the travel-diary of an Anglo-Indian Imperialist visiting the USA, these American Notes offer an interesting view of America in the 1880s. Kipling affects a wide-eyed innocence, and expresses astonishment at features of American life that differ from his own, not least the freedom (and attraction) of American women. However, he scorns the political machines that made a mockery of American democracy, and while exhibiting the racist attitudes that made him controversial in the 20th century concludes “It is not good to be a negro in the land of the free and the home of the brave.” G. A. England of Harvard University (letter to The New York Times 10/11/1902) wrote: “To the American temperament, the gentleman who throws stones while himself living in a glass house cannot fail to be amusing; the more so if, as in Mr Kipling’s case, he appears to be in a state of maiden innocence regarding the structure of his own domicile.” Summary by Tim Bulkeley with Quotations from the Gutenberg edition of American Notes and the online version of The New York Times of October 11th 1902. [chương_files]

Dodo: A Detail of the Day

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Published 1800 - 1900
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Fashionably controversial bestseller at the time of appearance (1893), portraying London “society” in the Fin de Siècle. Dodo is a young woman who enjoys belonging to the high society. At the start of the book, she is about to make an advantageous marriage, to a man with money and a title – just what she needs. This audiobook includes Volume 1 & 2 (the complete novel) – Summary by Anna Simon [chương_files]