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Essays book 2

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Early Modern, Essays
Chapter: 51 | Listen: 2

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne is one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance, known for popularising the essay as a literary genre. He is also known as the father of Modern Skepticism. His pieces became famous for his apparent effortless ability to merge serious intellectual speculation with casual anecdotes and autobiography. His main work, Essais (translated literally as “Attempts” but traditionally as “Essays”), contains some of the still most widely influential essays ever written. This is the second volume of that important work. (Summary adapted from the Wikipedia by Leni) [chương_files]

Hard Times (version 2), Locked Out and On Strike

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Published 1800 - 1900
Chapter: 22 | Listen: 3

Hard Times was Dickens’s shortest novel and the only one to be set in the industrial north of England. A fast moving story with a typical cast of larger than life characters, the novel is a vehicle for a humanist critique of both utilitarian education (‘Teach these boys and girls nothing but facts’, says Mr. Gradgrind in the opening paragraph) and the mutual antagonism between capital and the trade union. A humanist education system, it turns out, is Dickens’s solution to the class struggle. Hard Times is set in the fictional Coketown and was partly inspired by a visit to Preston during the factory lockout that brought the town’s industry to a standstill in 1853. This version is read as it appeared in 20 issues of Dickens’s weekly Household Words from April to August 1854. It is followed by two earlier articles – Locked Out and On Strike – that describe Dickens’ visit to Preston and do much to clarify his thinking on education and class conflict. – Summary by Phil Benson [chương_files]

Short Poetry Collection 014

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Poetry
Chapter: 20 | Listen:

LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 014: a collection of 20 public-domain poems. [chương_files]

Long Poems Collection 002

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Poetry
Chapter: 7 | Listen: 1

LibriVox’s Long Poems Collection 002: a collection of 7 public-domain poems longer than 5 minutes in length. [chương_files]

1912: Short Works Collection

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Essay/Short nonfiction, Fiction, Non-fiction
Chapter: 20 | Listen: 2

This is a collection of public domain works either published in 1912, or written in 1912 and published before 1923. The accent is on non-fiction but a few short stories are included. [chương_files]

Cradock Nowell Vol. 2

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Published 1800 - 1900
Chapter: 17 | Listen: 5

Cradock Nowell: a Tale of the New Forest is a three-volume novel by R. D. Blackmore published in 1866. Set in the New Forest and in London, it follows the fortunes of Cradock Nowell who, at the end of Volume 1, is thrown out of his family home by his father following the suspicious death of Cradock’s twin brother Clayton. It was Blackmore’s second novel, and the novel he wrote prior to his most famous work Lorna Doone. ( Wikipedia) *Warning: Some listeners may be offended by some of the language. Words that were considered acceptable in the nineteenth century are not always politically correct today. It is LibriVox policy to leave the original wording as the author intended. – Summary by Lynne Thompson Other volumes in the series: Cradock Nowell, volume 1 Cradock Nowell, volume 3 [chương_files]

Fígaro. Colección de artículos dramáticos, literarios, políticos y de costumbres.

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Essays, Essays & Short Works, Satire
Chapter: 31 | Listen: 2

Larra fue un eminente articulista, con una gran claridad y vigor en su prosa. Esta obra recopila gran parte de sus artículos publicados en distintos periódicos a través de distintos pseudónimos. En ellos combate la organización del Estado, ataca al absolutismo y al carlismo, se burla de la sociedad, y rechaza la vida familiar. Los males de España, que identifica con la ignorancia, el atraso, la falta de educación y de cultura, son el tema central de su obra crítica y satírica. Descontento con el país y con sus hombres, escribe artículos críticos (En este país, El castellano viejo, El día de difuntos de 1836, Vuelva usted mañana…), contra la censura (Lo que no se puede decir no se debe decir), la pena capital (Los barateros o El desafío y la pena de muerte), contra el pretendiente carlista (¿Qué hace en Portugal su majestad?) y el carlismo (Nadie pase sin hablar al portero), contra el uso incorrecto del lenguaje (Por ahora, Cuasi, Las palabras). Es considerado uno de los padres del periodismo en España. [chương_files]

Short Poetry Collection 005

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Poetry
Chapter: 20 | Listen: 3

LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 005: a collection of 20 public-domain poems. [chương_files]

Around The Yule Log

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Published 1800 - 1900, Single Author Collections
Chapter: 16 | Listen: 3

Eleven yule-tide stories by a popular writer of the late 19th – early 20th centuries. – (Summary by david wales) [chương_files]

Anglo-American Memories

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Essays, Memoirs
Chapter: 45 | Listen: 1

“These Memories [1911] were written in the first instance for Americans and have appeared week by week each Sunday in the New York Tribune…. they are mainly concerned with men of exceptional mark and position in America and Europe whom I have met, and with events of which I had some personal knowledge. There is no attempt at a consecutive story.” (Preface) Smalley was an American journalist born in Massachusetts in 1833; he wrote from and about many places in America (including the Civil War) and Europe. – Summary by Book Preface and David Wales [chương_files]