FAVOURITE ESSAYS (Unabridged)

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Montaigne, Michel de, Author.

Bacon, Francis, active 19th century, Author.

Swift, Jonathan, Author.

Addison, Joseph, Author.

Steele, Richard, Author.

Johnson, Samuel, Author.

Goldsmith, Oliver, Author.

Hume, David, Author.

Lamb, Charles, Author.

Hazlitt, William, Author.

Hunt, Leigh, Author.

Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822, Author.

Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881, Author.

Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863, Author.

Dickens, Charles, Author.

Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936, Author.

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900, Author.

Contributor:

Naxos Digital Services US.

Series:

Naxos Spoken Word Library.

Naxos Spoken Word Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spoken Word.

Local Subjects:

Spoken Word.

Genre:

Video recordings.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Naxos Digital Services US Incorporated, 2009.

System Details:

Mode of access: Available online.

Contents:

Of Idleness ( 03 min., 50 sec. )

Of Slow Speech ( 06 min., 35 sec. )

That We Should Not Judge of Our Happiness until After Our Death ( 08 min. )

Of Truth ( 06 min., 26 sec. )

Of Riches ( 08 min., 37 sec. )

Of Wisdom ( 03 min., 37 sec. )

A Modest Proposal ( 08 min., 20 sec. )

- I have already computed the charge... ( 08 min., 19 sec. )

- Many other advantages might be enumerated... ( 07 min., 01 sec. )

The Tombs in Westminster Abbey ( 08 min., 43 sec. )

- It is an inexpressible pleasure... ( 07 min., 36 sec. )

- The day of people of fashion... ( 05 min., 33 sec. )

Solitude not eligible ( 06 min., 13 sec. )

- Others consider solitude as the parent of philosophy... ( 05 min., 37 sec. )

Good Humour ( 06 min., 02 sec. )

- There are many whose vanity... ( 04 min., 21 sec. )

On National Prejudices ( 04 min., 51 sec. )

- Among all the famous sayings... ( 04 min., 02 sec. )

Of the Dignity or Meanness of Human Nature ( 07 min., 24 sec. )

- It is also usual to compare one man with another... ( 07 min., 45 sec. )

Dream Children - A Reverie ( 06 min., 22 sec. )

- Here John slyly deposited... ( 05 min., 23 sec. )

Old China ( 08 min., 05 sec. )

- You are too proud to see a play anywhere... ( 07 min., 32 sec. )

On Going a Journey ( 06 min., 56 sec. )

- Now I never quarrel with myself... ( 07 min., 57 sec. )

- One may take one's choice... ( 08 min., 20 sec. )

- To return to the question I have quitted... ( 05 min., 53 sec. )

A 'Now' ( 06 min., 03 sec. )

- Now sounds in general are dull... ( 06 min., 19 sec. )

On Life ( 06 min., 59 sec. )

- What follows from the admission? ( 06 min., 34 sec. )

Midas ( 06 min., 56 sec. )

Midas (cont.): Why dwell on this aspect of the matter? ( 08 min., 44 sec. )

Ogres ( 07 min., 30 sec. )

- Yes; they were conquered in the end... ( 07 min., 03 sec. )

- I say we all of us know ogres. ( 07 min., 34 sec. )

The First of May ( 07 min., 45 sec. )

- The romance of spring... ( 06 min., 46 sec. )

- Granted. We are ready to acknowledge... ( 07 min., 07 sec. )

The Extension of the Railways in the Lake District ( 06 min., 09 sec. )

- The arguments in favour of the new railway... ( 08 min., 44 sec. )

- The tone now commonly taken... ( 04 min., 46 sec. )

On Lying in Bed ( 04 minutes, 49 sec. )

Participant:

Jason, Neville, Reader -- Montaigne, Michel de, Author -- Bacon, Francis, Author -- Swift, Jonathan, Author -- Addison, Joseph, Author -- Steele, Richard, Author -- Johnson, Samuel, Author -- Goldsmith, Oliver, Author -- Hume, David, Author -- Lamb, Charles, Author -- Hazlitt, William, Author -- Hunt, Leigh, Author -- Shelley, Percy Bysshe, Author -- Carlyle, Thomas, Author -- Thackeray, William Makepeace, Author -- Dickens, Charles, Author -- Chesterton, G.K., Author -- Ruskin, John, Author

Notes:

Naxos Digital Services electronic collection.

Streaming audio.

Publisher Number:

9789626349373

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.