Essays on Modern Novelists


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A collection of essays on 19th century novelists, both famous ones and those largely forgotten now. Among the writers presented most wrote in English, but three foreign authors are also discussed. Phelps taught a course on novels at a university and he added to those biographical essays some of his ideas about the importance of novels in the process of teaching about literature. (Summary by Piotr Nater) (6 hr 38 min)

Capítulos

WILLIAM DE MORGAN 49:56 Leído por Anna Simon
THOMAS HARDY 38:05 Leído por Jim Locke
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS 37:59 Leído por Jim Locke
BJÖRNSTJERNE BJÖRNSON 25:14 Leído por Jim Locke
MARK TWAIN 26:09 Leído por Jim Locke
HENRYK SIENKIEWICZ 25:10 Leído por Piotr Nater
HERMANN SUDERMANN 36:42 Leído por Kalynda
ALFRED OLLIVANT 22:43 Leído por Jim Locke
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON 30:29 Leído por Jim Locke
MRS. HUMPHRY WARD 29:24 Leído por Jim Locke
RUDYARD KIPLING 32:10 Leído por Jim Locke
''LORNA DOONE'' 21:24 Leído por Kathleen Moore
APPENDIX A NOVELS AS A UNIVERSITY STUDY 9:44 Leído por Jim Locke
APPENDIX B THE TEACHER'S ATTITUDE TOWARD CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE 8:38 Leído por Jim Locke
APPENDIX C TWO POEMS 5:00