Essays on Modern Novelists
William Lyon Phelps
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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 |