Certain Personal Matters
H. G. Wells
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Although best known for his works of science fiction, social commentary and history, H.G. Wells here gives us humorous and light-hearted pieces on a wide variety of intriguing topics from chess to death. Each essay is a gem of wit and delight. - Summary by Larry Wilson (6 hr 23 min)
Capítulos
| Thoughts on Cheapness and My Aunt Charlotte | 10:19 | Leído por Foon |
| The Trouble of Life | 13:30 | Leído por Larry Wilson |
| On the Choice of a Wife | 8:47 | Leído por Foon |
| The House of Di Sorno | 10:18 | Leído por D. Wood |
| Of Conversation | 11:31 | Leído por Scotty Smith |
| In a Literary Household | 8:40 | Leído por Graham Scott |
| On Schooling and the Phases of Mr. Sandsome | 13:43 | Leído por Elisabeth |
| The Poet and the Emporium | 10:01 | Leído por Graham Scott |
| The Language of Flowers | 9:12 | Leído por Graham Scott |
| The Literary Regimen | 9:36 | Leído por Graham Scott |
| House-Hunting as an Outdoor Amusement | 11:15 | Leído por Greg Giordano |
| Of Blades and Bladery | 9:48 | Leído por Greg Giordano |
| Of Cleverness | 9:35 | Leído por Greg Giordano |
| The Pose Novel | 9:20 | Leído por GentleJim |
| The Veteran Cricketer | 10:56 | Leído por Graham Scott |
| Concerning a Certain Lady | 10:50 | Leído por Greg Giordano |
| The Shopman | 8:16 | Leído por Melody Khoriaty |
| The Book of Curses | 10:06 | Leído por Graham Scott |
| Dunstone’s Dear Lady | 8:40 | Leído por Graham Scott |
| Euphemia’s New Entertainment | 7:47 | Leído por Greg Giordano |
| For Freedom of Spelling | 11:58 | Leído por Foon |
| Incidental Thoughts on a Bald Head | 9:03 | Leído por Greg Giordano |
| Of a Book Unwritten | 14:56 | Leído por D. Wood |
| The Extinction of Man | 12:05 | Leído por Greg Giordano |
| The Writing of Essays | 7:21 | Leído por Larry Wilson |
| The Parkes Museum | 9:01 | Leído por Greg Giordano |
| Bleak March in Epping Forest | 7:30 | Leído por Rowan Etzel |
| The Theory of Quotation | 7:00 | Leído por Greg Giordano |
| Of the Art of Staying at the Seaside | 10:47 | Leído por Graham Scott |
| Concerning Chess | 10:22 | Leído por Larry Wilson |
| The Coal-Scuttle | 10:25 | Leído por Graham Scott |
| Bagarrow | 11:09 | Leído por Keir |
| The Book of Essays Dedicatory | 5:55 | Leído por D. Wood |
| Through a Microscope | 9:27 | Leído por Rowan Etzel |
| The Pleasure of Quarrelling | 11:30 | Leído por Greg Giordano |
| The Amateur Nature-Lover | 10:30 | Leído por Christopher Lawson |
| From an Observatory | 5:24 | Leído por Melody Khoriaty |
| The Mode in Monuments | 10:24 | Leído por GentleJim |
| How I Died | 6:33 | Leído por Larry Wilson |
Reseñas
what a wonderful inventive mind HG had . The stories flow.
John Cobb
Great comedy!
potuc
Of course, as Dr Raycyst says (although without the obvious sarcasm), Wells doesn't have very diverse pieces of humor here. While they are funny, they clearly reveal the sexism of his days.