Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers


Read by LibriVox Volunteers

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Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings may have influenced them. These short essays are part biography and part pontification of Hubbard's opinion of the subject and their oeuvre.

In this volume he reflects on famous love affairs of well-known couples like William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, Dante and Beatrice, and Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton. The play about the tragic love story between Ferdinand Lassalle and Helene von Dönniges was read by the following LibriVox volunteers:

Helene von Dönniges: EltontheSnowman
Ferdinand Lassalle: neecheelok70
Prince Racowitza: Jazbees
Hilda von Donniges: czandra
Frau von Donniges: tac107
Herr von Donniges and Karl Marx: Kazbek
Dr. Haenle and Landlord: LCaulkins
Herr Holthoff and Jacques: ToddHW
Frau Holthoff and maid: Jenno
porter and servant: Kevin S
narrator: Mrs. Hand
audio editor: Availle

(Summary by Lucy Perry, adapted by Ava)
This is Volume 13 in a series of 14 books. (10 hr 2 min)

Chapters

Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Osbourne, Part 1 20:12 Read by Tatiana Chichilla
Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Osbourne, Part 2 21:16 Read by Tatiana Chichilla
Josiah and Sarah Wedgwood, Part 1 23:17 Read by jenno
Josiah and Sarah Wedgwood, Part 2 23:18 Read by jenno
William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, Part 1 16:45 Read by Matea Bracic
William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, Part 2 17:04 Read by Matea Bracic
Dante and Beatrice, Part 1 22:57 Read by jenno
Dante and Beatrice, Part 2 24:35 Read by jenno
John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor, Part 1 22:52 Read by Night
John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor, Part 2 20:48 Read by Night
Parnell and Kitty O'Shea, Part 1 29:30 Read by Rita Boutros
Parnell and Kitty O'Shea, Part 2 28:08 Read by Rita Boutros
Petrarch and Laura, Part 1 21:30 Read by Tatiana Chichilla
Petrarch and Laura, Part 2 20:41 Read by Tatiana Chichilla
Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal, Part 1 16:28 Read by Tatiana Chichilla
Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal, Part 2 16:14 Read by Tatiana Chichilla
Balzac and Madame Hanska, Part 1 32:32 Read by Rita Boutros
Balzac and Madame Hanska, Part 2 25:15 Read by Rita Boutros
Fenelon and Madame Guyon, Part 1 27:15 Read by Rita Boutros
Fenelon and Madame Guyon, Part 2 26:54 Read by Rita Boutros
Fenelon and Madame Guyon, Part 3 34:13 Read by Rita Boutros
Ferdinand Lassalle and Helene von Donniges, Part 1 33:31 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Ferdinand Lassalle and Helene von Donniges, Part 2 26:29 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton, Part 1 27:39 Read by jenno
Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton, Part 2 23:01 Read by jenno