If I May (Version 2)
A. A. Milne
Lu par Kirsten Wever





A. A. Milne, best known as the creator of Winnie the Pooh, was a prolific author of books, plays, essays and articles. He also spent a number of years editing for Punch Magazine. He even wrote a good detective story -- The Red House Mystery !
In this collection he addresses a vast range of issues, including: the essence of melodrama; the lingering effects of World War I; knowing geography versus owning an atlas; a new kind of haunted house; the inexplicable nature of high finance; the trouble with "experts;" how the life of bees suggests the social importance of artists; the bad influence of theatre critics on good theatre.
All of these short pieces are humorous. Many are informative. Taken together, they will inspire many to navigate over to Milne's five other book-length humorous collections: Happy Days, The Holiday Round, Not That It Matters, Once a Week, and The Sunny Side -- or, perhaps, to The Red House Mystery.
- Summary by Kirsten Wever (5 hr 41 min)
Chapitres
The Case for the Artist | 11:25 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |
A London Garden | 7:34 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |
The Game of Kings | 9:12 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |
Fixtures and Fittings | 6:51 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |
Experts | 7:42 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |
The Robinson Tradition | 9:21 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |
Getting Things Done | 6:56 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |
Christmas Games | 7:49 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |
The Mathematical Mind | 6:51 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |
Going Out to Dinner | 10:50 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |
The Etiquette of Escape | 7:44 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |
Geographical Research | 7:46 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |
Children's Plays | 9:42 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |
The Road to Knowledge | 7:30 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |
A Man of Property | 8:12 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |
An Ordnance Map | 8:31 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |
The London Mayor | 9:03 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |
The Holiday Problem | 8:05 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |
The Burlington Arcade | 7:09 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |
State Lotteries | 7:59 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |
The Record Lie | 8:41 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |
Wedding Bells | 11:58 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |
Public Opinion | 7:07 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |
The Honour of Your Country | 10:02 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |
A Village Celebration | 10:14 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |
A Train of Thought | 7:13 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |
Melodrama | 8:49 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |
A Lost Masterpiece | 8:01 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |
A Hint for Next Christmas | 12:48 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |
The Future | 6:36 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |
The Largest Circulation | 7:51 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |
The Watson Touch | 7:08 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |
Some Old Companions | 7:14 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |
A Haunted House | 8:08 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |
Round the World and Back | 6:47 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |
The State of the Theatre | 9:36 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |
The Fires of Autumn | 6:24 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |
Not Guilty | 6:20 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |
A Digression | 7:24 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |
High Finance | 10:18 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |
Secret Papers | 7:07 | Lu par Kirsten Wever |