If I May (Version 2)


Leído por Kirsten Wever

(4.4 stars; 4 reviews)

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)

Capítulos

The Case for the Artist 11:25 Leído por Kirsten Wever
A London Garden 7:34 Leído por Kirsten Wever
The Game of Kings 9:12 Leído por Kirsten Wever
Fixtures and Fittings 6:51 Leído por Kirsten Wever
Experts 7:42 Leído por Kirsten Wever
The Robinson Tradition 9:21 Leído por Kirsten Wever
Getting Things Done 6:56 Leído por Kirsten Wever
Christmas Games 7:49 Leído por Kirsten Wever
The Mathematical Mind 6:51 Leído por Kirsten Wever
Going Out to Dinner 10:50 Leído por Kirsten Wever
The Etiquette of Escape 7:44 Leído por Kirsten Wever
Geographical Research 7:46 Leído por Kirsten Wever
Children's Plays 9:42 Leído por Kirsten Wever
The Road to Knowledge 7:30 Leído por Kirsten Wever
A Man of Property 8:12 Leído por Kirsten Wever
An Ordnance Map 8:31 Leído por Kirsten Wever
The London Mayor 9:03 Leído por Kirsten Wever
The Holiday Problem 8:05 Leído por Kirsten Wever
The Burlington Arcade 7:09 Leído por Kirsten Wever
State Lotteries 7:59 Leído por Kirsten Wever
The Record Lie 8:41 Leído por Kirsten Wever
Wedding Bells 11:58 Leído por Kirsten Wever
Public Opinion 7:07 Leído por Kirsten Wever
The Honour of Your Country 10:02 Leído por Kirsten Wever
A Village Celebration 10:14 Leído por Kirsten Wever
A Train of Thought 7:13 Leído por Kirsten Wever
Melodrama 8:49 Leído por Kirsten Wever
A Lost Masterpiece 8:01 Leído por Kirsten Wever
A Hint for Next Christmas 12:48 Leído por Kirsten Wever
The Future 6:36 Leído por Kirsten Wever
The Largest Circulation 7:51 Leído por Kirsten Wever
The Watson Touch 7:08 Leído por Kirsten Wever
Some Old Companions 7:14 Leído por Kirsten Wever
A Haunted House 8:08 Leído por Kirsten Wever
Round the World and Back 6:47 Leído por Kirsten Wever
The State of the Theatre 9:36 Leído por Kirsten Wever
The Fires of Autumn 6:24 Leído por Kirsten Wever
Not Guilty 6:20 Leído por Kirsten Wever
A Digression 7:24 Leído por Kirsten Wever
High Finance 10:18 Leído por Kirsten Wever
Secret Papers 7:07 Leído por Kirsten Wever