The Footpath Way: An Anthology for Walkers


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This 1911 anthology is a collection of musings on the pleasures, challenges, and experience of walking. It features some famous authors (Thoreau, Dickens, Whitman, etc.) and others who are less well known. The works include essays, excerpts from fictional works, and first-person accounts of adventures had while walking. The collection was compiled by Hilaire Belloc, a Franco-English writer, many of whose books have been recorded for Librivox. - Summary by Verla Viera (5 hr 45 min)

Chapitres

Introduction 21:27 Lu par Verla Viera
Walking an Antidote to City Poison; On Going a Journey 28:59 Lu par valroth
The Bishop of Salisbury’s Horse; A Strolling Pedlar; A Stout Pedestrian; Lake … 22:27 Lu par Steve C
Walking, and the Wild, Part 1 25:06 Lu par tshoes76
Walking, and the Wild, Part 2 23:33 Lu par tshoes76
Walking, and the Wild, Part 3 23:52 Lu par tshoes76
A Young Tramp 10:35 Lu par April6090
De Quincey leads the Simple Life 7:06 Lu par Stacey Malcolm
A Resolution 18:52 Lu par Ehsan Ahmed Mehedi
The Snowdon Ranger 17:00 Lu par Agnes Robert Behr
Song of the Open Road 19:31 Lu par valroth
Walking Tours; Sylvanus Urban discovers a Good Brew 23:35 Lu par jenno
Minchmoor 22:59 Lu par Agnes Robert Behr
In Praise of Walking, Part 1 21:18 Lu par marisad6
In Praise of Walking, Part 2 23:36 Lu par marisad6
The Exhilarations of the Road 35:39 Lu par janicwedge