Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
Lu par Martin Geeson
“Extreme busyness…is a symptom of deficient vitality; and a faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite and a strong sense of personal identity.”
What comforting words for the idle among us! Like many of the best essayists, Stevenson is very much the genial fireside companion: opinionated, but never malicious; a marvellous practitioner of the inclusive monologue.
In this collection of nine pieces he discusses the art of appreciating unattractive scenery, traces the complex social life of dogs, and meditates in several essays upon the experience of reading literature and writing it. Perhaps his most personal passages concern death and mortality. Here we meet him at his most undogmatically optimistic, as he affirms a wholesome faith in “the liveableness of Life”.
(Summary by Martin Geeson) (5 hr 32 min)
Chapitres
| 01 - On the Enjoyment of Unpleasant Places | 27:02 | Lu par Martin Geeson |
| 02 - An Apology for Idlers | 34:04 | Lu par Martin Geeson |
| 03 - Aes Triplex | 31:25 | Lu par Martin Geeson |
| 04 - Talk and Talkers, part one | 41:29 | Lu par Martin Geeson |
| 05 - Talk and Talkers, part two | 35:04 | Lu par Martin Geeson |
| 06 - A Gossip on Romance | 45:43 | Lu par Martin Geeson |
| 07 - The Character of Dogs | 36:20 | Lu par Martin Geeson |
| 08 - A College Magazine | 32:00 | Lu par Martin Geeson |
| 09 - Books Which Have Influenced Me | 24:23 | Lu par Martin Geeson |
| 10 - Pulvis et Umbra | 25:14 | Lu par Martin Geeson |
Critiques
Sublime Essays
Janet
Listening to these essays is like eating dark chocolate (or drinking dark coffee or beer), something to enjoy as a reward. Stevenson is a brilliant writer and Geeson is always a great reader.
these are wonderful
adam
What a gift to get to hang out with this great mind outside of his fictions! I recommend this!
HCampbell
Great essays at perfect length. I didn't much take to the reader, I'm afraid to say, who puts emphases in strange places.