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Gravenhurst, or Thoughts on Good and Evil

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In which an English country gentlemen records his and his friends' conversational observations on misery and happiness, leaning ultimately on faith and God. Readable and gentle in presentation, with by-the-by observations on the sexes, animals, comfort, and so on. (Summary by Czandra) (6 hr 36 min)

Chapters

Introduction part 1

19:45

Read by czandra

Introduction part 2

23:01

Read by czandra

Introduction part 3

20:39

Read by czandra

Exposition chapter 1: Pain and Painful Emotion

10:34

Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)

Chapter 2: Too much evil

15:38

Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)

Chapter 3: Moral evil

17:23

Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)

Chapter 4: Remedial evils

15:59

Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)

Chapter 5: The irremediable

14:39

Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)

Conversation 1: Inequality of happiness

27:19

Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)

Conversation 2 : Crime and its punishment

20:43

Read by Mike W

Conversation 3: The Rainbow

32:08

Read by czandra

Conversation 4: The development of Human Society Inseparable from Contest and …

24:46

Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)

Conversation 4: The development of Human Society Inseparable from Contest and …

29:19

Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)

Conversation 5: Explanatory hints on several topics, part 1

22:53

Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)

Conversation 5: Explanatory hints on several topics, part 2

29:40

Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)

Conversation 6: The whole is one, part 1

23:40

Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)

Conversation 6: The whole is one, part 2

24:20

Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)

Conversation 6: The whole is one, part 3

24:02

Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)