Certain Personal Matters
H. G. Wells
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Although best known for his works of science fiction, social commentary and history, H.G. Wells here gives us humorous and light-hearted pieces on a wide variety of intriguing topics from chess to death. Each essay is a gem of wit and delight. - Summary by Larry Wilson (6 hr 23 min)
Chapitres
| Thoughts on Cheapness and My Aunt Charlotte | 10:19 | Lu par Foon |
| The Trouble of Life | 13:30 | Lu par Larry Wilson |
| On the Choice of a Wife | 8:47 | Lu par Foon |
| The House of Di Sorno | 10:18 | Lu par D. Wood |
| Of Conversation | 11:31 | Lu par Scotty Smith |
| In a Literary Household | 8:40 | Lu par Graham Scott |
| On Schooling and the Phases of Mr. Sandsome | 13:43 | Lu par Elisabeth |
| The Poet and the Emporium | 10:01 | Lu par Graham Scott |
| The Language of Flowers | 9:12 | Lu par Graham Scott |
| The Literary Regimen | 9:36 | Lu par Graham Scott |
| House-Hunting as an Outdoor Amusement | 11:15 | Lu par Greg Giordano |
| Of Blades and Bladery | 9:48 | Lu par Greg Giordano |
| Of Cleverness | 9:35 | Lu par Greg Giordano |
| The Pose Novel | 9:20 | Lu par GentleJim |
| The Veteran Cricketer | 10:56 | Lu par Graham Scott |
| Concerning a Certain Lady | 10:50 | Lu par Greg Giordano |
| The Shopman | 8:16 | Lu par Melody Khoriaty |
| The Book of Curses | 10:06 | Lu par Graham Scott |
| Dunstone’s Dear Lady | 8:40 | Lu par Graham Scott |
| Euphemia’s New Entertainment | 7:47 | Lu par Greg Giordano |
| For Freedom of Spelling | 11:58 | Lu par Foon |
| Incidental Thoughts on a Bald Head | 9:03 | Lu par Greg Giordano |
| Of a Book Unwritten | 14:56 | Lu par D. Wood |
| The Extinction of Man | 12:05 | Lu par Greg Giordano |
| The Writing of Essays | 7:21 | Lu par Larry Wilson |
| The Parkes Museum | 9:01 | Lu par Greg Giordano |
| Bleak March in Epping Forest | 7:30 | Lu par Rowan Etzel |
| The Theory of Quotation | 7:00 | Lu par Greg Giordano |
| Of the Art of Staying at the Seaside | 10:47 | Lu par Graham Scott |
| Concerning Chess | 10:22 | Lu par Larry Wilson |
| The Coal-Scuttle | 10:25 | Lu par Graham Scott |
| Bagarrow | 11:09 | Lu par Keir |
| The Book of Essays Dedicatory | 5:55 | Lu par D. Wood |
| Through a Microscope | 9:27 | Lu par Rowan Etzel |
| The Pleasure of Quarrelling | 11:30 | Lu par Greg Giordano |
| The Amateur Nature-Lover | 10:30 | Lu par Christopher Lawson |
| From an Observatory | 5:24 | Lu par Melody Khoriaty |
| The Mode in Monuments | 10:24 | Lu par GentleJim |
| How I Died | 6:33 | Lu par Larry Wilson |
Critiques
what a wonderful inventive mind HG had . The stories flow.
John Cobb
Great comedy!
potuc
Of course, as Dr Raycyst says (although without the obvious sarcasm), Wells doesn't have very diverse pieces of humor here. While they are funny, they clearly reveal the sexism of his days.