Curiosities of Literature

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This is the third and final volume of Isaac D'Israeli's monumental work Curiosities of Literature. It covers a great range of diverse topics, by no means limited to literature only, but also containing numerous essays on history, politics, and customs of English society. Therefore, this book will not only interest students of literature, but any reader should be able to find something matching his or her particular interests. - Summary by Carolin

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Local Descriptions 9:30 Read by Jim Locke
Masques 27:06 Read by Jim Locke
Of des Maizeaux, and the secret History of Anthony Collins’s Manuscripts 28:30 Read by Jim Locke
History of new Words 30:19 Read by Jim Locke
The Philosophy of Proverbs, part 1 33:13 Read by Jim Locke
The Philosophy of Proverbs, part 2 33:40 Read by Jim Locke
The Philosophy of Proverbs, part 3 26:54 Read by Jim Locke
Confusion of Words 45:12 Read by Annyiee Hill
Political Nicknames 28:04 Read by Bruce Pirie
The domestic Life of a Poet - Shenstone vindicated 33:31 Read by Corrinne LePage
Secret History of the Building of Blenheim 26:25 Read by Annyiee Hill
Secret History of Sir Walter Rawleigh 39:00 Read by Jim Locke
An authentic Narrative of the last Hours of Sir Walter Rawleigh 22:18 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Literary Unions 19:21 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Of a Biography Painted 19:33 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Cause and Pretext 9:42 Read by Bruce Pirie
Political Forgeries and Fictions 17:01 Read by Annyiee Hill
Expression of suppressed Opinion 40:13 Read by Bruce Pirie
Autographs 11:54 Read by Bruce Pirie
The History of Writing-masters 29:29 Read by Jim Locke
The Italian Historians 29:36 Read by Jim Locke
Of Palaces built by Ministers 20:21 Read by Jim Locke
'Taxation no Tyranny' 22:40 Read by Jim Locke
The Book of Death 20:41 Read by Jim Locke
History of the Skeleton of Death 27:29 Read by Jim Locke
The Rival Biographers of Heylin 20:18 Read by Jim Locke
Of Lenglet du Fresnoy 25:33 Read by Jim Locke
The Dictionary of Trevoux 12:28 Read by Jim Locke
Quadrio’s Account of English Poetry 17:00 Read by Jim Locke
'Political Religionism' 19:55 Read by Greg Giordano
Toleration 31:49 Read by Annyiee Hill
Apology for the Parisian Massacre 15:37 Read by Jim Locke
Prediction, part 1 25:35 Read by Jim Locke
Prediction, part 2 33:03 Read by Jim Locke
Dreams at the Dawn of Philosophy 51:29 Read by Annyiee Hill
On Puck the Commentator 15:03 Read by Frederick O'Brien
Literary Forgeries 37:02 Read by Jim Locke
Of Literary Filchers 14:40 Read by Greg Giordano
Of Lord Bacon at Home 21:56 Read by Jim Locke
Secret History of the Death of Queen Elizabeth 14:44 Read by Bruce Pirie
James the First as a Father and a Husband 13:36 Read by Bruce Pirie
The Man of one Book 9:49 Read by Bruce Pirie
A Bibliognoste 20:07 Read by Jim Locke
Secret History of an elective Monarchy 50:21 Read by Jim Locke
Buildings in the Metropolis, and Residence in the Country 23:34 Read by Jim Locke
Royal Proclamations 29:05 Read by Jim Locke
True Sources of secret History 39:52 Read by Annyiee Hill
Literary Residences 18:34 Read by Bruce Pirie
Whether allowable to ruin oneself? 26:31 Read by Bruce Pirie
Discoveries of secluded Men 16:11 Read by Bruce Pirie
Sentimental Biography 38:39 Read by Jim Locke
Literary Parallels 7:08 Read by Annyiee Hill
The Pearl Bibles, and six Thousand Errata 16:22 Read by LindseyS
View of a particular Period of the State of Religion in our Civil Wars 30:50 Read by LindseyS
Buckingham’s political Coquetry with the Puritans 11:46 Read by Greg Giordano
Sir Edward Coke’s Exceptions against the high Sheriff’s Oath 3:12 Read by Annyiee Hill
Secret History of Charles the First and his first Parliaments, part 1 38:45 Read by Corrinne LePage
Secret History of Charles the First and his first Parliaments, part 2 33:26 Read by Corrinne LePage
Secret History of Charles the First and his first Parliaments, part 3 24:45 Read by Corrinne LePage
The Rump 30:35 Read by Jim Locke
Life and Habits of a literary Antiquary - Oldys and his Manuscripts, part 1 31:51 Read by Jim Locke
Life and Habits of a literary Antiquary - Oldys and his Manuscripts, part 2 30:59 Read by Jim Locke