Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2
Isaac D'Israeli
83 chapters · 27 h 1 min · English
Read by Jim Locke, Jason in Panama, Kate Follis, Sonia, Kalynda, Greg Giordano and others
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This is the second volume of the collected Curiosities of Literature by Isaac D'Israeli. As in volume one, D'Isreali again takes us on a tour around literature, with a dash of history and politics here and there. The subjects are so varied that all listeners can count on learning something new. - Summary by Carolin
Chapters
1 Charles the First 12 min 2 Duke of Buckingham 7 min 3 The Death of Charles IX 8 min 4 Royal Promotions 6 min 5 Nobility 2 min 6 Modes of Salutation, and Amicable Ceremonies, Observed in Various Nations 12 min 7 Fire, and the Origin of Fireworks 11 min 8 The Bible Prohibited and Improved 13 min 9 Origin of the Materials of Writing 22 min 10 Anecdotes of European Manners 27 min 11 The Early Drama 11 min 12 The Marriage of the Arts 8 min 13 A Contrivance in Dramatic Dialogue 5 min 14 The Comedy of a Madman 5 min 15 Solitude 14 min 16 Literary Friendships 10 min 17 Anecdotes of Abstraction of Mind 9 min 18 Richardson 10 min 19 Influence of a Name 31 min 20 The Jews of York 12 min 21 The Sovereignty of the Seas 4 min 22 On the Custom of Kissing Hands 6 min 23 Popes 5 min 24 Literary Composition 20 min 25 Poetical Imitations and Similarities 40 min 26 Explanation of the Fac-Simile 9 min 27 Literary Fashions 9 min 28 The Pantomimical Characters 43 min 29 Extemporal Comedies 22 min 30 Massinger, Milton, and the Italian Theatre 13 min 31 Songs of Trades, or Songs for the People 23 min 32 Introducers of Exotic Flowers, Fruits, etc 21 min 33 Usurers of the Seventeenth Century 39 min 34 Chidiock Titchbourne 24 min 35 Elizabeth and her Parliament 23 min 36 Anecdotes of Prince Henry, the Son of James I, when a Child 21 min 37 The Diary of a Master of the Ceremonies 31 min 38 Diaries - Moral, Historical, and Critical 28 min 39 Licensers of the Press 41 min 40 Of Anagrams and Echo Verses 22 min 41 Orthography of Proper Names 13 min 42 Names of Our Streets 10 min 43 Secret History of Edward Vere, Earl of Oxford 7 min 44 Ancient Cookery, and Cooks 31 min 45 Ancient and Modern Saturnalia 40 min 46 Reliquiae Gethinianae 11 min 47 Robinson Crusoe 9 min 48 Catholic and Protestant Dramas 12 min 49 The History of the Theatre during its Suppression 32 min 50 Drinking-Customs in England 30 min 51 Literary Anecdotes 9 min 52 Condemned Poets 15 min 53 Acajou and Zirphile 7 min 54 Tom o' Bedlams 19 min 55 Introduction of Tea, Coffee, and Chocolate 30 min 56 Charles the First's Love of the Fine Arts 30 min 57 Secret History of Charles the First, and his Queen Henrietta 42 min 58 The Minister - the Cardinal Duke of Richelieu 20 min 59 The Minister - Duke of Buckingham, Lord Admiral, Lord General, etc. etc. etc 57 min 60 Felton, the Political Assassin 27 min 61 Johnson's Hints for the Life of Pope 8 min 62 Modern Literature - Bayle's Critical Dictionary 19 min 63 Characteristics of Bayle 21 min 64 Cicero Viewed as a Collector 9 min 65 The History of the Caracci 21 min 66 An English Academy of Literature 31 min 67 Quotation 16 min 68 The Origin of Dante's Inferno 20 min 69 Of a History of Events which have not Happened 31 min 70 Of False Political Reports 16 min 71 Of Suppressors and Dilapidators of Manuscripts 30 min 72 Parodies 23 min 73 Anecdotes of the Fairfax Family 11 min 74 Medicine and Morals 22 min 75 Psalm-Singing 20 min 76 On the Ridiculous Titles Assumed by Italian Academies 33 min 77 On the Hero of Hudibras, Butler Vindicated 16 min 78 Shenstone's School-Mistress 15 min 79 Ben Johnson on Translation 4 min 80 The Loves of 'The Lady Arabella' 48 min 81 Domestic History of Sir Edward Coke 32 min 82 Of Coke's Style, and his Conduct 7 min 83 Secret History of Authors who have Ruined their Booksellers 39 min
