Certain Personal Matters
H. G. Wells
39 chapters · 6 h 24 min · English
Read by Foon, Larry Wilson, D. Wood, Scotty Smith, Graham Scott, Elisabeth and others
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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
Chapters
1 Thoughts on Cheapness and My Aunt Charlotte 10 min 2 The Trouble of Life 14 min 3 On the Choice of a Wife 9 min 4 The House of Di Sorno 10 min 5 Of Conversation 12 min 6 In a Literary Household 9 min 7 On Schooling and the Phases of Mr. Sandsome 14 min 8 The Poet and the Emporium 10 min 9 The Language of Flowers 9 min 10 The Literary Regimen 10 min 11 House-Hunting as an Outdoor Amusement 11 min 12 Of Blades and Bladery 10 min 13 Of Cleverness 10 min 14 The Pose Novel 9 min 15 The Veteran Cricketer 11 min 16 Concerning a Certain Lady 11 min 17 The Shopman 8 min 18 The Book of Curses 10 min 19 Dunstone's Dear Lady 9 min 20 Euphemia's New Entertainment 8 min 21 For Freedom of Spelling 12 min 22 Incidental Thoughts on a Bald Head 9 min 23 Of a Book Unwritten 15 min 24 The Extinction of Man 12 min 25 The Writing of Essays 7 min 26 The Parkes Museum 9 min 27 Bleak March in Epping Forest 8 min 28 The Theory of Quotation 7 min 29 Of the Art of Staying at the Seaside 11 min 30 Concerning Chess 10 min 31 The Coal-Scuttle 10 min 32 Bagarrow 11 min 33 The Book of Essays Dedicatory 6 min 34 Through a Microscope 9 min 35 The Pleasure of Quarrelling 12 min 36 The Amateur Nature-Lover 10 min 37 From an Observatory 5 min 38 The Mode in Monuments 10 min 39 How I Died 7 min
