Self Help; with Illustrations of Conduct and Perseverance
Samuel Smiles
35 chapters · 15 h 4 min · English
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Self-Help
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Self-Help is the book that gave its name to the whole genre of literature known by that name. It is full of profiles of individuals who, through hard work, perseverance, and taking advantage of every opportunity that came their way, succeeded. At the same time, it discourages greed and promotes charity and philanthropy. It has been called "the bible of mid-Victorian liberalism", and it raised Smiles to celebrity status almost overnight. (Summary by TriciaG)
Chapters
1 Preface and Introduction 14 min 2 Ch I. Self-Help, National and Individual, Part 1 30 min 3 Ch I. Self-Help, National and Individual, Part 2 31 min 4 Ch II. Leaders of Industry, Inventors and Producers, Part 1 31 min 5 Ch II. Leaders of Industry, Inventors and Producers, Part 2 31 min 6 Ch II. Leaders of Industry, Inventors and Producers, Part 3 35 min 7 Ch III. The Great Potters, Palissy, Böttgher, Wedgwood, Part 1 27 min 8 Ch III. The Great Potters, Palissy, Böttgher, Wedgwood, Part 2 27 min 9 Ch IV. Application and Perseverance, Part 1 21 min 10 Ch IV. Application and Perseverance, Part 2 27 min 11 Ch V. Helps and Opportunities, Scientific Pursuits, Part 1 29 min 12 Ch V. Helps and Opportunities, Scientific Pursuits, Part 2 32 min 13 Ch V. Helps and Opportunities, Scientific Pursuits, Part 3 28 min 14 Ch VI. Workers in Art, Part 1 22 min 15 Ch VI. Workers in Art, Part 2 28 min 16 Ch VI. Workers in Art, Part 3 23 min 17 Ch VI. Workers in Art, Part 4 25 min 18 Ch VII. Industry and the Peerage, Part 1 21 min 19 Ch VII. Industry and the Peerage, Part 2 20 min 20 Ch VIII. Energy and Courage, Part 1 32 min 21 Ch VIII. Energy and Courage, Part 2 23 min 22 Ch VIII. Energy and Courage, Part 3 17 min 23 Ch VIII. Energy and Courage, Part 4 17 min 24 Ch IX. Men of Business, Part 1 27 min 25 Ch IX. Men of Business, Part 2 31 min 26 Ch X. Money, Its Use and Abuse, Part 1 28 min 27 Ch X. Money, Its Use and Abuse, Part 2 29 min 28 Ch XI. Self-Culture, Facilities and Difficulties, Part 1 24 min 29 Ch XI. Self-Culture, Facilities and Difficulties, Part 2 23 min 30 Ch XI. Self-Culture, Facilities and Difficulties, Part 3 22 min 31 Ch XI. Self-Culture, Facilities and Difficulties, Part 4 22 min 32 Ch XII. Example, Models, Part 1 26 min 33 Ch XII. Example, Models, Part 2 16 min 34 Ch XIII. Character, The True Gentleman, Part 1 32 min 35 Ch XIII. Character, The True Gentleman, Part 2 31 min
