Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things
William Hazlitt
45 chapters · 20 h 30 min · English
Read by Bob Gonzalez, Martin Geeson, klbonds, Dave Gauer, Nicole Lee, Patrick Wallace and others
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The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things is a posthumous collection of essays by William Hazlitt, organized by his grandson, William Carew Hazlitt. The book contains some of Hazlitt's more famous essays that couldn't be found in book format. (Summary by Leni)
Chapters
1 On the Prose Style of Poets, part 1 20 min 2 On the Prose Style of Poets, part 2 20 min 3 On Dreams 30 min 4 On the Conversation of Authors 39 min 5 On the Same Subject Continued 31 min 6 On Reason and Imagination 33 min 7 On Application to Study 33 min 8 On Londoners and Country People, part 1 20 min 9 On Londoners and Country People, part 2 16 min 10 On the Spirit of Obligations 31 min 11 On the Old Age of Artists 34 min 12 On Envy (A Dialogue) 38 min 13 On Sitting for One's Picture 28 min 14 Whether Genius is Conscious of its Powers 35 min 15 On the Pleasure of Hating 35 min 16 On Dr. Spurzheim's Theory, part 1 25 min 17 On Dr. Spurzheim's Theory, part 2 27 min 18 On Egotism, part 1 20 min 19 On Egotism, part 2 20 min 20 Hot and Cold 34 min 21 The New School of Reform: a Dialogue Between a Rationalist and a Sentimentalist, part 1 26 min 22 The New School of Reform: a Dialogue Between a Rationalist and a Sentimentalist, part 2 29 min 23 On the Qualifications Necessary to Success in Life, part 1 20 min 24 On the Qualifications Necessary to Success in Life, part 2 25 min 25 On the Look of a Gentleman 34 min 26 On Reading Old Books 31 min 27 On Personal Character, part 1 18 min 28 On Personal Character, part 2 18 min 29 On People of Sense 35 min 30 On Antiquity 32 min 31 On the Difference Between Writing and Speaking, part 1 22 min 32 On the Difference Between Writing and Speaking, part 2 28 min 33 On a Portrait of an English Lady by Vandyke, part 1 24 min 34 On a Portrait of an English Lady by Vandyke, part 2 35 min 35 On Novelty and Familiarity, part 1 25 min 36 On Novelty and Familiarity, part 2 26 min 37 On Old English Writers and Speakers, part 1 33 min 38 On Old English Writers and Speakers, part 2 15 min 39 Madame Pasta and Mademoiselle Mars 38 min 40 Sir Walter Scott, Racine and Shakespeare 34 min 41 On Depth and Superficiality, part 1 20 min 42 On Depth and Superficiality, part 2 31 min 43 On Respectable People 19 min 44 On the Jealousy and the Spleen of Party, part 1 19 min 45 On the Jealousy and the Spleen of Party, part 2 26 min
