The Soul of London
Ford Madox Ford
Read by Cori Samuel
'Most of us love places very much as we may love what, for us, are the distinguished men of our social lives. [...] We are, all of us who are Londoners, paying visits of greater or less duration to a Personality that, whether we love it or very cordially hate it, fascinates us all. And, paying my visit, I have desired to give some such record.
I have tried to make it anything rather than encyclopaedic, topographical, or archaeological. To use a phrase of literary slang I have tried to "get the atmosphere" of modern London -- of the town in which I have passed so many days; of the immense place that has been the background for so many momentous happenings to so many of my fellows.' - Summary by Ford Madox Ford, from the Introductory; 1905. (4 hr 56 min)
Chapters
Chapter I. From A Distance, pt.1 | 32:03 | Read by Cori Samuel |
Chapter I. From A Distance, pt.2 | 23:30 | Read by Cori Samuel |
Chapter II. Roads Into London, pt.1 | 17:08 | Read by Cori Samuel |
Chapter II. Roads Into London, pt.2 | 18:58 | Read by Cori Samuel |
Chapter II. Roads Into London, pt.3 | 16:06 | Read by Cori Samuel |
Chapter III. Work In London, pt.1 | 31:46 | Read by Cori Samuel |
Chapter III. Work In London, pt.2 | 26:58 | Read by Cori Samuel |
Chapter III. Work In London, pt.3 | 11:13 | Read by Cori Samuel |
Chapter IV. London At Leisure, pt.1 | 22:35 | Read by Cori Samuel |
Chapter IV. London At Leisure, pt.2 | 23:54 | Read by Cori Samuel |
Chapter IV. London At Leisure, pt.3 | 14:31 | Read by Cori Samuel |
Chapter V. Rest In London, pt.1 | 22:41 | Read by Cori Samuel |
Chapter V. Rest In London, pt.2 | 17:08 | Read by Cori Samuel |
Chapter V. Rest In London, pt.3 | 17:38 | Read by Cori Samuel |
Reviews
Atmospheric
WarrenJ
Ford Madox Ford's book on London of 1906 is just as atmospheric as one of his great novels. Terrific reading by Cori Samuels.