Essays on Modern Novelists


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A collection of essays on 19th century novelists, both famous ones and those largely forgotten now. Among the writers presented most wrote in English, but three foreign authors are also discussed. Phelps taught a course on novels at a university and he added to those biographical essays some of his ideas about the importance of novels in the process of teaching about literature. (Summary by Piotr Nater) (6 hr 38 min)

Chapters

WILLIAM DE MORGAN 49:56 Read by Anna Simon
THOMAS HARDY 38:05 Read by Jim Locke
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS 37:59 Read by Jim Locke
BJÖRNSTJERNE BJÖRNSON 25:14 Read by Jim Locke
MARK TWAIN 26:09 Read by Jim Locke
HENRYK SIENKIEWICZ 25:10 Read by Piotr Nater
HERMANN SUDERMANN 36:42 Read by Kalynda
ALFRED OLLIVANT 22:43 Read by Jim Locke
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON 30:29 Read by Jim Locke
MRS. HUMPHRY WARD 29:24 Read by Jim Locke
RUDYARD KIPLING 32:10 Read by Jim Locke
''LORNA DOONE'' 21:24 Read by Kathleen Moore
APPENDIX A NOVELS AS A UNIVERSITY STUDY 9:44 Read by Jim Locke
APPENDIX B THE TEACHER'S ATTITUDE TOWARD CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE 8:38 Read by Jim Locke
APPENDIX C TWO POEMS 5:00