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Hilaire Belloc
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Hilaire Belloc, French by birth, British by naturalization, was a diverse and prolific writer of the early 20th century. His writing runs the range from poetry, political writings and children’s stories. He was a close friend, and sometimes collaborator with fellow Catholic G.K. Chesterton.
This book is a collection of essays and other short writings on a vast array of subjects ranging from observations on Bad Verse and Mumbo-Jumbo to Sailing the Seas and Hatred of Numbers.
- Summary by Larry Wilson (6 hr 10 min)
Chapters
On Achmet Boulee Bey | 10:05 | Read by Kingsnake |
On an Educational Reform | 15:56 | Read by Paul Harvey |
On Kind Hearts Being More Than Coronets | 12:33 | Read by Anamika |
On Mumbo-Jumbo | 14:29 | Read by Larry Wilson |
On Footnotes | 12:52 | Read by Owlivia |
A Few Kind Words to Mammon | 12:53 | Read by Devorah Allen |
On Treves | 10:36 | Read by Peter S. Chong |
On the Cathedral of Seville and ''The Misanthrope'' | 14:24 | Read by Aubrie Kinser |
On the ''Bucolics" of Virgil, A Cafe in Paris, The Length of Essays, Phoebus, … | 9:49 | Read by Aubrie Kinser |
On Titles | 12:18 | Read by Arden |
On Bad Verse | 12:25 | Read by Devorah Allen |
The United Poets | 10:44 | Read by Arden |
On Convincing People | 13:50 | Read by TheIntern356 |
On Controversy | 12:21 | Read by Anamika |
On Inaccuracy | 10:22 | Read by Phil Schempf |
On Technical Words | 9:49 | Read by Anamika |
On the Accursed Climate | 11:39 | Read by Paul Harvey |
On Accent | 13:50 | Read by Joanna Schreck |
On Truth and the Admiralty | 8:02 | Read by KHurst |
A Short Adventure | 15:11 | Read by Joanna Schreck |
On Sailing The Seas | 19:59 | Read by czandra |
Off Exmouth | 8:06 | Read by Phil Schempf |
On a Piece of Rope | 9:36 | Read by Owlivia |
Ultimo Ratio | 10:17 | Read by Stacy Dugan-Wilcox |
On a Tag Provider | 15:49 | Read by A D Latheron |
On ''And'' | 13:43 | Read by Owlivia |
The Cad's Encyclopaedia | 10:59 | Read by Arden |
On the Melting of the Ice | 7:49 | Read by KHurst |
On the Hatred of Numbers | 20:59 | Read by Wolfgang Bas |
On the Last Infirmity | 9:25 | Read by Larry Wilson |