Gravenhurst, or Thoughts on Good and Evil


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In which an English country gentlemen records his and his friends' conversational observations on misery and happiness, leaning ultimately on faith and God. Readable and gentle in presentation, with by-the-by observations on the sexes, animals, comfort, and so on. (Summary by Czandra) (6 hr 36 min)

Chapters

Introduction part 1 19:45 Read by czandra
Introduction part 2 23:01 Read by czandra
Introduction part 3 20:39 Read by czandra
Exposition chapter 1: Pain and Painful Emotion 10:34 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Chapter 2: Too much evil 15:38 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Chapter 3: Moral evil 17:23 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Chapter 4: Remedial evils 15:59 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Chapter 5: The irremediable 14:39 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Conversation 1: Inequality of happiness 27:19 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Conversation 2 : Crime and its punishment 20:43 Read by Mike W
Conversation 3: The Rainbow 32:08 Read by czandra
Conversation 4: The development of Human Society Inseparable from Contest and … 24:46 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Conversation 4: The development of Human Society Inseparable from Contest and … 29:19 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Conversation 5: Explanatory hints on several topics, part 1 22:53 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Conversation 5: Explanatory hints on several topics, part 2 29:40 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Conversation 6: The whole is one, part 1 23:40 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Conversation 6: The whole is one, part 2 24:20 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Conversation 6: The whole is one, part 3 24:02 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)