The Social History of Smoking
George L. Apperson
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
This work tells the history of smoking in England from the social point of view. Thus it does not deal with the history of tobacco growing or tobacco related manufacture, but is rather the story of how smoking has fitted in with the fashions and customs throughout the ages, and the changes in the attitude of society towards smoking. (Summary by Maikki) (7 hr 3 min)
Chapters
Preface | 3:36 | Read by Maire Rhode |
The First Pipes of Tobacco Smoked in England | 27:11 | Read by Maire Rhode |
Tobacco Triumphant: Smoking Fashionable and Universal | 27:46 | Read by Maire Rhode |
Tobacco Triumphant (continued) Sellers of Tobacco and Professors of the Art of … | 29:17 | Read by Anna Roberts |
Cavalier and Roundhead Smokers | 20:30 | Read by TriciaG |
Smoking in the Restoration Era | 22:08 | Read by manicolaus |
Smoking Under King William III and Queen Anne | 29:06 | Read by Roger Melin |
Smoking Unfashionable: Early Georgian Days | 39:00 | Read by Maire Rhode |
Smoking Unfashionable (Continued) | 29:13 | Read by TriciaG |
Signs of Revival | 35:27 | Read by John W. Michaels |
Early Victorian Days | 47:09 | Read by WangHaojie |
Later Victorian Days | 22:11 | Read by TriciaG |
Smoking In The Twentieth Century | 19:34 | Read by Mark Penfold |
Smoking by Women | 28:20 | Read by MixieArmadillo |
Smoking in Church | 16:59 | Read by Ian Hatley |
Tobacconists’ Signs | 26:11 | Read by Jason Mayoff |
Reviews
A mixture of good and bad parts
Timothy Ferguson
I enjoyed large sections of this recording, but there are some problems with a few chapters, most notably that the final chapter is cut off. It only loses about three paragraphs from the original text, but its always irritating when you are reading a book and some villain has torn out the last two pages. The rating would be higher if you are particularly well read in terms of English literature, so that the smoking habits of various writers are more captiviating.
Truncated last chapter
librivoxbooks
Noted, and will get the last paragraphs re-recorded and added. January 11, 2012 - final chapter now has the missing text added.
Interesting book indeed.
Edom Shall Burn - Obadiah 1:18
Yet I cannot stand to listen to female readers.