Annie Besant

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Lu par Tim Freeberg-Renwick

English · 1893 · 9h 19m · Biography & Autobiography, Atheism & Agnosticism

4.8 (47 critiques)

In her autobiography, Annie Besant poignantly writes of her search for the truth of what she believed in, leaving Christianity behind to embrace Atheism, and ultimately finding her peace in Theosophy, which she became interested in after meeting Helena Blavatsky. She moved to India to better study Theosophical ideas and this is where she made her home until her death. She was a gifted orator and writer, often speaking and writing on her religious beliefs, as well as women's rights and social reform. Along with Charles Bradlaugh, she published a paper in support of birth control. It proved to be so controversial for the times that it led to a court trial.

Annie Besant was a remarkable woman, suffering much for her beliefs but steadfastly continuing on in her pursuit in spite of it. [summary by Laura Victoria]

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01 - "OUT OF THE EVERYWHERE INTO THE HERE" 29:24 Lu par Tim Freeberg-Renwick
02 - EARLY CHILDHOOD 26:49 Lu par Tim Freeberg-Renwick
03 - GIRLHOOD 23:50 Lu par Tim Freeberg-Renwick
04 - MARRIAGE part 1 35:36 Lu par Tim Freeberg-Renwick
05 - MARRIAGE part 2 24:45 Lu par Tim Freeberg-Renwick
06 - THE STORM OF DOUBT part 1 28:26 Lu par Tim Freeberg-Renwick
07 - THE STORM OF DOUBT part 2 20:24 Lu par Tim Freeberg-Renwick
08 - CHARLES BRADLAUGH 15:51 Lu par Tim Freeberg-Renwick
09 - ATHEISM AS I KNEW AND TAUGHT IT part 1 23:02 Lu par Tim Freeberg-Renwick
10 - ATHEISM AS I KNEW AND TAUGHT IT part 2 37:23 Lu par Tim Freeberg-Renwick
11 - AT WORK part 1 26:49 Lu par Tim Freeberg-Renwick
12 - AT WORK part 2 15:40 Lu par Tim Freeberg-Renwick
13 - THE KNOWLTON PAMPHLET part 1 30:27 Lu par Tim Freeberg-Renwick
14 - THE KNOWLTON PAMPHLET part 2 32:07 Lu par Tim Freeberg-Renwick
15 - AT WAR ALL ROUND 10:58 Lu par Tim Freeberg-Renwick
16 - MR. BRADLAUGH'S STRUGGLE 36:35 Lu par Tim Freeberg-Renwick
17 - STILL FIGHTING 34:34 Lu par Tim Freeberg-Renwick
18 - SOCIALISM part 1 26:29 Lu par Tim Freeberg-Renwick
19 - SOCIALISM part 2 21:32 Lu par Tim Freeberg-Renwick
20 - THROUGH STORM TO PEACE part 1 28:57 Lu par Tim Freeberg-Renwick
21 - THROUGH STORM TO PEACE part 2 29:47 Lu par Tim Freeberg-Renwick

Critiques


(5 étoiles)

thank you so much. beautifully read !

matriarchy!


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so brilliant in her prose and a master of storytelling, a most humble account of her own life. She puts the reader in the seat of her power and evokes the fierce comparison of philanthropy, feminism and transcendental science. so we'll read and educated that every reader is to be well informed many times over.

Beautifully read


(5 étoiles)

Highly recommended. A wonderful memoir of a life lived with great conscience and insight.


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excellent book opens the mind to a higher Reality

Such a beautiful human being ! so wonderfully read, thank you !


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