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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