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Certain Personal Matters

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(4,346 Sterne; 13 Bewertungen)

Although best known for his works of science fiction, social commentary and history, H.G. Wells here gives us humorous and light-hearted pieces on a wide variety of intriguing topics from chess to death. Each essay is a gem of wit and delight. - Summary by Larry Wilson (6 hr 23 min)

Chapters

Thoughts on Cheapness and My Aunt Charlotte

10:19

Read by Foon

The Trouble of Life

13:30

Read by Larry Wilson

On the Choice of a Wife

8:47

Read by Foon

The House of Di Sorno

10:18

Read by D. Wood

Of Conversation

11:31

Read by Scotty Smith

In a Literary Household

8:40

Read by Graham Scott

On Schooling and the Phases of Mr. Sandsome

13:43

Read by Elisabeth

The Poet and the Emporium

10:01

Read by Graham Scott

The Language of Flowers

9:12

Read by Graham Scott

The Literary Regimen

9:36

Read by Graham Scott

House-Hunting as an Outdoor Amusement

11:15

Read by Greg Giordano

Of Blades and Bladery

9:48

Read by Greg Giordano

Of Cleverness

9:35

Read by Greg Giordano

The Pose Novel

9:20

Read by GentleJim

The Veteran Cricketer

10:56

Read by Graham Scott

Concerning a Certain Lady

10:50

Read by Greg Giordano

The Shopman

8:16

Read by Melody Khoriaty

The Book of Curses

10:06

Read by Graham Scott

Dunstone’s Dear Lady

8:40

Read by Graham Scott

Euphemia’s New Entertainment

7:47

Read by Greg Giordano

For Freedom of Spelling

11:58

Read by Foon

Incidental Thoughts on a Bald Head

9:03

Read by Greg Giordano

Of a Book Unwritten

14:56

Read by D. Wood

The Extinction of Man

12:05

Read by Greg Giordano

The Writing of Essays

7:21

Read by Larry Wilson

The Parkes Museum

9:01

Read by Greg Giordano

Bleak March in Epping Forest

7:30

Read by Rowan Etzel

The Theory of Quotation

7:00

Read by Greg Giordano

Of the Art of Staying at the Seaside

10:47

Read by Graham Scott

Concerning Chess

10:22

Read by Larry Wilson

The Coal-Scuttle

10:25

Read by Graham Scott

Bagarrow

11:09

Read by Keir

The Book of Essays Dedicatory

5:55

Read by D. Wood

Through a Microscope

9:27

Read by Rowan Etzel

The Pleasure of Quarrelling

11:30

Read by Greg Giordano

The Amateur Nature-Lover

10:30

Read by Christopher Lawson

From an Observatory

5:24

Read by Melody Khoriaty

The Mode in Monuments

10:24

Read by GentleJim

How I Died

6:33

Read by Larry Wilson

Bewertungen

what a wonderful inventive mind HG had . The stories flow.

(4,5 Sterne)

Wells failed the diversity test

(5 Sterne)

Written from a western heteronotmative viewpoint that necessarily excludes voices from marginalized LatinX Americans. Wells needs to rewrite the stories to orbit around the phlight of a nonbinary LatinX guest worker being separated from their Mother by a heteronotmative white male. Then this story will become an instant classic. Barring the rewrite, the story remains problematically raycyst.

Great comedy!

(4,5 Sterne)

Of course, as Dr Raycyst says (although without the obvious sarcasm), Wells doesn't have very diverse pieces of humor here. While they are funny, they clearly reveal the sexism of his days.