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Chapter 31

In Cousin Pons

Read by Bruce Pirie


Honoré de Balzac


Cousin Pons is one of the final works in Balzac's long novel series titled The Human Comedy. It was published in 1847, along with Cousin Bet…

Ch1 By Way of Introduction Pt 3 The View of Writing Men

In The American Language

Read by Bruce Pirie


H. L. Mencken


"It was part of my daily work, for a good many years, to read the principal English newspapers and reviews; it has been part of my work…

Home in the Clearing

In Maria Chapdelaine (version 2)

Read by Bruce Pirie


Louis Hémon


The novel Maria Chapdelaine portrays life in rural Quebec at the beginning of the 20th century. Published first in French in 1913, it is a f…

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