Figures of Several Centuries


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Arthur Symons talks through the histories and works of poets, playwrights, scholars and scribes. He provides both personal experience and critical wonder to the worlds of his subjects; Donne, Ibsen, Baudelaire and Emily Brontë among them. Summary by Josh Kirsh. (8 hr 59 min)

Chapters

Saint Augustine 16:03 Read by Jim Locke
Charles Lamb (I & II) 20:47 Read by Melvin Lee
Charles Lamb (III & IV) 14:09 Read by Melvin Lee
Villon 4:22 Read by Sonia
Casanova at Dux: An Unpublished Chapter of History (I) 13:04 Read by Jim Locke
Casanova at Dux: An Unpublished Chapter of History (II) 20:32 Read by Jim Locke
Casanova at Dux: An Unpublished Chapter of History (III & IV) 19:24 Read by Jim Locke
John Donne (I) 22:02 Read by Melvin Lee
John Donne (II) 23:53 Read by Melvin Lee
Emily Brontë 8:42 Read by BettyB
Edgar Allan Poe 9:43 Read by BettyB
Thomas Lovell Beddoes 9:49 Read by Jim Rowland
Gustave Flaubert 11:54 Read by Kalynda
George Meredith as a Poet 13:59 Read by Jeff Moon
Algernon Charles Swinburne (I) 23:24 Read by Jim Locke
Algernon Charles Swinburne (II) 38:40 Read by Jim Locke
Dante Gabriel Rosetti 7:29 Read by Jim Rowland
A Note on the Genius of Thomas Hardy 10:58 Read by Jeff Moon
Léon Cladel 9:08 Read by Pamela Nagami
Henrik Ibsen (I) 12:02 Read by Adele Parry
Henrik Ibsen (II) 14:59 Read by Jim Locke
Henrik Ibsen (III) 17:25 Read by Jim Locke
Henrik Ibsen (IV) 17:04 Read by Jim Locke
Joris-Karl Huysmans (I) 34:27 Read by Sheila
Two Symbolists 13:25 Read by Jim Locke
Joris-Karl Huysmans (II) 12:09 Read by Jim Locke
Charles Baudelaire 6:31 Read by Sonia
Walter Pater (I) 8:29 Read by Sheila
Walter Pater (II) 20:30 Read by Sheila
The Goncourts 20:53 Read by Jim Locke
Coventry Patter (I) 17:01 Read by Kathleen Moore
Coventry Patter (II) 17:19 Read by Kathleen Moore
Sarojini Naidu 14:57 Read by Josh Kirsh
Welsh Poetry 14:06 Read by Charlotte Duckett