From the Easy Chair Vol. 1
George William Curtis
Leído por LibriVox Volunteers
George William Curtis was a writer and public speaker. He was editor of Harper's Weekly and one of the founders of the American Republican party, and served Ulysses S. Grant; although he split from the party in the 1880s over the choice of presidential candidate. He was an original member of the New York Board of Education. This anthology of essays is the first of a three volume work, showing his broad knowledge and interest. - Summary by Lynne Thompson (4 hr 9 min)
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Edward Everett in 1862 | 15:20 | Leído por Matthew Squaire |
At the Opera in 1864 | 6:46 | Leído por Justin Bresson |
Emerson Lecturing | 7:18 | Leído por BettyB |
Shops and Shopping | 10:07 | Leído por BettyB |
Mrs. Grundy and the Cosmopolitan | 8:20 | Leído por April6090 |
Dickens Reading (1867) | 13:17 | Leído por April6090 |
Phillis | 7:17 | Leído por Matthew Squaire |
Thoreau and my Lady Cavaliere | 12:25 | Leído por DrPGould |
Honestus at the Caucus | 12:48 | Leído por SK |
Thalberg and Other Pianists (1871) | 11:37 | Leído por DrPGould |
Urbs and Rus | 10:22 | Leído por aniroo |
Rip Van Winkle | 6:49 | Leído por BettyB |
A Chinese Critic | 9:22 | Leído por SK |
Holiday Sauntering | 8:42 | Leído por BettyB |
Wendell Phillips at Harvard (1881) | 10:56 | Leído por SK |
Easter Bonnets | 6:13 | Leído por April6090 |
Jenny Lind | 13:43 | Leído por Lynne T |
The Town | 5:35 | Leído por April6090 |
Sarah Shaw Russell | 6:47 | Leído por Diana Schmidt |
Street Music | 7:59 | Leído por April6090 |
A Little Dinner with Thackeray | 10:21 | Leído por John |
Cecilia Playing | 10:08 | Leído por John |
The Mannerless Sex | 8:51 | Leído por Availle |
Robert Browning in Florence | 13:16 | Leído por DrPGould |
Players | 9:23 | Leído por SK |
Unmusical Boxes | 8:05 | Leído por Kathleen Moore |
The Academy Dinner in Arcadia | 7:57 | Leído por BettyB |