Gossip in a Library

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Read by Eugene Smith

English · 1913 · 6h 27m · Essays & Short Works, Literary Criticism

3 (2 reviews)

A collection of informal essays about books in his library. He combines commentary, translations, and humorous asides about authors and their subjects.

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Chapter 00 13:06 Read by Eugene Smith
Chapter 01 15:22 Read by Eugene Smith
Chapter 02 16:15 Read by Eugene Smith
Chapter 03 15:13 Read by Eugene Smith
Chapter 04 13:40 Read by Eugene Smith
Chapter 05 14:39 Read by Eugene Smith
Chapter 06 15:44 Read by Eugene Smith
Chapter 07 15:48 Read by Eugene Smith
Chapter 08 12:42 Read by Eugene Smith
Chapter 09 15:56 Read by Eugene Smith
Chapter 10 15:14 Read by Eugene Smith
Chapter 11 13:39 Read by Eugene Smith
Chapter 12 14:04 Read by Eugene Smith
Chapter 13 12:31 Read by Eugene Smith
Chapter 14 13:02 Read by Eugene Smith
Chapter 15 20:02 Read by Eugene Smith
Chapter 16 11:20 Read by Eugene Smith
Chapter 17 15:52 Read by Eugene Smith
Chapter 18 12:38 Read by Eugene Smith
Chapter 19 12:30 Read by Eugene Smith
Chapter 20 13:09 Read by Eugene Smith
Chapter 21 19:33 Read by Eugene Smith
Chapter 22 15:06 Read by Eugene Smith
Chapter 23 10:09 Read by Eugene Smith
Chapter 24 12:40 Read by Eugene Smith
Chapter 25 15:52 Read by Eugene Smith
Chapter 26 12:12 Read by Eugene Smith

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(3 stars)

THe read is good, but the material is troublesome. It needs to tread that little space between books which you are familiar with, and nostalgic about, and books which conntect to those, which you are eager to learn about. This means that for each listener, some chapters will be good, and some few may be dull, particularly because the author is reviewing a library from a century ago, so that he assumes familiarity with works which are no longer familiar. Still: highly entertaining in places.