The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things


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The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things is a posthumous collection of essays by William Hazlitt, organized by his grandson, William Carew Hazlitt. The book contains some of Hazlitt's more famous essays that couldn't be found in book format. (Summary by Leni)

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On the Prose Style of Poets, part 1 20:07 Read by Bob Gonzalez
On the Prose Style of Poets, part 2 19:43 Read by Bob Gonzalez
On Dreams 30:21 Read by Martin Geeson
On the Conversation of Authors 38:52 Read by klbonds
On the Same Subject Continued 30:56 Read by klbonds
On Reason and Imagination 32:42 Read by Dave Gauer
On Application to Study 32:59 Read by Nicole Lee
On Londoners and Country People, part 1 20:11 Read by Patrick Wallace
On Londoners and Country People, part 2 16:20 Read by Patrick Wallace
On the Spirit of Obligations 30:31 Read by MaryAnn
On the Old Age of Artists 33:45 Read by Nicole Lee
On Envy (A Dialogue) 37:48 Read by Nicole Lee
On Sitting for One's Picture 27:58 Read by MaryAnn
Whether Genius is Conscious of its Powers 34:40 Read by Availle
On the Pleasure of Hating 34:36 Read by Availle
On Dr. Spurzheim's Theory, part 1 25:27 Read by Stephen Marsh
On Dr. Spurzheim's Theory, part 2 26:46 Read by Stephen Marsh
On Egotism, part 1 20:09 Read by Nicole Lee
On Egotism, part 2 20:07 Read by Nicole Lee
Hot and Cold 33:45 Read by Nicole Lee
The New School of Reform: a Dialogue Between a Rationalist and a Sentimentalist, part 1 26:17 Read by Nicole Lee
The New School of Reform: a Dialogue Between a Rationalist and a Sentimentalist, part 2 29:03 Read by Nicole Lee
On the Qualifications Necessary to Success in Life, part 1 20:04 Read by Mark Mickelson
On the Qualifications Necessary to Success in Life, part 2 25:15 Read by Mark Mickelson
On the Look of a Gentleman 34:19 Read by Sandra Luna
On Reading Old Books 31:12 Read by Sandra Luna
On Personal Character, part 1 17:32 Read by Helen Falconer
On Personal Character, part 2 17:41 Read by Helen Falconer
On People of Sense 34:47 Read by Sandra Luna
On Antiquity 32:23 Read by Nicole Lee
On the Difference Between Writing and Speaking, part 1 22:00 Read by Chieko Steely
On the Difference Between Writing and Speaking, part 2 27:54 Read by Chieko Steely
On a Portrait of an English Lady by Vandyke, part 1 23:38 Read by Nicole Lee
On a Portrait of an English Lady by Vandyke, part 2 35:27 Read by Nicole Lee
On Novelty and Familiarity, part 1 24:32 Read by Anna Simon
On Novelty and Familiarity, part 2 25:48 Read by Anna Simon
On Old English Writers and Speakers, part 1 32:36 Read by Nicole Lee
On Old English Writers and Speakers, part 2 14:52 Read by Nicole Lee
Madame Pasta and Mademoiselle Mars 38:14 Read by MaryA
Sir Walter Scott, Racine and Shakespeare 33:58 Read by Sandra Luna
On Depth and Superficiality, part 1 20:24 Read by Mike Pelton
On Depth and Superficiality, part 2 30:54 Read by Mike Pelton
On Respectable People 18:34 Read by Martin Geeson
On the Jealousy and the Spleen of Party, part 1 18:35 Read by Kalynda
On the Jealousy and the Spleen of Party, part 2 26:20 Read by Kalynda