An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting, credited to Jane Collier, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting by Jane Collier. Read in English by Hannah F. An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting was a conduct book written by Jane Collier and published in 1753. The Essay was Collier's first work, and operates as a satirical advice book on how to nag. It was modelled after Jonathan Swift's satirical essays, and is intended to "teach" a reader the various methods for "teasing and mortifying" one's acquaintances. It is divided into two sections that are organised for "advice" to specific groups, and it is followed by "General Rules" for all people to follow. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting
• Author credits: Jane Collier
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 12
• Combined MP3 track duration: 3:16:15

Catalogue topics

• satire
• humor
• essay
• marriage
• family
• parenting
• female author
• bullying

Track guide

1. 01 - Dedication, Advertisement, and Preface — 16:36
2. 02 - Part I: Chapter I: Instructions to Masters and Mistresses, concerning their Servants — 15:31
3. 03 - Part I: Chapter II: To the Patronesses of an humble Companion — 29:40
4. 04 - Part I: Chapter III: To Parents — 17:21
5. 05 - Part I: Chapter IV: To the Husband — 7:24
6. 06 - Part II: Chapter I: To Lovers — 2:20
7. 07 - Part II: Chapter II: To the Wife — 24:08
8. 08 - Part II: Chapter III: To the Friend — 32:21
9. 09 - Part II: Chapter IV: To your Good Sort of People, being an Appendage to the foregoing Chapter — 11:43
10. 10 - General Rules for plaguing all your Acquaintance with the Description of a Party of Pleasure — 29:39
11. 11 - Conclusion of the Essay — 6:58
12. 12 - A Fable — 2:34

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