Certain Personal Matters: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
Certain Personal Matters by H. G. Wells: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 39 original MP3 tracks, 6:23:30 running time and a link to listen.
Certain Personal Matters, credited to H. G. Wells, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of Certain Personal Matters by H. G. Wells. Read in English by Foon; Larry Wilson; D. Wood; Scotty Smith; Graham Scott; Elisabeth; Greg Giordano; GentleJim; Jordan Khoriaty; Rowan Etzel; Keir; Christopher Lawson Although best known for his works of science fiction, social commentary and history, H.G. Wells here gives us humorous and light-hearted pieces on a wide variety of intriguing topics from chess to death. Each essay is a gem of wit and delight. - Summary by Larry Wilson
Recording facts
- Recording title: Certain Personal Matters
- Author credits: H. G. Wells
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 39
- Listed recording duration: 6:23:30
Catalogue topics
- humor
- essays
Opening tracks: first 24 of 39
- 01 - Thoughts on Cheapness and My Aunt Charlotte — 10:19
- 02 - The Trouble of Life — 13:30
- 03 - On the Choice of a Wife — 8:47
- 04 - The House of Di Sorno — 10:18
- 05 - Of Conversation — 11:31
- 06 - In a Literary Household — 8:40
- 07 - On Schooling and the Phases of Mr. Sandsome — 13:43
- 08 - The Poet and the Emporium — 10:01
- 09 - The Language of Flowers — 9:12
- 10 - The Literary Regimen — 9:36
- 11 - House-Hunting as an Outdoor Amusement — 11:15
- 12 - Of Blades and Bladery — 9:48
- 13 - Of Cleverness — 9:35
- 14 - The Pose Novel — 9:20
- 15 - The Veteran Cricketer — 10:56
- 16 - Concerning a Certain Lady — 10:50
- 17 - The Shopman — 8:16
- 18 - The Book of Curses — 10:06
- 19 - Dunstone’s Dear Lady — 8:40
- 20 - Euphemia’s New Entertainment — 7:47
- 21 - For Freedom of Spelling — 11:58
- 22 - Incidental Thoughts on a Bald Head — 9:03
- 23 - Of a Book Unwritten — 14:56
- 24 - The Extinction of Man — 12:05
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