Happy Homes and the Hearts that Make Them: Or Thrifty People and why They Thrive: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Happy Homes and the Hearts that Make Them: Or Thrifty People and why They Thrive, credited to Samuel Smiles, 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 Happy Homes and the Hearts that Make Them: Or Thrifty People and why They Thrive by Samuel Smiles. Read in English by John Greenman Samuel Smiles was a Scottish author and government reformer, but he concluded that more progress would come from new attitudes than from new laws. He wrote popular articles and books on his theories; ways people could help themselves overcome their problems. His book "Self-Help" brought him to celebrity status: almost overnight, he became a leading pundit and much-consulted guru. "Happy Homes" focuses on ways and reasons to be thrifty, how to find happiness in life, the opposite sex and work. What's particularly striking about this book is its clear-headed 19th Century advice for "improvement" and cultural stability, etc., combined with the entrenched and historic sexism of a paternalistic society. “Sow a thought and you get an act; Sow an act and you get a habit; Sow a habit and you get a character; Sow a character and you get a destiny.”― Samuel Smiles, Happy Homes and the Hearts That Make Them - Summary by John Greenman and Wikipedia

Recording facts

• Recording title: Happy Homes and the Hearts that Make Them: Or Thrifty People and why They Thrive
• Author credits: Samuel Smiles
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 28
• Listed recording duration: 19:56:17

Catalogue topics

• life
• self-help
• happiness
• thriftiness
• art of living
• influence ofcharacter
• self-control
• companionship in marriage

Opening tracks: first 24 of 28

1. 00 - Preface — 4:08
2. 01 - Chapter 1: The Art of Living; or Making the Most of Life — 53:32
3. 02 - Chapter 2: Healthy Homes — 41:07
4. 03 - Chapter 3: Influence of Character — 1:00:24
5. 04 - Chapter 4: Home Power — 1:01:17
6. 05 - Chapter 5: Companionship and Example — 50:59
7. 06 - Chapter 6: Work — 41:22
8. 07 - Chapter 7: Helping One's Self — 43:49
9. 08 - Chapter 8: Leaders of Industry - Inventors and Producers — 1:01:51
10. 09 - Chapter 9: Application and Perserverance — 36:02
11. 10 - Chapter 10: Helps and Opportunities - Scientific Pursuits — 58:20
12. 11 - Chapter 11: Energy and Will — 39:25
13. 12 - Chapter 12: Self-culture -- Facilities and Difficulties — 1:12:08
14. 13 - Chapter 13: Workers in Art — 46:35
15. 14 - Chapter 14: Men of Business — 30:22
16. 15 - Chapter 15: Money - Its Use and Abuse — 47:40
17. 16 - Chapter 16: Habits of Thrift — 36:42
18. 17 - Chapter 17: Methods of Economy — 52:41
19. 18 - Chapter 18: Courage — 51:18
20. 19 - Chapter 19: Self-control — 40:21
21. 20 - Chapter 20: Duty -- Truthfulness — 34:41
22. 21 - Chapter 21: Temper — 28:12
23. 22 - Chapter 22: Manner -- Art — 39:35
24. 23 - Chapter 23: Companionship of Books — 24:12

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