Impressions of Theophrastus Such: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Impressions of Theophrastus Such, credited to George Eliot, 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 Impressions of Theophrastus Such by George Eliot. Read in English by Josh Mitteldorf Impressions of Theophrastus Such is a work of fiction by George Eliot, first published in 1879. It was Eliot's last published writing and her most experimental, taking the form of a series of literary essays by an imaginary minor scholar whose eccentric character is revealed through his work. (Summary from Wikipedia)\

Recording facts

• Recording title: Impressions of Theophrastus Such
• Author credits: George Eliot
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 18
• Listed recording duration: 6:43:31

Catalogue topics

• philosophical novel
• psychological fiction
• intellectual humor

Track guide

1. 01 - Looking Inward — 29:41
2. 02 - Looking Backward — 34:44
3. 03 - How We Encourage Research — 32:56
4. 04 - A Man Surprised at his Originality — 19:04
5. 05 - A Too Deferential Man — 17:43
6. 06 - Only Temper — 16:03
7. 07 - A Political Molecule — 9:50
8. 08 - The Watch-Dog of Knowledge — 17:31
9. 09 - A Half-Breed — 17:13
10. 10 - Debasing the Moral Currency — 16:52
11. 11 - The Wasp Credited with the Honeycomb — 27:35
12. 12 - — 11:58
13. 13 - How We Come to Give Ourselves False Testimonials, and Beleive In Them — 19:28
14. 14 - The Too-Ready Writer — 19:11
15. 15 - Diseases of Small Authorship — 21:17
16. 16 - Moral Swindlers — 19:58
17. 17 - Shadows of the Coming Race — 14:01
18. 18 - The Modern Hep! Hep! Hep! — 58:26

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