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On by Hilaire Belloc: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 30 original MP3 tracks, 6:10:50 running time and a link to listen.
On, credited to Hilaire Belloc, 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 On by Hilaire Belloc. Read in English by LibriVox volunteers Hilaire Belloc, French by birth, British by naturalization, was a diverse and prolific writer of the early 20th century. His writing runs the range from poetry, political writings and children’s stories. He was a close friend, and sometimes collaborator with fellow Catholic G.K. Chesterton. This book is a collection of essays and other short writings on a vast array of subjects ranging from observations on Bad Verse and Mumbo-Jumbo to Sailing the Seas and Hatred of Numbers. - Summary by Larry Wilson
Recording facts
- Recording title: On
- Author credits: Hilaire Belloc
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 30
- Listed recording duration: 6:10:50
Catalogue topics
- essays
- short nonfiction
Opening tracks: first 24 of 30
- 01 - On Achmet Boulee Bey — 10:05
- 02 - On an Educational Reform — 15:56
- 03 - On Kind Hearts Being More Than Coronets — 12:33
- 04 - On Mumbo-Jumbo — 14:29
- 05 - On Footnotes — 12:52
- 06 - A Few Kind Words to Mammon — 12:53
- 07 - On Treves — 10:36
- 08 - On the Cathedral of Seville and ''The Misanthrope'' — 14:24
- 09 - On the ''Bucolics" of Virgil, A Cafe in Paris, The Length of Essays, Phoebus, Bacchus, A Wanton Maid, and Other Matters — 9:49
- 10 - On Titles — 12:18
- 11 - On Bad Verse — 12:25
- 12 - The United Poets — 10:44
- 13 - On Convincing People — 13:50
- 14 - On Controversy — 12:21
- 15 - On Inaccuracy — 10:22
- 16 - On Technical Words — 9:49
- 17 - On the Accursed Climate — 11:39
- 18 - On Accent — 13:50
- 19 - On Truth and the Admiralty — 8:02
- 20 - A Short Adventure — 15:11
- 21 - On Sailing The Seas — 19:59
- 22 - Off Exmouth — 8:06
- 23 - On a Piece of Rope — 9:36
- 24 - Ultimo Ratio — 10:17
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