The Art of Letters: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Art of Letters, credited to Robert Lynd, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Art of Letters by Robert Lynd. Read in English by Larry Wilson; drandall; Graham Scott; thestorygirl; Kathleen Moore; Loraine Flegal; Amelia Chesley; Gary Grenholm From the pen of the Irish poet and essayist, Robert Lynd, comes a collection of humorous and satirical essay on the literary scene of his day with critiques of poets and and poetry, ranging from Pepys to Walter de la Mare. He even examines criticism itself. - Summary by Larry Wilson

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Art of Letters
• Author credits: Robert Lynd
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 41
• Listed recording duration: 9:31:16

Opening tracks: first 24 of 41

1. 00 - Dedication — 1:02
2. 01 - Mr. Pepys — 17:31
3. 02 - John Bunyan — 13:09
4. 03 - Thomas Campion — 14:36
5. 04 - John Donne Part I from beginning through — 17:18
6. 05 - John Donne Part II from — 14:44
7. 06 - John Donne Part III from — 16:52
8. 07 - Horace Walpole Part I from beginning to — 13:46
9. 08 - Horace Walpole Part II from — 13:54
10. 09 - Horace Walpole Part III from — 12:21
11. 10 - William Cowper Part I from beginning through — 16:58
12. 11 - William Cowper Part II from — 21:44
13. 12 - William Cowper Part III from — 13:44
14. 13 - A Note on Elizabethan Plays — 11:33
15. 14 - The Office of the Poets — 16:28
16. 15 - Edward Young as Critic — 14:14
17. 16 - Gray and Collins — 15:25
18. 17 - Aspects of Shelley: The Character Half-Comic — 14:44
19. 18 - Aspects of Shelley: The Experimentalist — 10:36
20. 19 - Aspects of Shelley: The Poet of Hope — 10:44
21. 20 - The Wisdom of Coleridge: Coleridge as Critic — 16:31
22. 21 - The Wisdom of Coleridge: Coleridge as a Talker — 15:53
23. 22 - Tennyson: A Temporary Criticism — 10:22
24. 23 - The Politics of Swift and Shakespeare: Swift — 11:55

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