The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things, credited to William Hazlitt, 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 The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things, by William Hazlitt. Read by Librivox volunteers. The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things is a posthumous collection of essays by William Hazlitt, organized by his grandson, William Carew Hazlitt. The book contains some of Hazlitt's more famous essays that hadn't been previously published in book format. (Summary by Leni)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things
• Author credits: William Hazlitt
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 45
• Listed recording duration: 20:30:02

Catalogue topics

• essays
• hazlitt
• on the pleasure of hating.

Opening tracks: first 24 of 45

1. 01 - On the Prose Style of Poets, part 1 — 20:07
2. 02 - On the Prose Style of Poets, part 2 — 19:43
3. 03 - On Dreams — 30:22
4. 04 - On the Conversation of Authors — 38:53
5. 05 - On the Same Subject Continued — 30:57
6. 06 - On Reason and Imagination — 32:43
7. 07 - On Application to Study — 32:59
8. 08 - On Londoners and Country People, part 1 — 20:11
9. 09 - On Londoners and Country People, part 2 — 16:20
10. 10 - On the Spirit of Obligations — 30:32
11. 11 - On the Old Age of Artists — 33:45
12. 12 - On Envy (A Dialogue) — 37:48
13. 13 - On Sitting for One's Picture — 27:59
14. 14 - Whether Genius is Conscious of its Powers — 34:40
15. 15 - On the Pleasure of Hating — 34:36
16. 16 - On Dr. Spurzheim's Theory, part 1 — 25:27
17. 17 - On Dr. Spurzheim's Theory, part 2 — 26:46
18. 18 - On Egotism, part 1 — 20:09
19. 19 - On Egotism, part 2 — 20:08
20. 20 - Hot and Cold — 33:46
21. 21 - The New School of Reform: a Dialogue Between a Rationalist and a Sentimentalist, part 1 — 26:18
22. 22 - The New School of Reform: a Dialogue Between a Rationalist and a Sentimentalist, part 2 — 29:03
23. 23 - On the Qualifications Necessary to Success in Life, part 1 — 20:04
24. 24 - On the Qualifications Necessary to Success in Life, part 2 — 25:16

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