The Romance Of The Commonplace: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Romance Of The Commonplace, credited to Frank Gelett Burgess, 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 The Romance Of The Commonplace by Frank Gelett Burgess. Read in English by David Wales Thirty four whimsical, tongue-in-cheek, and entertaining essays about not much in particular, published in 1902, by one of the most popular writers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The American Gelett Burgess (1866-1951) was an artist, art critic, poet, author, and humorist. Nonsense verse (none in this collection) was a specialty. - Summary by David Wales

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Romance Of The Commonplace
• Author credits: Frank Gelett Burgess
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 18
• Listed recording duration: 4:48:27

Catalogue topics

• humor
• essay
• twentieth century

Track guide

1. 00 - Introduction — 5:13
2. 01 - April Essays; Getting Acquainted — 18:24
3. 02 - Dining Out; The Uncharted Sea — 14:12
4. 03 - The Art Of Playing; The Use Of Fools — 18:39
5. 04 - Absolute Age; The Manual Blessing — 15:34
6. 05 - The Deserted Island; The Sense of Humour — 18:29
7. 06 - The Game Of Correspondence; The Caste Of The Articulate — 16:28
8. 07 - The Tyranny Of The Lares; Costume And Custom — 15:15
9. 08 - Old Friends And New; Defense Of Slang — 18:00
10. 09 - The Charms Of Imperfection; 'The Play's The Thing' — 18:03
11. 10 - Living Alone; Cartomania — 16:12
12. 11 - The Science Of Flattery; Romance En Route — 15:23
13. 12 - The Edge Of The World; The Diary Habit — 16:37
14. 13 - The Perfect Go-between; Growing Up — 14:00
15. 14 - A Pauper's Monologue; A Young Man's Fancy — 17:21
16. 15 - Where Is Bohemia? The Bachelor's Advantage — 15:43
17. 16 - The Confessions Of An Ignoramus; A Music-Box Recital — 16:01
18. 17 - A Plea For The Precious; Sub Rosa — 18:53

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