Compleat Angler
Izaak Walton
Play
Length 6 h
Chapters 21
First published 1653
The Compleat Angler is a celebration of the art and spirit of fishing in prose and verse. Walton did not profess to be an expert with the fly, but in the use of the live worm, the grasshopper and the frog "Piscator" could speak as a master. There were originally only two interlocutors in the opening scene, "Piscator" and "Viator"; but in the second edition, as if in answer to an objection that "Piscator" had it too much in his own way in praise of angling, he introduced the falconer, "Auceps," changed "Viator" into "Venator" and made the new companions each dilate on the joys of his favourite sport. (Summary by Wikipedia)
Chapters
1
Dedication Read by Nicole Lee 10:22
2
Chapter 1 Part II - The First Day Read by Nicole Lee 31:46
3
Chapter 2 - The Second Day: On the Otter and the Chub Read by Nicole Lee 15:05
4
Chapter 3 - The Third Day: How to Fish for and to Dress the Chavender or Chub Read by Nicole Lee 11:14
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Chapter 4 - The Third Day continued: On the Nature and Breeding of the Trout, and How to Fish for Him Read by Nicole Lee 20:58
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Chapter 5 Part I - The Third Day continued: On the Trout Read by Nicole Lee 29:59
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Chapter 5 Part II - The Third Day continued: On the Trout Read by Nicole Lee 30:44
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Chapter 6 - The Fourth Day continued: On the Umber or Grayling Read by Nicole Lee 4:31
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Chapter 7 - The Fourth Day continued: On the Salmon Read by Nicole Lee 12:23
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Chapter 8 - The Fourth Day continued: On the Luce or Pike Read by Nicole Lee 21:40
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Chapter 9 - The Fourth Day continued: On the Carp Read by Nicole Lee 15:22
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Chapter 10 - The Fourth Day continued: On the Bream Read by Nicole Lee 12:41
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Chapters 11-13 - The Fourth Day continued: On the Tench, the Perch and the Eel Read by Nicole Lee 23:59
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Chapters 14 - The Fourth Day continued: Of the Barbel Read by Nicole Lee 7:50
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Chapter 15 - The Fourth Day continued: Of the Gudgeon, the Ruffe and the Bleak Read by Nicole Lee 4:54
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Chapter 16 - The Fourth Day continued: Is of Nothing, or of Nothing Worth Read by Nicole Lee 11:11
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Chapter 17 - The Fifth Day continued: Of Roach and Dace Read by Nicole Lee 17:56
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Chapter 18 - The Fifth Day continued: Of the Minnow or Penk; Loach, Bull-head or Miller's Thumb, and the Stickle-bag Read by Nicole Lee 6:56
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Chapter 19 - The Fifth Day continued: Of Rivers, and Some Observations of Fish Read by Nicole Lee 6:39
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Chapter 20 - The Fifth Day continued: Of Fish-Ponds Read by Nicole Lee 6:26
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Chapter 21 - The Fifth Day continued Read by Nicole Lee 25:11
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