Figures of Several Centuries
Arthur Symons
Play
Length 8 h 59 min
Chapters 34
First published 1917
Arthur Symons talks through the histories and works of poets, playwrights, scholars and scribes. He provides both personal experience and critical wonder to the worlds of his subjects; Donne, Ibsen, Baudelaire and Emily Brontë among them. Summary by Josh Kirsh.
Chapters
1
Saint Augustine Read by Jim Locke 16:03
2
Charles Lamb (I & II) Read by Melvin Lee 20:47
3
Charles Lamb (III & IV) Read by Melvin Lee 14:09
4
Villon Read by Sonia 4:22
5
Casanova at Dux: An Unpublished Chapter of History (I) Read by Jim Locke 13:04
6
Casanova at Dux: An Unpublished Chapter of History (II) Read by Jim Locke 20:32
7
Casanova at Dux: An Unpublished Chapter of History (III & IV) Read by Jim Locke 19:24
8
John Donne (I) Read by Melvin Lee 22:02
9
John Donne (II) Read by Melvin Lee 23:53
10
Emily Brontë Read by BettyB 8:42
11
Edgar Allan Poe Read by BettyB 9:43
12
Thomas Lovell Beddoes Read by Jim Rowland 9:49
13
Gustave Flaubert Read by Kalynda 11:54
14
George Meredith as a Poet Read by Jeff Moon 13:59
15
Algernon Charles Swinburne (I) Read by Jim Locke 23:24
16
Algernon Charles Swinburne (II) Read by Jim Locke 38:40
17
Dante Gabriel Rosetti Read by Jim Rowland 7:29
18
A Note on the Genius of Thomas Hardy Read by Jeff Moon 10:58
19
Léon Cladel Read by Pamela Nagami 9:08
20
Henrik Ibsen (I) Read by Adele Parry 12:02
21
Henrik Ibsen (II) Read by Jim Locke 14:59
22
Henrik Ibsen (III) Read by Jim Locke 17:25
23
Henrik Ibsen (IV) Read by Jim Locke 17:04
24
Joris-Karl Huysmans (I) Read by Sheila 34:27
25
Two Symbolists Read by Jim Locke 13:25
26
Joris-Karl Huysmans (II) Read by Jim Locke 12:09
27
Charles Baudelaire Read by Sonia 6:31
28
Walter Pater (I) Read by Sheila 8:29
29
Walter Pater (II) Read by Sheila 20:30
30
The Goncourts Read by Jim Locke 20:53
31
Coventry Patter (I) Read by Kathleen Moore 17:01
32
Coventry Patter (II) Read by Kathleen Moore 17:19
33
Sarojini Naidu Read by Josh Kirsh 14:57
34
Welsh Poetry Read by Charlotte Duckett 14:06
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