Gravenhurst, or Thoughts on Good and Evil
William Henry Smith
Play
Length 6 h 36 min
Chapters 18
First published 1862
In which an English country gentlemen records his and his friends' conversational observations on misery and happiness, leaning ultimately on faith and God. Readable and gentle in presentation, with by-the-by observations on the sexes, animals, comfort, and so on. (Summary by Czandra)
Chapters
1
Introduction part 1 Read by czandra 19:45
2
Introduction part 2 Read by czandra 23:01
3
Introduction part 3 Read by czandra 20:39
4
Exposition chapter 1: Pain and Painful Emotion Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) 10:34
5
Chapter 2: Too much evil Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) 15:38
6
Chapter 3: Moral evil Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) 17:23
7
Chapter 4: Remedial evils Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) 15:59
8
Chapter 5: The irremediable Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) 14:39
9
Conversation 1: Inequality of happiness Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) 27:19
10
Conversation 2 : Crime and its punishment Read by Mike W 20:43
11
Conversation 3: The Rainbow Read by czandra 32:08
12
Conversation 4: The development of Human Society Inseparable from Contest and Division; part 1 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) 24:46
13
Conversation 4: The development of Human Society Inseparable from Contest and Division; part 2 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) 29:19
14
Conversation 5: Explanatory hints on several topics, part 1 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) 22:53
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Conversation 5: Explanatory hints on several topics, part 2 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) 29:40
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Conversation 6: The whole is one, part 1 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) 23:40
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Conversation 6: The whole is one, part 2 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) 24:20
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Conversation 6: The whole is one, part 3 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) 24:02
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