Figures of Several Centuries
Arthur Symons
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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. (8 hr 59 min)
Chapters
| Saint Augustine | 16:03 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Charles Lamb (I & II) | 20:47 | Read by Melvin Lee |
| Charles Lamb (III & IV) | 14:09 | Read by Melvin Lee |
| Villon | 4:22 | Read by Sonia |
| Casanova at Dux: An Unpublished Chapter of History (I) | 13:04 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Casanova at Dux: An Unpublished Chapter of History (II) | 20:32 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Casanova at Dux: An Unpublished Chapter of History (III & IV) | 19:24 | Read by Jim Locke |
| John Donne (I) | 22:02 | Read by Melvin Lee |
| John Donne (II) | 23:53 | Read by Melvin Lee |
| Emily Brontë | 8:42 | Read by BettyB |
| Edgar Allan Poe | 9:43 | Read by BettyB |
| Thomas Lovell Beddoes | 9:49 | Read by Jim Rowland |
| Gustave Flaubert | 11:54 | Read by Kalynda |
| George Meredith as a Poet | 13:59 | Read by Jeff Moon |
| Algernon Charles Swinburne (I) | 23:24 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Algernon Charles Swinburne (II) | 38:40 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Dante Gabriel Rosetti | 7:29 | Read by Jim Rowland |
| A Note on the Genius of Thomas Hardy | 10:58 | Read by Jeff Moon |
| Léon Cladel | 9:08 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
| Henrik Ibsen (I) | 12:02 | Read by Adele Parry |
| Henrik Ibsen (II) | 14:59 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Henrik Ibsen (III) | 17:25 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Henrik Ibsen (IV) | 17:04 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Joris-Karl Huysmans (I) | 34:27 | Read by Sheila |
| Two Symbolists | 13:25 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Joris-Karl Huysmans (II) | 12:09 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Charles Baudelaire | 6:31 | Read by Sonia |
| Walter Pater (I) | 8:29 | Read by Sheila |
| Walter Pater (II) | 20:30 | Read by Sheila |
| The Goncourts | 20:53 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Coventry Patter (I) | 17:01 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
| Coventry Patter (II) | 17:19 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
| Sarojini Naidu | 14:57 | Read by Josh Kirsh |
| Welsh Poetry | 14:06 | Read by Charlotte Duckett |