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Idle Ideas in 1905

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Back in 1905 Jerome K. Jerome shared his thoughts on a variety of subjects, including "Should Women Be Beautiful?", "Should Soldiers Be Polite?" and "Is The American Husband Made Entirely Of Stained Glass?". Each subject is analysed and commented on in the witty and satirical style we've grown to expect from the author. (5 hr 19 min)

Chapters

01 - Are We As Interesting As We Think We Are?

16:07

Read by StephenC

02 - Should Women Be Beautiful?

13:43

Read by Peter Yearsley

03 - When Is The Best Time To Be Merry?

18:29

Read by Peter Yearsley

04 - Do We Lie A-Bed Too Late?

16:00

Read by Peter Yearsley

05 - Should Married Men Play Golf?

14:25

Read by Peter Yearsley

06 - Are Early Marriages A Mistake?

15:04

Read by Peter Yearsley

07 - Do Writers Write Too Much?

15:52

Read by Matt Sherman

08 - Should Soldiers Be Polite?

17:47

Read by Roger Clifton

09 - Ought Stories To Be True?

19:45

Read by Anna Simon

10 - Creatures That One Day Shall Be Men

17:40

Read by ChristianP

11 - How To Be Happy Though Little

16:06

Read by Roger Clifton

12 - Should We Say What We Think, Or Think What We Say?

15:19

Read by Julie VW

13 - Is The American Husband Made Entirely Of Stained Glass

15:12

Read by Julie VW

14 - Does The Young Man Know Everything Worth Knowing?

12:27

Read by Eric Leach

15 - How Many Charms Hath Music, Would You Say?

12:21

Read by Kalynda

16 - The white man's burden! Need it be so heavy?

12:41

Read by Eric Leach

17 - Why Didn't He Marry The Girl?

15:06

Read by Julie VW

18 - What Mrs. Wilkins thought about it

14:46

Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)

19 - Shall We Be Ruined By Chinese Cheap Labour?

11:28

Read by Jason Mills

20 - How To Solve The Servant Problem

11:22

Read by Eric Leach

21 - Why We Hate The Foreigner

17:42

Read by Roger Clifton