Old Age

Coffee Break Collection

by Various

Read by LibriVox Volunteers

English · 1h 47m · Anthologies, Short Stories, Essays & Short Works, Memoirs

3.9 (4 reviews)

The Librivox Coffee Break Collections are themed anthologies, selected and read by Librivox readers. Each short piece is fifteen minutes long, or less -- perfect for coffee breaks, commutes and work outs. Essays, prose, fiction, non-fiction, poetry -- who knows what gems will be uncovered? In this collection, we explore old age -- grandparents, retirement, wisdom, decline. It is an opportunity to reflect on mortality and depth of experience. - Summary by Lynne Thompson

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Autumn Leaves Ch 16 by Anne Wales Abbott	10:47	Read by ChadH94
The Decline of the Drama by Stephen Leacock	14:18	Read by MaryWindishar
Growing Old Gracefully by Robert Ingersoll	4:00	Read by Colleen McMahon
How to be Seventy by Mark Twain	3:41	Read by KevinS
To Madame Brilliant: The Ephemera an Emblem of Human Life by Benjamin Franklin	6:54	Read by Utek
Of Youth and Age by Francis Bacon	5:22	Read by Michele Fry
Old Age, author unknown	4:27	Read by KevinS
Old Age Insurance in Germany by Abraham Epstein	7:36	Read by Craig Campbell
Old Age Insurance in Russia by Abraham Epstein	3:23	Read by Craig Campbell
The Olde, Olde, Very Olde Man by Ralph Bergengren	14:13	Read by ChadH94
Our Oldest Two Inhabitants by Josh Billings	9:46	Read by KevinS
The Old Lovers by Kenneth Rand	2:10	Read by Stefan Von Blon
Old Timers by Carl Sandburg	2:47	Read by Cornel Nemes
Onset of Old Age from Some Medical Aspects of Old Age by Sir Humphrey Rolleston	7:46	Read by BettyB
The Raft-Builders by Lord Dunsany	2:36	Read by Michele Fry
Stimulants, Narcotics and Old Age 1883 by George Miller Beard	7:44	Read by Craig Campbell