Second Thoughts Of An Idle Fellow
Jerome K. Jerome
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
A second volume of humorous essays on various subjects, following the success of Idle thoughts Of An Idle Fellow. (Summary by Chris Garbett) (6 hr 53 min)
Chapters
| 01 - On The Art Of Making Up One's Mind | 33:28 | Read by Czechchris |
| 02 - On The Disadvantage Of Not Getting What One Wants | 29:06 | Read by Czechchris |
| 03 - On The Exceptional Merit Attaching To The Things We Meant To Do | 47:00 | Read by Czechchris |
| 04 - On The Preparation And Employment Of Love Philtres | 35:08 | Read by Czechchris |
| 05 - On The Delights And Benefits Of Slavery | 35:47 | Read by Czechchris |
| 06 - On The Care And Management Of Women | 28:38 | Read by Czechchris |
| 07 - On The Minding Of Other People's Business | 43:49 | Read by Czechchris |
| 08 - On The Time Wasted In Looking Before One Leaps | 35:39 | Read by Czechchris |
| 09 - On The Nobility Of Ourselves | 28:44 | Read by om123 |
| 10 - On The Motherliness Of Man | 30:46 | Read by om123 |
| 11 - On The Inadvisability Of Following Advice | 32:30 | Read by om123 |
| 12 - On The Playing Of Marches At The Funerals Of Marionettes | 32:41 | Read by David Goldfarb |
Reviews
Wonderfully Read
bowhows
Chris has a beautiful voice, charming accent, and does a wonderful job at developing the personality of this book. The book is quite a surprise - I have always enjoyed Jerome for his humor, but this is much more thoughtful and full of interesting ideas.
Worthwhile
Alan H.
As with many of this author's books, I found much of it funny and most of it entertaining, at least, while some bits seem to have ended up here by mistake and are neither funny or entertaining. However, the beer barrel rocking chair in chapter 3 is so funny that all is forgiven in an instant.
Great...but...
Schreica
I feel like chapters 9, 10, and 11 might as well have been dropped altogether. I couldn't understand the reader of these 3 chapters. He spoke English HORRIBLY. When considering readers, please use good English speaking readers for books in English. He would have been better suited reading a book in his native language. I'm really disappointed, because I'm really liking Jerome K. Jerome's books, and I had to skip 3 full chapters of this book.