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Coffee Break Collection 020 - Old Age

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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 (1 hr 47 min)

Chapters

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