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The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things

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The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things is a posthumous collection of essays by William Hazlitt, organized by his grandson, William Carew Hazlitt. The book contains some of Hazlitt's more famous essays that couldn't be found in book format. (Summary by Leni) (20 hr 30 min)

Chapters

On the Prose Style of Poets, part 1

20:07

Read by Bob Gonzalez

On the Prose Style of Poets, part 2

19:43

Read by Bob Gonzalez

On Dreams

30:21

Read by Martin Geeson

On the Conversation of Authors

38:52

Read by klbonds

On the Same Subject Continued

30:56

Read by klbonds

On Reason and Imagination

32:42

Read by Dave Gauer

On Application to Study

32:59

Read by Nicole Lee

On Londoners and Country People, part 1

20:11

Read by Patrick Wallace

On Londoners and Country People, part 2

16:20

Read by Patrick Wallace

On the Spirit of Obligations

30:31

Read by MaryAnn

On the Old Age of Artists

33:45

Read by Nicole Lee

On Envy (A Dialogue)

37:48

Read by Nicole Lee

On Sitting for One's Picture

27:58

Read by MaryAnn

Whether Genius is Conscious of its Powers

34:40

Read by Availle

On the Pleasure of Hating

34:36

Read by Availle

On Dr. Spurzheim's Theory, part 1

25:27

Read by Stephen Marsh

On Dr. Spurzheim's Theory, part 2

26:46

Read by Stephen Marsh

On Egotism, part 1

20:09

Read by Nicole Lee

On Egotism, part 2

20:07

Read by Nicole Lee

Hot and Cold

33:45

Read by Nicole Lee

The New School of Reform: a Dialogue Between a Rationalist and a Sentimentalist…

26:17

Read by Nicole Lee

The New School of Reform: a Dialogue Between a Rationalist and a Sentimentalist…

29:03

Read by Nicole Lee

On the Qualifications Necessary to Success in Life, part 1

20:04

Read by Mark Mickelson

On the Qualifications Necessary to Success in Life, part 2

25:15

Read by Mark Mickelson

On the Look of a Gentleman

34:19

Read by Sandra Luna

On Reading Old Books

31:12

Read by Sandra Luna

On Personal Character, part 1

17:32

Read by Helen Falconer

On Personal Character, part 2

17:41

Read by Helen Falconer

On People of Sense

34:47

Read by Sandra Luna

On Antiquity

32:23

Read by Nicole Lee

On the Difference Between Writing and Speaking, part 1

22:00

Read by Chieko Steely

On the Difference Between Writing and Speaking, part 2

27:54

Read by Chieko Steely

On a Portrait of an English Lady by Vandyke, part 1

23:38

Read by Nicole Lee

On a Portrait of an English Lady by Vandyke, part 2

35:27

Read by Nicole Lee

On Novelty and Familiarity, part 1

24:32

Read by Anna Simon

On Novelty and Familiarity, part 2

25:48

Read by Anna Simon

On Old English Writers and Speakers, part 1

32:36

Read by Nicole Lee

On Old English Writers and Speakers, part 2

14:52

Read by Nicole Lee

Madame Pasta and Mademoiselle Mars

38:14

Read by MaryA

Sir Walter Scott, Racine and Shakespeare

33:58

Read by Sandra Luna

On Depth and Superficiality, part 1

20:24

Read by Mike Pelton

On Depth and Superficiality, part 2

30:54

Read by Mike Pelton

On Respectable People

18:34

Read by Martin Geeson

On the Jealousy and the Spleen of Party, part 1

18:35

Read by Kalynda

On the Jealousy and the Spleen of Party, part 2

26:20

Read by Kalynda