Companionable Books
Many books are dry and dusty, there is no juice in them; and many are soon exhausted, you would no more go back to them than to a squeezed orange; but some have in them an unfailing sap, both from the tree of knowledge and the tree of life. Here I have written about a few of these books which have borne me good company, in one way or another, -- and about their authors, who have put the best of themselves into their work. Such criticism as the volume contains is therefore mainly in the form of appreciation with reasons for it. So I send forth my new ship, hoping only that it may carry something desirable from each of the ports where it has taken on cargo, and that it may not be sunk by the enemy before it touches at a few friendly harbors. (Henry van Dyke)
Genre(s): Literary Criticism
Language: English
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 00 | Preface | MaryAnn |
00:02:06 |
| Play 01 | The Book of Books | MaryAnn |
00:32:47 |
| Play 02 | Poetry in the Psalms | MaryAnn |
00:28:44 |
| Play 03 | The Good Enchantment of Dickens | MaryAnn |
00:43:46 |
| Play 04 | Thackeray and Real Men | MaryAnn |
00:27:46 |
| Play 05 | George Eliot and Real Women | MaryAnn |
00:35:23 |
| Play 06 | The Poet of Immortal Youth (Keats) | MaryAnn |
00:24:45 |
| Play 07 | The Recovery of Joy (Wordsworth) | MaryAnn |
00:45:44 |
| Play 08 | ''The Glory of the Imperfect'' (Browning) | MaryAnn |
01:01:13 |
| Play 09 | A Quaint Comrade by Quiet Streams (Walton) | MaryAnn |
00:16:30 |
| Play 10 | A Sturdy Believer (Samuel Johnson) | MaryAnn |
00:24:44 |
| Play 11 | A Puritan Plus Poetry (Emerson) | MaryAnn |
00:23:27 |
| Play 12 | An Adventurer in a Velvet Jacket (Stevenson) | MaryAnn |
00:37:40 |