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Miscellaneous Essays

by G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)

These nine files are miscellaneous short essays or stories from G. K. Chesterton. They were chosen for not only their brevity but also for being shining exemplars of Chesterton’s wit and whimsy. A fun but powerful introduction into the mind of the man that is G. K. Chesterton.

(Summary by G. K. Cleveland)

• Wikipedia - G. K. Chesterton
• LibriVox’s Miscellaneous Essays Internet Archive page
• Zip file of the entire book 33.9 MB
• RSS feed · Subscribe in iTunes · Chapter-a-day

Total running time: 1:10:34

mp3 and ogg files

• 01 - On Lying in Bed - 00:07:10
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 3.4 MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 6.8 MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 3.8 MB]
  Read by: Vincent Torre
• 02 - A Piece of Chalk - 00:09:30
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 4.5 MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 9.1 MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 4.5 MB]
  Read by: Wm Christopher Hoag
• 03 - Asparagus - 00:06:10
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 2.9 MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 5.9 MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 3.0 MB]
  Read by: Bryce Albertson
• 04 - Child Psychology and Nonsense - 00:08:26
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 4.0 MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 8.1 MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 4.0 MB]
  Read by: Irene Hoag
• 05 - Homesick at Home - 00:10:57
  [mp3@64kbps - 5.2 MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 10.5 MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 5.5 MB]
  Read by: Sara Segel
• 06 - On Losing One’s Head - 00:07:35
  [mp3@64kbps - 3.6 MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 7.2 MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 3.8 MB]
  Read by: Paula Santa
• 07 - What I found in my Pocket - 00:07:12
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 3.4 MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 6.9 MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 3.9 MB]
  Read by: Michael Robinson
• 08 - To Frances - 00:03:02
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.4 MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 2.9 MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.6 MB]
  Read by: Garth Donald
• 09 - A Fairy Tale - 00:10:32
  [mp3@64kbps - 5.0 MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 10.1 MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 5.9 MB]
  Read by: Chip Grogin

Cataloged on February 07, 2008