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Old and New Masters
by Robert Lynd (1879-1949)
Jane Austen, WB Yeats, Chesterton, Shaw... these are personal and intelligent short essays on a selection of great (and great-ish) writers: some well known, and some a bit more obscure to the average reader today. Robert Lynd (1879 – 1949) is best known as a literary essayist and Irish nationalist. He published many essays, all written in an easy, conversational style. Lynd was an essayist after the manner of Charles Lamb, and deserves to be better known. (summary by chocmuse)
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Total running time: 8:31:31
In addition to the readers, this audio book was produced by:
Book Coordinator: chocmuse
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- 01 - Ch.1: Dostoevsky the Sensationalist – 00:15:24
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Read by chocmuse - 02 - Ch.2: Jane Austen: Natural Historian – 00:15:08
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Read by Snapdragon - 03 - Ch.3.i - Mr G.K. Chesterton and Mr Hilaire Belloc: 1. The Heavenly Twins – 00:15:24
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Read by Phil Chenevert - 04 - Ch.3.ii - Mr G.K. Chesterton and Mr Hilaire Belloc : The Copiousness of Mr. Belloc – 00:08:24
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Read by Phil Chenevert - 05 - Ch.3.iii - Mr G.K. Chesterton and Mr Hilaire Belloc: 3. The Two Mr. Chestertons – 00:14:07
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Read by TriciaG - 06 - Ch.4.i - Wordsworth: 1. His Personality and Genius – 00:19:42
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Read by TriciaG - 07 - Ch.4.ii - Wordsworth: 2. His Politics – 00:16:13
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Read by TriciaG - 08 - Ch.5.i - Keats: 1. The Biography – 00:15:36
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Read by Vickie Ranz - 09 - Ch.5.ii - Keats: 2. The Matthew Arnold View – 00:10:21
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Read by Amy Gramour - 10 - Ch.6.i - Henry James: 1. The Novelist of Grains and Scruples – 00:08:00
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Read by chocmuse - 11 - Ch.6.ii - Henry James: 2. The Artist at Work – 00:17:21
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Read by Bill Mosley - 12 - Ch.6.iii - Henry James: 3. How He was Born Again – 00:17:45
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Read by Bill Mosley - 13 - Browning, the Poet of Love – 00:15:43
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Read by chocmuse - 14 - Ch.8 - The Fame of J.M. Synge – 00:08:29
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Read by Lucretia B. - 15 - Ch.9 - Villon: The Genius of the Tavern – 00:14:42
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Read by Arlene Joyce - 16 - Pope – 00:12:58
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Read by pekein - 17 - Ch. 11 - James Elroy Flecker – 00:09:07
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Read by Amy Gramour - 18 - Turgenev – 00:12:15
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Read by pekein - 19 - Ch.13 - The Madness of Strindberg – 00:17:22
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Read by Vickie Ranz - 20 - The Prince of French Poets – 00:16:03
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Read by Arlene Joyce - 21 - Ch.15 - Rossetti and Ritual – 00:10:03
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Read by Snapdragon - 22 - Ch.16 - Mr Bernard Shaw – 00:16:45
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Read by Canby Ibarra - 23 - Ch.17 - Mr Masefield's Secret – 00:19:13
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Read by Bill Mosley - 24 - Ch.18.i - Mr W.B. Yeats: 1. His Own Account of Himself – 00:16:51
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Read by Timothy Ferguson - 25 - Ch.18.ii - Mr W.B. Yeats: 2. His Poetry – 00:13:33
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Read by Timothy Ferguson - 26 - Ch.19 - Tchehov: The Perfect Story-Teller – 00:12:46
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Read by pekein - 27 - Ch.20 - Lady Gregory – 00:10:57
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Read by Snapdragon - 28 - Ch.21 - Mr Cunningham Graham – 00:07:18
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Read by April Gonzales - 29 - Ch.22.i - Swinburne: 1. The Exotic Bird – 00:09:08
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Read by Oracle4 - 30 - Ch.22.ii - Swinburne: 2. Genius without Eyes – 00:13:52
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Read by Oracle4 - 31 - Ch.23 - The Work of T.M. Kettle – 00:12:15
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Read by Oracle4 - 32 - Ch.24 - Mr J.C. Squire – 00:12:48
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Read by Lucretia B. - 33 - Joseph Conrad- The Making of an Author – 00:10:45
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Read by pekein - 34 - Joseph Conrad: Tales of Mystery – 00:14:07
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Read by pekein - 35 - Ch.26.i - Mr Rudyard Kipling: 1. The Good Story-Teller – 00:05:47
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Read by Snapdragon - 36 - Ch.26.ii - Mr Rudyard Kipling: 2. The Poet of Life with a Capital Hell – 00:11:34
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Read by Snapdragon - 37 - Ch.27.i - Mr Thomas Hardy: 1. His Genius as a Poet – 00:15:25
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Read by chocmuse - 38 - Ch.27.ii - Mr Thomas Hardy: 2. A Poet in Winter – 00:18:20
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Cataloged on December 23, 2012













