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Sex – Avoided Subjects Discussed in Plain English

by Henry Stanton (1805–1887)

Henry Stanton’s 1922 book Sex – Avoided Subjects Discussed in Plain English is intended as a frank (although consevative and moralistic) guide to human sexual behaviour and relationships. It is partly a self-help book, partly an attempt to relay the scientific knowledge of the day in relation to sex and reproduction in a way suitable for popular consumption.

(Summary by Carl Manchester)

CD booklet
Album Art

• Gutenberg e-text 23680
• LibriVox’s Sex Internet Archive page
• M4B format available
• Zip file of the entire book (50 MB)
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Total running time: 1:44:47

mp3 and ogg files

• 01 – Sex – 14:09
  [mp3@64kbps - 6.7MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 13.5MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 7.7MB]
  Read by: Maire Rhode
• 02 – The Transition from Cell to Human Being – 13:23
  [mp3@64kbps - 6.4MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 12.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 6.6MB]
  Read by: Leon Mire
• 03 – Sex in Male Childhood – 8:13
  [mp3@64kbps - 3.9MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 7.9MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 5.2MB]
  Read by: James Christopher
• 04 – Sex in Female Childhood – 6:50
  [mp3@64kbps - 3.2MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 6.5MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 3.6MB]
  Read by: Lee Ann Howlett
• 05 – Sex in the Adolescent Male – 9:35
  [mp3@64kbps - 4.6MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 9.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 5.2MB]
  Read by: Gesine
• 06 – Sex in the Adolescent Female – 16:59
  [mp3@64kbps - 8.1MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 16.3MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 8.9MB]
  Read by: Lucy Burgoyne
• 07 – Sex in the Marriage Relation (The Husband) – 4:06
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.9MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 3.9MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 2.3MB]
  Read by: Ashwin Jain
• 08 – Sex in the Marriage Relation, the Wife – 12:41
  [mp3@64kbps - 6.0MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 12.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 9.5MB]
  Read by: Esther
• 09 – Sex Diseases – 8:23
  [mp3@64kbps - 4MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 4.5MB]
  Read by: Aaron Elliott
• 10 – Love and Sex – 10:28
  [mp3@64kbps - 5MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 10MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 5.5MB]
  Read by: Carl Manchester

Cataloged on October 04, 2008