The Spirit of Place and Other Essays

Alice Meynell (1847 - 1922)

Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' Suffrage League. She and her husband Wilfrid Meynell were active in publishing and editing literary works including helping to launch the first works of Francis Thompson, author of "Hound of Heaven." This is a collection of her essays covering a wide range of topics from the opening essay on the "Spirit of Place" to a playful essay about the foot, and musing on topics such as rain, the horizon and the concluding essay, "Shadows." - Summary by Larry Wilson

Genre(s): Essays & Short Works

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 The Spirit of Place Larry Wilson
00:09:28
Play 02 Mrs. Dingley Kate Follis
00:12:42
Play 03 Solitude Kathleen Moore
00:09:36
Play 04 The Lady of the Lyrics Eva Davis
00:10:36
Play 05 July Kathleen Moore
00:06:16
Play 06 Wells Larry Wilson
00:08:27
Play 07 The Foot Nemo
00:09:40
Play 08 Have Patience, Little Saint Kate Follis
00:10:41
Play 09 The Ladies of the Idyll Kate Follis
00:11:20
Play 10 A Derivation Kate Follis
00:07:33
Play 11 A Counterchange Eva Davis
00:11:08
Play 12 Rain Nemo
00:05:48
Play 13 Letters of Marceline Valmore Eva Davis
00:07:20
Play 14 The Hours of Sleep Eva Davis
00:07:29
Play 15 The Horizon Michael Fassio
00:09:14
Play 16 Habits and Consciousness Scotty Smith
00:03:25
Play 17 Shadows Eva Davis
00:08:12