Brief Lives Volume I
A collection of sparkling gossipy biographical pieces of Aubrey's contemporaries, including Bacon, Jonson and Shakespeare, Brief Lives' glimpses into the unofficial side of these towering figures has won it an undying popularity, with Ruth Scurr's recent reimagined "autobiography" of Aubrey, breathing new life into this classic for the next generation of readers. - Summary by Nicole Lee
Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography
Language: English
Keyword(s): literature (1955), civil war (146), seventeenth century (15), gossip (10), jacobean (9)
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 01 | Preface and Introduction | Nicole Lee |
00:33:09 |
| Play 02 | Abbott to Aubrey | Nicole Lee |
00:36:49 |
| Play 03 | Aubrey to Bacon | Nicole Lee |
00:49:22 |
| Play 04 | Bacon to Blake | Nicole Lee |
00:37:24 |
| Play 05 | Blount to Butler | Nicole Lee |
00:48:24 |
| Play 06 | Butler to Charnock | Nicole Lee |
00:51:43 |
| Play 07 | Chaucer to Danvers | Nicole Lee |
00:41:07 |
| Play 08 | Danvers to Digby | Nicole Lee |
00:48:26 |
| Play 09 | Digby to Feriby | Nicole Lee |
00:45:04 |
| Play 10 | Fisk to Hariot | Nicole Lee |
00:52:40 |
| Play 11 | Harley to Hill | Nicole Lee |
00:53:28 |
| Play 12 | Hobbes Part I | Nicole Lee |
00:58:48 |
| Play 13 | Hobbes Part II | Nicole Lee |
01:03:22 |
| Play 14 | Holder to Hyde | Nicole Lee |
00:38:16 |