Coffee Break Collection 020 - Old Age

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The Librivox Coffee Break Collections are themed anthologies, selected and read by Librivox readers. Each short piece is fifteen minutes long, or less -- perfect for coffee breaks, commutes and work outs. Essays, prose, fiction, non-fiction, poetry -- who knows what gems will be uncovered? In this collection, we explore old age -- grandparents, retirement, wisdom, decline. It is an opportunity to reflect on mortality and depth of experience. - Summary by Lynne Thompson

Genre(s): Short Stories, Essays & Short Works

Language: English

Group: Coffee Break Collections

Section Chapter Author Source Reader Time Language
Play 01 Autumn Leaves Ch 16 by Anne Wales Abbott Anne Wales Abbot Etext ChadH94
00:10:47
Play 02 The Decline of the Drama by Stephen Leacock Stephen Leacock Etext MaryWindishar
00:14:18
Play 03 Growing Old Gracefully by Robert Ingersoll Robert G. Ingersoll Etext Colleen McMahon
00:04:00
Play 04 How to be Seventy by Mark Twain Mark Twain Etext KevinS
00:03:41
Play 05 To Madame Brilliant: The Ephemera an Emblem of Human Life by Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin Etext Utek
00:06:54
Play 06 Of Youth and Age by Francis Bacon Sir Francis Bacon Etext Michele Fry
00:05:22
Play 07 Old Age, author unknown Unknown Etext KevinS
00:04:27
Play 08 Old Age Insurance in Germany by Abraham Epstein Abraham Epstein Etext Craig Campbell
00:07:36
Play 09 Old Age Insurance in Russia by Abraham Epstein Abraham Epstein Etext Craig Campbell
00:03:23 en
Play 10 The Olde, Olde, Very Olde Man by Ralph Bergengren Ralph Bergengren Etext ChadH94
00:14:13
Play 11 Our Oldest Two Inhabitants by Josh Billings Josh Billings Etext KevinS
00:09:46
Play 12 The Old Lovers by Kenneth Rand Kenneth Rand Etext Stefan Von Blon
00:02:10
Play 13 Old Timers by Carl Sandburg Carl Sandburg Etext Cornel Nemes
00:02:47
Play 14 Onset of Old Age from Some Medical Aspects of Old Age by Sir Humphrey Rolleston Humphry Rolleston Etext BettyB
00:07:46 en
Play 15 The Raft-Builders by Lord Dunsany Lord Dunsany Etext Michele Fry
00:02:36
Play 16 Stimulants, Narcotics and Old Age 1883 by George Miller Beard George Miller Beard Etext Craig Campbell
00:07:44