Essays on Modern Novelists
A collection of essays on 19th century novelists, both famous ones and those largely forgotten now. Among the writers presented most wrote in English, but three foreign authors are also discussed. Phelps taught a course on novels at a university and he added to those biographical essays some of his ideas about the importance of novels in the process of teaching about literature. (Summary by Piotr Nater)
Genre(s): Essays & Short Works, Literary Criticism
Language: English
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 01 | WILLIAM DE MORGAN | Anna Simon |
00:49:56 |
| Play 02 | THOMAS HARDY | Jim Locke |
00:38:05 |
| Play 03 | WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS | Jim Locke |
00:37:59 |
| Play 04 | BJÖRNSTJERNE BJÖRNSON | Jim Locke |
00:25:14 |
| Play 05 | MARK TWAIN | Jim Locke |
00:26:09 |
| Play 06 | HENRYK SIENKIEWICZ | Piotr Nater |
00:25:10 |
| Play 07 | HERMANN SUDERMANN | Kalynda |
00:36:42 |
| Play 08 | ALFRED OLLIVANT | Jim Locke |
00:22:43 |
| Play 09 | ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON | Jim Locke |
00:30:29 |
| Play 10 | MRS. HUMPHRY WARD | Jim Locke |
00:29:24 |
| Play 11 | RUDYARD KIPLING | Jim Locke |
00:32:10 |
| Play 12 | ''LORNA DOONE'' | Kathleen Moore |
00:21:24 |
| Play 13 | APPENDIX A NOVELS AS A UNIVERSITY STUDY | Jim Locke |
00:09:44 |
| Play 14 | APPENDIX B THE TEACHER'S ATTITUDE TOWARD CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE | Jim Locke |
00:08:38 |
| Play 15 | APPENDIX C TWO POEMS | Larry Wilson |
00:05:00 |