Life in the Sick-room: Essays by an Invalid

Harriet Martineau (1802 - 1876)

Thinking she would be ill for the rest of her life, Harriet Martineau wrote these partly autobiographical essays about life in the sickroom. Considered ground breaking, it asserted that the sickroom is the sick person's place and not the doctor's. Sick people were able and willing to decide what is best for them. In England and abroad, people declared that "a sick person cannot write a healthy book" and that Harriet Martineau was definitely out of her senses. It would be interesting to see how much has changed. - Summary by Stav Nisser and Wikipedia.

Genre(s): Essays & Short Works

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Essay 1 MaryAnn
00:21:55
Play 02 Essay 2 Jim Locke
00:42:03
Play 03 Essay 3 Jim Locke
00:30:58
Play 04 Essay 4 LT
00:48:28
Play 05 Essay 5 Devorah Allen
00:27:33
Play 06 Essay 6 Suzie
00:34:56
Play 07 Essay 7 Suzie
00:14:54
Play 08 Essay 8 Mike Pelton
00:30:53
Play 09 Essay 9 adrien
00:27:23
Play 10 Essay 10 Jim Locke
00:36:38