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My Lady Nicotine: A Study in Smoke

J. M. Barrie (1860 - 1937)

J. M. Barrie, the author best known for Peter Pan, pens witty anecdotes of smoking, having quit the habit. He relates various humorous accounts of himself and his friends, both in their relation to My Lady Nicotine and separate from it. If possible, don't miss the enjoyable, copious illustrations by Maurice Prendergast in the text! - Summary by TriciaG

Genre(s): Humor

Language: English

Keyword(s): humor (638), anecdotes (15), tobacco (7), vignettes (6), smoking (4)

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	Matrimony and Smoking Compared	Tim Rowe	00:11:31
Play 02	My First Cigar	Tim Rowe	00:07:34
Play 03	The Arcadia Mixture	Tim Rowe	00:10:20
Play 04	My Pipes	Belinda Mc	00:13:28
Play 05	My Tobacco-Pouch	Doug Wade	00:05:27
Play 06	My Smoking-Table	Phil Baxter	00:08:56
Play 07	Gilray	Michael Matthews	00:09:48
Play 08	Marriot	Doug Wade	00:09:01
Play 09	Jimmy	Michael Matthews	00:08:44
Play 10	Scrymgeour	Michael Matthews	00:10:16
Play 11	His Wife's Cigars	KevinS	00:08:27
Play 12	Gilray's Flower-Pot	Mari Wilson	00:09:21
Play 13	The Grandest Scene in History	BrentPatrick	00:15:44
Play 14	My Brother Henry	Michael Matthews	00:09:26
Play 15	House-Boat "Arcadia"	George Banfield	00:09:17
Play 16	The Arcadia Mixture Again	BrentPatrick	00:10:57
Play 17	The Romance of a Pipe-Cleaner	Elaine Fleming	00:08:23
Play 18	What Could He Do?	czandra	00:08:29
Play 19	Primus	czandra	00:09:18
Play 20	Primus to His Uncle	czandra	00:10:09
Play 21	English-Grown Tobacco	Phil Baxter	00:12:04
Play 22	How Heroes Smoke	Cbteddy	00:07:33
Play 23	The Ghost of Christmas Eve	Cbteddy	00:06:50
Play 24	Not the Arcadia	jenno	00:08:59
Play 25	A Face that Haunted Marriot	acousticwave	00:10:29
Play 26	Arcadians at Bay	jenno	00:08:38
Play 27	Jimmy's Dream	Michael Matthews	00:08:18
Play 28	Gilray's Dream	KevinS	00:09:02
Play 29	Pettigrew's Dream	KevinS	00:09:06
Play 30	The Murder in the Inn	Stacey Malcolm	00:05:46
Play 31	The Perils of Not Smoking	pipes	00:08:54
Play 32	My Last Pipe	pipes	00:08:33
Play 33	When My Wife Is Asleep and All the House Is Still	acousticwave	00:10:30

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