The Footpath Way: An Anthology for Walkers
This 1911 anthology is a collection of musings on the pleasures, challenges, and experience of walking. It features some famous authors (Thoreau, Dickens, Whitman, etc.) and others who are less well known. The works include essays, excerpts from fictional works, and first-person accounts of adventures had while walking. The collection was compiled by Hilaire Belloc, a Franco-English writer, many of whose books have been recorded for Librivox. - Summary by Verla Viera
Genre(s): Essays & Short Works
Language: English
Keyword(s): walking (10), anthologies (1)
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 00 | Introduction | Verla Viera |
00:21:27 |
| Play 01 | Walking an Antidote to City Poison; On Going a Journey | valroth |
00:28:59 |
| Play 02 | The Bishop of Salisbury’s Horse; A Strolling Pedlar; A Stout Pedestrian; Lake Scenery | Steve C |
00:22:27 |
| Play 03 | Walking, and the Wild, Part 1 | tshoes76 |
00:25:06 |
| Play 04 | Walking, and the Wild, Part 2 | tshoes76 |
00:23:33 |
| Play 05 | Walking, and the Wild, Part 3 | tshoes76 |
00:23:52 |
| Play 06 | A Young Tramp | April6090 |
00:10:35 |
| Play 07 | De Quincey leads the Simple Life | Stacey Malcolm |
00:07:06 |
| Play 08 | A Resolution | Ehsan Ahmed Mehedi |
00:18:52 |
| Play 09 | The Snowdon Ranger | Agnes Robert Behr |
00:17:00 |
| Play 10 | Song of the Open Road | valroth |
00:19:31 |
| Play 11 | Walking Tours; Sylvanus Urban discovers a Good Brew | jenno |
00:23:35 |
| Play 12 | Minchmoor | Agnes Robert Behr |
00:22:59 |
| Play 13 | In Praise of Walking, Part 1 | marisad6 |
00:21:18 |
| Play 14 | In Praise of Walking, Part 2 | marisad6 |
00:23:36 |
| Play 15 | The Exhilarations of the Road | janicwedge |
00:35:39 |