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Catalog date:
2018-04-07
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The Pleasures of Ignorance

Robert Lynd (1879 - 1949)

From the pen of the Irish poet and essayist, Robert Lynd, comes a collection of humorous and satirical essays on topics as wide ranging as cats and weed to why we hate insects and morals of beans. - Summary by Larry Wilson

Genre(s): Satire, Essays & Short Works

Language: English

Keyword(s): humor (638), satire (289), Ireland (91), essay (72)

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 The Pleasures of Ignorance Larry Wilson
 00:10:33
Play 02 The Herring Fleet Eva Davis (- 2025)
 00:14:43
Play 03 The Betting Man Steven M. Lafitte
 00:13:04
Play 04 The Hum of Insects Julia Mikheeva
 00:12:05
Play 05 Cats Wayne Anderson
 00:12:58
Play 06 May Tom Penn
 00:12:00
Play 07 New Year Prophecies Tom Penn
 00:15:23
Play 08 On Knowing the Difference Eva Davis (- 2025)
 00:13:20
Play 09 The Intellectual Side of Horse-Racing Tom Penn
 00:14:35
Play 10 Why We Hate Insects Tom Penn
 00:14:17
Play 11 Virtue Kathleen Moore
 00:11:36
Play 12 June Kathleen Moore
 00:11:21
Play 13 On Feeling Gay Eva Davis (- 2025)
 00:15:14
Play 14 In the Train brianna
 00:14:02
Play 15 The Most Curious Animal Z. Z. Turner
 00:13:25
Play 16 The Old Indifference Nemo
 00:12:40
Play 17 Eggs: An Easter Homily Tom Penn
 00:12:33
Play 18 Enter The Spring jimsvox4
 00:13:55
Play 19 The Daredevil Barber Tom Penn
 00:11:17
Play 20 Weeds: An Appreciation Eva Davis (- 2025)
 00:14:40
Play 21 A Juror in Waiting Tom Penn
 00:12:14
Play 22 The Three-halfpenny Bit Annyiee Hill
 00:12:14
Play 23 The Morals of Beans zgorelick
 00:11:10
Play 24 On Seeing a Joke Annyiee Hill
 00:12:48
Play 25 Going to The Derby Monica Washington
 00:12:59
Play 26 This Blasted World Larry Wilson
 00:10:33