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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): Essays & Short Works

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	The Pleasures of Ignorance	Larry Wilson	00:10:33
Play 02	The Herring Fleet	Eva Davis	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	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	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	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

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