Yet Again
Max Beerbohm
Read by Kirsten Wever
This is a diverse collection of essays by English writer Max Beerbohm, whose circle included such famous men as Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, Ezra Pound, and Somerset Maugham.
The essays vary considerably in character and subject. They include, among others: a spoof on the bumbling and inarticulate nature of oratory in the House of Commons; a discussion of the writings of James Whistler, the impressionist painter (which Beerbohm considers widely neglected and under-rated); a humorous consideration of why the King of England should make a royal visit to Switzerland; and a description of the delights of frequent attendance at British courts of justice.
The author was among England's best known artists; Section Twenty-Two contains humorous (as well as critical) discussions of nine works of art, including paintings by Reubens, Corot, and Bellini.
- Summary by Kirsten Wever (8 hr 4 min)
Chapters
The Fire | 24:24 | Read by Kirsten Wever |
Seeing People Off | 13:15 | Read by Kirsten Wever |
A Memory of a Midnight Express | 16:45 | Read by Kirsten Wever |
Porro Unum | 12:31 | Read by Kirsten Wever |
A Club in Ruins | 22:22 | Read by Kirsten Wever |
'273' | 13:23 | Read by Kirsten Wever |
A Study in Dejection | 11:17 | Read by Kirsten Wever |
A Pathetic Imposture | 10:16 | Read by Kirsten Wever |
The Decline of the Graces | 22:55 | Read by Kirsten Wever |
Whistler's Writing | 27:07 | Read by Kirsten Wever |
Ichabod | 43:14 | Read by Kirsten Wever |
General Elections | 10:49 | Read by Kirsten Wever |
A Parallel | 9:14 | Read by Kirsten Wever |
A Morris for May-Day | 28:41 | Read by Kirsten Wever |
The House of Commons Manner | 22:05 | Read by Kirsten Wever |
The Naming of Streets | 31:36 | Read by Kirsten Wever |
On Shakespeare's Birthday | 12:28 | Read by Kirsten Wever |
A Home-Coming | 10:23 | Read by Kirsten Wever |
'The Ragged Regiment' | 19:38 | Read by Kirsten Wever |
The Homour of the Public | 25:06 | Read by Kirsten Wever |
Dulcedo Judiciorum | 29:42 | Read by Kirsten Wever |
Words for Pictures | 1:07:00 | Read by Kirsten Wever |