Glimpses of Italian society in the eighteenth century
Hester Lynch Piozzi
Read by Barbara Baker
Selections from the "Observations and reflections made in the course of a journey through France, Italy, and Germany" by Hester Lynch Piozzi who, during her first marriage to Henry Thrale, was the hostess and friend of many of her famous contemporaries including Dr Johnson and Fanny Burney. The vivid and personal "Observations and Reflections" was first published in 1789. - Summary by barbara2 (7 hr 48 min)
Chapters
| Ch. I: Turin and Genoa | 27:55 | Read by Barbara Baker |
| Ch. II: Milan Pt 1 | 26:10 | Read by Barbara Baker |
| Ch. II: Milan Pt 2 | 26:08 | Read by Barbara Baker |
| Ch. III: Mantua, Verona & Padua | 16:22 | Read by Barbara Baker |
| Ch. IV: Venice Pt 1 | 26:08 | Read by Barbara Baker |
| Ch. IV: Venice Pt 2 | 33:11 | Read by Barbara Baker |
| Ch. V: Ferrara & Bologna | 18:52 | Read by Barbara Baker |
| Ch. VI: Florence Pt 1 | 26:28 | Read by Barbara Baker |
| Ch. VI: Florence Pt 2 | 20:10 | Read by Barbara Baker |
| Ch. VII: Lucca, Pisa | 19:59 | Read by Barbara Baker |
| Ch. VII: Leghorn, Bagni di Pisa, Siena | 24:12 | Read by Barbara Baker |
| Ch. VIII: Rome | 14:06 | Read by Barbara Baker |
| Ch. IX: Naples Pt 1 | 18:52 | Read by Barbara Baker |
| Ch. IX: Naples Pt 2 | 23:00 | Read by Barbara Baker |
| Ch. IX: Naples Pt 3 | 20:10 | Read by Barbara Baker |
| Ch. IX: Naples Pt 4 | 16:28 | Read by Barbara Baker |
| Ch. X: Rome revisited | 32:38 | Read by Barbara Baker |
| Ch. XI: Return to Milan Pt 1 | 17:50 | Read by Barbara Baker |
| Ch. XI: Return to Milan Pt 2 | 19:22 | Read by Barbara Baker |
| Ch. XII: Lago Maggiore, Return to Verona Pt 1 | 19:09 | Read by Barbara Baker |
| Ch. XII: Lago Maggiore, Return to Verona Pt 2 | 20:54 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Reviews
A LibriVox Listener
I like this reader's thoughtful style of reading. Great travel stories.
Another WONDERFUL reading by Ms Baker
Echolallies
A lovely little book, extremely well read, by one of my favourite readers on this site. I have listened to all of the books she has read, they are a delight. I'm very sorry that some idiot cumsock has felt the need to spray his misogyny all over Ms Baker's efforts with his repulsive, inaccurate and innapropriate review. Another idiot man ruins everything and demonstrates why we can't have nice things. He may as well have written that review with his cock, for all the relevance it has
Brilliant reading
Kritik
Another misogynist disses a great woman reader.