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Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2

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This is the second volume of the collected Curiosities of Literature by Isaac D'Israeli. As in volume one, D'Isreali again takes us on a tour around literature, with a dash of history and politics here and there. The subjects are so varied that all listeners can count on learning something new. - Summary by Carolin (27 hr 0 min)

Chapters

Charles the First

11:55

Read by Jim Locke

Duke of Buckingham

6:45

Read by Jason in Panama

The Death of Charles IX

7:51

Read by Jim Locke

Royal Promotions

6:18

Read by Jim Locke

Nobility

1:55

Read by Jason in Panama

Modes of Salutation, and Amicable Ceremonies, Observed in Various Nations

11:30

Read by Kate Follis

Fire, and the Origin of Fireworks

10:41

Read by Jason in Panama

The Bible Prohibited and Improved

12:33

Read by Kate Follis

Origin of the Materials of Writing

21:32

Read by Jim Locke

Anecdotes of European Manners

27:16

Read by Jim Locke

The Early Drama

11:09

Read by Jim Locke

The Marriage of the Arts

8:20

Read by Jim Locke

A Contrivance in Dramatic Dialogue

5:19

Read by Jason in Panama

The Comedy of a Madman

5:10

Read by Sonia

Solitude

13:33

Read by Jim Locke

Literary Friendships

9:39

Read by Kalynda

Anecdotes of Abstraction of Mind

8:55

Read by Sonia

Richardson

9:43

Read by Greg Giordano

Influence of a Name

30:46

Read by Jim Locke

The Jews of York

11:33

Read by Diana Schmidt

The Sovereignty of the Seas

4:12

Read by Jason in Panama

On the Custom of Kissing Hands

5:37

Read by Jason in Panama

Popes

5:20

Read by Jason in Panama

Literary Composition

20:26

Read by Jim Locke

Poetical Imitations and Similarities

39:37

Read by Sonia

Explanation of the Fac-Simile

8:54

Read by Greg Giordano

Literary Fashions

8:37

Read by Jason in Panama

The Pantomimical Characters

43:17

Read by Jim Locke

Extemporal Comedies

22:06

Read by Jim Locke

Massinger, Milton, and the Italian Theatre

12:34

Read by Jim Locke

Songs of Trades, or Songs for the People

23:24

Read by Jim Locke

Introducers of Exotic Flowers, Fruits, etc.

21:15

Read by Jim Locke

Usurers of the Seventeenth Century

39:27

Read by Jim Locke

Chidiock Titchbourne

24:26

Read by Jim Locke

Elizabeth and her Parliament

23:02

Read by Jim Locke

Anecdotes of Prince Henry, the Son of James I, when a Child

21:16

Read by Jim Locke

The Diary of a Master of the Ceremonies

31:17

Read by Jim Locke

Diaries - Moral, Historical, and Critical

27:53

Read by Jim Locke

Licensers of the Press

41:18

Read by Jim Locke

Of Anagrams and Echo Verses

22:20

Read by Jim Locke

Orthography of Proper Names

12:35

Read by Kate Follis

Names of Our Streets

10:22

Read by Greg Giordano

Secret History of Edward Vere, Earl of Oxford

7:02

Read by Jason in Panama

Ancient Cookery, and Cooks

31:20

Read by Kate Follis

Ancient and Modern Saturnalia

39:31

Read by Jim Locke

Reliquiae Gethinianae

11:12

Read by Jim Locke

Robinson Crusoe

8:40

Read by Jason in Panama

Catholic and Protestant Dramas

11:43

Read by Kate Follis

The History of the Theatre during its Suppression

31:41

Read by Jim Locke

Drinking-Customs in England

30:24

Read by Kate Follis

Literary Anecdotes

8:59

Read by Jim Locke

Condemned Poets

15:19

Read by Greg Giordano

Acajou and Zirphile

7:18

Read by Jim Locke

Tom o' Bedlams

19:15

Read by Kate Follis

Introduction of Tea, Coffee, and Chocolate

29:42

Read by Kate Follis

Charles the First's Love of the Fine Arts

29:45

Read by Jim Locke

Secret History of Charles the First, and his Queen Henrietta

41:42

Read by Kate Follis

The Minister - the Cardinal Duke of Richelieu

19:49

Read by Jim Locke

The Minister - Duke of Buckingham, Lord Admiral, Lord General, etc. etc. etc.

56:53

Read by Kate Follis

Felton, the Political Assassin

27:16

Read by Kate Follis

Johnson's Hints for the Life of Pope

8:26

Read by Greg Giordano

Modern Literature - Bayle's Critical Dictionary

18:49

Read by Jim Locke

Characteristics of Bayle

21:01

Read by Jim Locke

Cicero Viewed as a Collector

9:13

Read by Jim Locke

The History of the Caracci

20:50

Read by Jim Locke

An English Academy of Literature

30:40

Read by Kate Follis

Quotation

15:30

Read by Kate Follis

The Origin of Dante's Inferno

20:17

Read by Jim Locke

Of a History of Events which have not Happened

31:14

Read by Kate Follis

Of False Political Reports

16:23

Read by Jim Locke

Of Suppressors and Dilapidators of Manuscripts

30:22

Read by Jim Locke

Parodies

23:17

Read by Jim Locke

Anecdotes of the Fairfax Family

10:50

Read by Jim Locke

Medicine and Morals

22:20

Read by Greg Giordano

Psalm-Singing

20:06

Read by Sonia

On the Ridiculous Titles Assumed by Italian Academies

32:40

Read by Jim Locke

On the Hero of Hudibras, Butler Vindicated

15:53

Read by Jim Locke

Shenstone's School-Mistress

14:42

Read by Jim Locke

Ben Johnson on Translation

3:52

Read by Jason in Panama

The Loves of 'The Lady Arabella'

47:50

Read by Jim Locke

Domestic History of Sir Edward Coke

31:58

Read by Jim Locke

Of Coke's Style, and his Conduct

6:46

Read by Jim Locke

Secret History of Authors who have Ruined their Booksellers

38:35

Read by Jim Locke