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Second Thoughts Of An Idle Fellow

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(4,231 Sterne; 13 Bewertungen)

A second volume of humorous essays on various subjects, following the success of Idle thoughts Of An Idle Fellow. (Summary by Chris Garbett) (6 hr 53 min)

Chapters

01 - On The Art Of Making Up One's Mind

33:28

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02 - On The Disadvantage Of Not Getting What One Wants

29:06

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03 - On The Exceptional Merit Attaching To The Things We Meant To Do

47:00

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04 - On The Preparation And Employment Of Love Philtres

35:08

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05 - On The Delights And Benefits Of Slavery

35:47

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06 - On The Care And Management Of Women

28:38

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07 - On The Minding Of Other People's Business

43:49

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08 - On The Time Wasted In Looking Before One Leaps

35:39

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09 - On The Nobility Of Ourselves

28:44

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10 - On The Motherliness Of Man

30:46

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11 - On The Inadvisability Of Following Advice

32:30

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12 - On The Playing Of Marches At The Funerals Of Marionettes

32:41

Read by David Goldfarb

Bewertungen

Wonderfully Read

(5 Sterne)

Chris has a beautiful voice, charming accent, and does a wonderful job at developing the personality of this book. The book is quite a surprise - I have always enjoyed Jerome for his humor, but this is much more thoughtful and full of interesting ideas.

Worthwhile

(4 Sterne)

As with many of this author's books, I found much of it funny and most of it entertaining, at least, while some bits seem to have ended up here by mistake and are neither funny or entertaining. However, the beer barrel rocking chair in chapter 3 is so funny that all is forgiven in an instant.

Great...but...

(3 Sterne)

I feel like chapters 9, 10, and 11 might as well have been dropped altogether. I couldn't understand the reader of these 3 chapters. He spoke English HORRIBLY. When considering readers, please use good English speaking readers for books in English. He would have been better suited reading a book in his native language. I'm really disappointed, because I'm really liking Jerome K. Jerome's books, and I had to skip 3 full chapters of this book.