My Days and Dreams


Read by Sue Anderson

(4.7 stars; 3 reviews)

Hard to imagine now, but there have been times and places where just wearing sandals could get you labeled as being in rebellion against established society. Two such places were Berkeley, California in the early 1960s and Millthorpe, England in the 1880s. Millthorpe was home to Edward Carpenter (1844-1929), an English socialist poet, philosopher, and activist who abandoned his upper crust life and university sinecure to grow market vegetables and handcraft sandals for a living. Carpenter’s search for the well-lived life, his passions and concerns resonate uncannily with the mood of long ago Berkeley. In this frank memoir, Carpenter explores how he “escaped from the domination of Civilization in its two most fatal and much-detested forms, respectability and cheap intellectualism.” - Summary by Sue Anderson (0 hr 1 min)

Chapters

Preface; Brighton, Part 1 23:53 Read by Sue Anderson
Brighton, Part 2 32:58 Read by Sue Anderson
My Parents 20:13 Read by Sue Anderson
Cambridge, Part 1 36:35 Read by Sue Anderson
Cambridge, Part 2 42:31 Read by Sue Anderson
University Extension and Northern Towns 46:07 Read by Sue Anderson
Bradway amd Towards Democracy 23:33 Read by Sue Anderson
Manual Work and Market-Gardening 34:45 Read by Sue Anderson
Sheffield and Socialism; Addendum to Ch. VII 35:01 Read by Sue Anderson
Trade and Philosophy 23:48 Read by Sue Anderson
Millthorpe and Household Life, Part 1 30:18 Read by Sue Anderson
Millthorpe and Household Life, Part 2 18:36 Read by Sue Anderson
Millthorpiana, Part 1 22:04 Read by Sue Anderson
Millthorpiana, Part 2 31:16 Read by Sue Anderson
The Story of My Books, Part 1 25:39 Read by Sue Anderson
The Story of My Books, Part 2 25:19 Read by Sue Anderson
Personalities - I, Part 1 24:07 Read by Sue Anderson
Personalities - I, Part 2 32:31 Read by Sue Anderson
Personalities - II, Part 1 27:45 Read by Sue Anderson
Personalities - II, Part 2 20:09 Read by Sue Anderson
London and Lectures 35:05 Read by Sue Anderson
Translations and Translators 27:13 Read by Sue Anderson
Rural Conditions 45:58 Read by Sue Anderson
How the World Looks at Seventy 35:45 Read by Sue Anderson