Brief Lives Volume I
John Aubrey
Read by Nicole Lee
A collection of sparkling gossipy biographical pieces of Aubrey's contemporaries, including Bacon, Jonson and Shakespeare, Brief Lives' glimpses into the unofficial side of these towering figures has won it an undying popularity, with Ruth Scurr's recent reimagined "autobiography" of Aubrey, breathing new life into this classic for the next generation of readers. - Summary by Nicole Lee (10 hr 58 min)
Chapters
Preface and Introduction | 33:09 | Read by Nicole Lee |
Abbott to Aubrey | 36:49 | Read by Nicole Lee |
Aubrey to Bacon | 49:22 | Read by Nicole Lee |
Bacon to Blake | 37:24 | Read by Nicole Lee |
Blount to Butler | 48:24 | Read by Nicole Lee |
Butler to Charnock | 51:43 | Read by Nicole Lee |
Chaucer to Danvers | 41:07 | Read by Nicole Lee |
Danvers to Digby | 48:26 | Read by Nicole Lee |
Digby to Feriby | 45:04 | Read by Nicole Lee |
Fisk to Hariot | 52:40 | Read by Nicole Lee |
Harley to Hill | 53:28 | Read by Nicole Lee |
Hobbes Part I | 58:48 | Read by Nicole Lee |
Hobbes Part II | 1:03:22 | Read by Nicole Lee |
Holder to Hyde | 38:16 | Read by Nicole Lee |
Reviews
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