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Ceres’ Runaway & Other Essays

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Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' Suffrage League, She and her husband Wilfrid Meynell were active in publishing and editing literary works including helping to launch the first works of Francis Thompson, author of "Hound of Heaven." The Meynell's later converted to Roman Catholicism. These essays are very evocative for anyone who has, or wants to visit London, capturing the atmosphere of the late nineteenth century In "Ceres' Runaway," she covers topics ranging through travel, literature and children. - Summary by Larry Wilson (2 hr 58 min)

Chapters

Ceres’ Runaway

7:34

Read by Annyiee Hill

A Vanquished Man

9:44

Read by Eva Davis

A Northern Fancy

11:04

Read by Annyiee Hill

Laughter

8:31

Read by Annyiee Hill

Harlequin Mercutio

6:32

Read by Nemo

The Little Language

10:23

Read by Annyiee Hill

Anima Pellegrina!

7:47

Read by Lillis Joy

The Sea Wall

10:05

Read by Lillis Joy

The Daffodil

8:12

Read by Lillis Joy

Addresses

5:59

Read by Lillis Joy

The Audience

5:20

Read by Annyiee Hill

Tithonus

11:41

Read by DrPGould

The Tow Path

7:36

Read by Nemo

The Tethered Constellations

5:49

Read by Nemo

Popular Burlesque

10:12

Read by brianna

Dry Autumn

7:12

Read by Michael Fassio

The Plaid

7:01

Read by Annyiee Hill

Two Burdens

7:14

Read by Roman Noble

The Unready

8:56

Read by Michael Fassio

The Child of Tumult

12:05

Read by DrPGould

The Child of Subsiding Tumult

9:57

Read by Larry Wilson