Companionable Books
Henry van Dyke
Gelesen von MaryAnn
Many books are dry and dusty, there is no juice in them; and many are soon exhausted, you would no more go back to them than to a squeezed orange; but some have in them an unfailing sap, both from the tree of knowledge and the tree of life. Here I have written about a few of these books which have borne me good company, in one way or another, -- and about their authors, who have put the best of themselves into their work. Such criticism as the volume contains is therefore mainly in the form of appreciation with reasons for it. So I send forth my new ship, hoping only that it may carry something desirable from each of the ports where it has taken on cargo, and that it may not be sunk by the enemy before it touches at a few friendly harbors. (Henry van Dyke) (6 hr 44 min)
Kapitel
| Preface | 2:06 | Gelesen von MaryAnn |
| The Book of Books | 32:47 | Gelesen von MaryAnn |
| Poetry in the Psalms | 28:44 | Gelesen von MaryAnn |
| The Good Enchantment of Dickens | 43:46 | Gelesen von MaryAnn |
| Thackeray and Real Men | 27:46 | Gelesen von MaryAnn |
| George Eliot and Real Women | 35:23 | Gelesen von MaryAnn |
| The Poet of Immortal Youth (Keats) | 24:45 | Gelesen von MaryAnn |
| The Recovery of Joy (Wordsworth) | 45:44 | Gelesen von MaryAnn |
| ''The Glory of the Imperfect'' (Browning) | 1:01:13 | Gelesen von MaryAnn |
| A Quaint Comrade by Quiet Streams (Walton) | 16:30 | Gelesen von MaryAnn |
| A Sturdy Believer (Samuel Johnson) | 24:44 | Gelesen von MaryAnn |
| A Puritan Plus Poetry (Emerson) | 23:27 | Gelesen von MaryAnn |
| An Adventurer in a Velvet Jacket (Stevenson) | 37:40 | Gelesen von MaryAnn |