Yet Again


Lu par Kirsten Wever

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This is a diverse collection of essays by English writer Max Beerbohm, whose circle included such famous men as Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, Ezra Pound, and Somerset Maugham.

The essays vary considerably in character and subject. They include, among others: a spoof on the bumbling and inarticulate nature of oratory in the House of Commons; a discussion of the writings of James Whistler, the impressionist painter (which Beerbohm considers widely neglected and under-rated); a humorous consideration of why the King of England should make a royal visit to Switzerland; and a description of the delights of frequent attendance at British courts of justice.

The author was among England's best known artists; Section Twenty-Two contains humorous (as well as critical) discussions of nine works of art, including paintings by Reubens, Corot, and Bellini.

- Summary by Kirsten Wever (8 hr 4 min)

Chapitres

The Fire 24:24 Lu par Kirsten Wever
Seeing People Off 13:15 Lu par Kirsten Wever
A Memory of a Midnight Express 16:45 Lu par Kirsten Wever
Porro Unum 12:31 Lu par Kirsten Wever
A Club in Ruins 22:22 Lu par Kirsten Wever
'273' 13:23 Lu par Kirsten Wever
A Study in Dejection 11:17 Lu par Kirsten Wever
A Pathetic Imposture 10:16 Lu par Kirsten Wever
The Decline of the Graces 22:55 Lu par Kirsten Wever
Whistler's Writing 27:07 Lu par Kirsten Wever
Ichabod 43:14 Lu par Kirsten Wever
General Elections 10:49 Lu par Kirsten Wever
A Parallel 9:14 Lu par Kirsten Wever
A Morris for May-Day 28:41 Lu par Kirsten Wever
The House of Commons Manner 22:05 Lu par Kirsten Wever
The Naming of Streets 31:36 Lu par Kirsten Wever
On Shakespeare's Birthday 12:28 Lu par Kirsten Wever
A Home-Coming 10:23 Lu par Kirsten Wever
'The Ragged Regiment' 19:38 Lu par Kirsten Wever
The Homour of the Public 25:06 Lu par Kirsten Wever
Dulcedo Judiciorum 29:42 Lu par Kirsten Wever
Words for Pictures 1:07:00 Lu par Kirsten Wever