Selected Essays of Samuel Johnson


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This is a volume of selected essays by "the great master of reason" Samuel Johnson. The most famous exerpts from The Rambler, The Adventurer and The Idler are included, covering a vast range of topics. - Summary by Carolin (13 hr 12 min)

Chapters

Bibliographical Introduction, part 1 38:22 Read by Barbara Baker
Biographical Introduction, part 2 35:50 Read by Barbara Baker
The Necessity and Danger of Looking into Futurity. Writers Naturally Sanguine. … 16:23 Read by Barbara Baker
An Allegory on Criticism 12:14 Read by Barbara Baker
The Modern Form of Romances Preferable to the Ancient. The Necessity of Charact… 15:06 Read by Barbara Baker
The Folly of Anger. The Misery of a Peevish Old Age 15:05 Read by Barbara Baker
The Difference Between an Author's Writings and his Conversation 14:46 Read by Barbara Baker
The Dangers and Miseries of Literary Eminence 14:00 Read by Barbara Baker
The Anxieties of Literature not Less than Those of Publick Stations. The Inequa… 13:27 Read by Barbara Baker
An Allegory on Wit and Learning 12:25 Read by Barbara Baker
The Contrariety of Criticism. The Vanity of Objection. An Author Obliged to Dep… 9:36 Read by Bill Boerst
The Various Arts of Self-Delusion 14:11 Read by Availle
The Difficulty of Giving Advice Without Offending 12:25 Read by Availle
The Proper Means of Regulating Sorrow 11:55 Read by Bill Boerst
A Virtuous Old Age Always Reverenced 10:10 Read by Bill Boerst
The Desire of Wealth Moderated by Philosophy 9:28 Read by Bill Boerst
The Dignity and Usefulness of Biography 12:49 Read by Pamela Nagami
Inconstancy Always a Weakness 11:49 Read by Pamela Nagami
The Requisites to True Friendship 11:48 Read by Availle
The Garden of Hope - A Dream 8:50 Read by Denise Nordell
Every Man Chiefly Happy or Miserable at Home. The Opinions of Servants not to b… 9:37 Read by Jesse Zuba
The Necessity of Good Humor 10:56 Read by Availle
The Learned Seldom Despised but when they Deserve Contempt 13:05 Read by Pamela Nagami
The Reasons Why Advice is Generally Ineffectual 11:35 Read by Availle
The Luxury of Vain Imagination 11:21 Read by Roohi
The Voyage of Life 12:00 Read by Roohi
Life Sufficient to All Purposes if well Employed 12:05 Read by Barbara Baker
The Advantages of Living in a Garret 16:24 Read by Barbara Baker
Diligence too Soon Relaxed. Necessity of Perseverance 11:50 Read by Barbara Baker
The Necessity of Literary Courage 11:46 Read by Barbara Baker
The Criterions of Plagiarism 16:01 Read by Barbara Baker
The Usefulness of Advice. The Danger of Habits. The Necessity of Reviewing Life 13:28 Read by Availle
The Revelations of a Garret 10:18 Read by Bill Boerst
Labour Necessary to Excellence 10:11 Read by Bill Boerst
Directions to Authors Attacked by Criticks. The Various Degrees of Critical Per… 8:27 Read by Jesse Zuba
Many Advantages not to be Enjoyed Together 9:33 Read by Pamela Nagami
The Prohibition of Revenge Justifiable by Reason. The Meanness of Regulating ou… 12:48 Read by Pamela Nagami
Human Opinions Suitable. The Hopes of Youth Fallacious 8:24 Read by Jesse Zuba
The Importance of Punctuality 10:33 Read by Availle
The Art of Living at the Cost of Others 9:24 Read by Jesse Zuba
The Folly of Continuing too Long upon the Stage 10:11 Read by Jesse Zuba
The Character of a Liar 11:14 Read by Jesse Zuba
The Faults of Books Sometimes Imputable to the Reader 13:19 Read by Pamela Nagami
To Read, Write, and Conserve in Due Proportions the Business of a Man of Letters 15:14 Read by Barbara Baker
Unjust Charges of Plagiarism 11:43 Read by Pamela Nagami
Mercator Complains that he can Find no Happiness in Rural Life 12:01 Read by Michele Fry
That kind of Life most Happy which Affords us most Opportunities of Gaining our… 13:41 Read by Barbara Baker
Our Present State one of Danger and Infelicity 10:59 Read by J. McDougall
On the Duty of Self-Examination 13:27 Read by Pamela Nagami
The Happiness and Vexation of Authors 10:12 Read by Jesse Zuba
The Idler's Character 8:56 Read by Anders V Lankford
Invitation to Correspondents 7:01 Read by Anders V Lankford
Robbery of Time 6:10 Read by Anders V Lankford
Uncertainty of Friendship 7:12 Read by Pamela Nagami
Corruptions of News-Writers 7:25 Read by Pamela Nagami
Disguises of Idleness. Sober's Character 8:32 Read by Pamela Nagami
The Terrifick Diction 10:01 Read by Pamela Nagami
On the Death of a Friend 8:33 Read by Pamela Nagami
Monitions on the Flight of Time 5:56 Read by Philippa
Deborah Ginger's Account of City Wits 7:37 Read by Philippa
Minim the Critick I. 9:37 Read by Jesse Zuba
Minim the Critick II. 6:56 Read by Jesse Zuba
Dick Shifter's Rural Excursion 8:57 Read by Anders V Lankford
Steady, Snug, Startle, Solid, and Misty 8:10 Read by Anders V Lankford
Biography, How Best Performed 6:45 Read by Anders V Lankford
Books Multiplied by Useless Compilations 5:30 Read by Roohi
What Have Ye Done? 5:24 Read by Roohi
Omar's Plan of Life 7:18 Read by Roohi
The Itch of Writing Universal 13:13 Read by Barbara Baker

Reviews

not just about Johnson


(5 stars)

actually by Samuel Johnson

great crew of readers


(4.5 stars)

He is at his best when he is sardonic, which is often.