Impressions of Theophrastus Such
George Eliot
Read by Josh Mitteldorf
Impressions of Theophrastus Such is a work of fiction by George Eliot, first published in 1879. It was Eliot's last published writing and her most experimental, taking the form of a series of literary essays by an imaginary minor scholar whose eccentric character is revealed through his work. (Summary from Wikipedia) (6 hr 43 min)
Chapters
| Looking Inward | 29:41 | Read by Josh Mitteldorf |
| Looking Backward | 34:44 | Read by Josh Mitteldorf |
| How We Encourage Research | 32:56 | Read by Josh Mitteldorf |
| A Man Surprised at his Originality | 19:04 | Read by Josh Mitteldorf |
| A Too Deferential Man | 17:43 | Read by Josh Mitteldorf |
| Only Temper | 16:03 | Read by Josh Mitteldorf |
| A Political Molecule | 9:50 | Read by Josh Mitteldorf |
| The Watch-Dog of Knowledge | 17:31 | Read by Josh Mitteldorf |
| A Half-Breed | 17:13 | Read by Josh Mitteldorf |
| Debasing the Moral Currency | 16:52 | Read by Josh Mitteldorf |
| The Wasp Credited with the Honeycomb | 27:35 | Read by Josh Mitteldorf |
| "So Young!" | 11:58 | Read by Josh Mitteldorf |
| How We Come to Give Ourselves False Testimonials, and Beleive In Them | 19:28 | Read by Josh Mitteldorf |
| The Too-Ready Writer | 19:11 | Read by Josh Mitteldorf |
| Diseases of Small Authorship | 21:17 | Read by Josh Mitteldorf |
| Moral Swindlers | 19:58 | Read by Josh Mitteldorf |
| Shadows of the Coming Race | 14:01 | Read by Josh Mitteldorf |
| The Modern Hep! Hep! Hep! | 58:26 | Read by Josh Mitteldorf |
Reviews
Interesting last work.
Sandi Hryhor
Great reader. I have the book edited by Nancy Henry and I found her explanations helpful in understanding the material.