The Pleasures of Ignorance
Robert Lynd
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From the pen of the Irish poet and essayist, Robert Lynd, comes a collection of humorous and satirical essays on topics as wide ranging as cats and weed to why we hate insects and morals of beans. - Summary by Larry Wilson (5 hr 35 min)
Chapters
The Pleasures of Ignorance | 10:33 | Read by Larry Wilson |
The Herring Fleet | 14:43 | Read by Eva Davis |
The Betting Man | 13:04 | Read by Steven M. Lafitte |
The Hum of Insects | 12:05 | Read by Julia Mikheeva |
Cats | 12:58 | Read by Wayne Anderson |
May | 12:00 | Read by Tom Penn |
New Year Prophecies | 15:23 | Read by Tom Penn |
On Knowing the Difference | 13:20 | Read by Eva Davis |
The Intellectual Side of Horse-Racing | 14:35 | Read by Tom Penn |
Why We Hate Insects | 14:17 | Read by Tom Penn |
Virtue | 11:36 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
June | 11:21 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
On Feeling Gay | 15:14 | Read by Eva Davis |
In the Train | 14:02 | Read by brianna |
The Most Curious Animal | 13:25 | Read by Z. Z. Turner |
The Old Indifference | 12:40 | Read by Nemo |
Eggs: An Easter Homily | 12:33 | Read by Tom Penn |
Enter The Spring | 13:55 | Read by jimsvox4 |
The Daredevil Barber | 11:17 | Read by Tom Penn |
Weeds: An Appreciation | 14:40 | Read by Eva Davis |
A Juror in Waiting | 12:14 | Read by Tom Penn |
The Three-halfpenny Bit | 12:14 | Read by Annyiee Hill |
The Morals of Beans | 11:10 | Read by zgorelick |
On Seeing a Joke | 12:48 | Read by Annyiee Hill |
Going to The Derby | 12:59 | Read by Monica Washington |
This Blasted World | 10:33 | Read by Larry Wilson |