Length6h 6m
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Excerpt: "At an uncertain hour before dawn in February 1912, as I lay asleep in my room on the top floor of a hotel in the town of Mentone, in Southern France, I was suddenly awakened by the morning star. It was shining with inquisitive splendour directly into my left eye. At that quiet moment, in the last stages of the dying night, this star seemed enormous. It hung out of the velvet sky so far that I thought it was going to fall, and I went out on the balcony of my room to see it drop. The air was windless and mild, and, instead of going back to bed, I decided to stay on the balcony and watch the unfolding drama of the dawn. For every clear dawn in this spectacular universe is a magnificent drama, rising to a superb climax."
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length6 hrs 6 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 3, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1I SUNRISE
26XXVI WHAT THE MAN WILL WEAR
2II MOLASSES
27XXVII DREAMS
3III RESOLUTIONS WHEN I COME TO BE OLD
28XXVIII EATING BREAKFAST
4IV ENGLISH AND AMERICAN HUMOUR
29XXIX THE MOTHER TONGUE
5V A PAIR OF SOCKS
30XXX OUR SOUTH AS CURE FOR FLU
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6VI AN INSPIRING CEMETERY
31XXXI GOING TO CHURCH IN PARIS
7VII ANCIENT FOOTBALL
32XXXII OPTIMISM AND PESSIMISM
8VIII RIVERS
33XXXIII TRANSLATIONS
9IX ONE DAY AT A TIME
34XXXIV MUSIC OF THE SPHERES
10X CITY AND COUNTRY
35XXXV DOG BOOKS
11XI AGE BEFORE BEAUTY
36XXXVI GOING TO HONOLULU
12XII CHURCH UNITY
37XXXVII HYMNS
13XIII POLITICAL HISTORY
38XXXVIII OLD-FASHIONED SNOBS
14XIV A ROOM WITHOUT A VIEW
39XXXIX A FAIR CITY
15XV TEA
40XL TRADITIONS
16XVI THE WEATHER
41XLI SPOOKS
17XVII WAR
42XLII TRIAL BY JURY
18XVIII MAN AND BOY
43XLIII ATHLETICS
19XIX AMBITION
44XLIV A PRIVATE LIBRARY ALL YOUR OWN
20XX BIRDS AND STATESMEN
45XLV THE GREATEST COMMON DIVISOR
21XXI RUSSIA BEFORE THE REVOLUTION
46XLVI THE GREAT AMERICAN GAME
22XXII THE DEVIL
47XLVII TEN SIXTY-SIX
23XXIII THE FORSYTE SAGA
48XLVIII GOING ABROAD THE FIRST TIME
24XXIV PROFESSION AND PRACTICE
49XLIX SPIRITUAL HEALING
25XXV LONDON AS A SUMMER RESORT
50L SUPERSTITION
