Pieces Of Hate And Other Enthusiasms
By Heywood Broun
Length5h 29m
About this audiobook
[...]"We wish we could speak with unreserved enthusiasm about this book. It would be pleasant to make out a list of three essential volumes for humanity and suggest the complete works of William Shakespeare, the Bible and "Pieces of Hate," but Mr. Broun's book does not deserve any such ranking. Speaking as a critic of books, we are not at all sure that we care to recommend it. It seems to us that the author is honest, but the value of that quality has been vastly overstressed in present-day reviewing. We are inclined to say "What of it?" There would be nothing particularly persuasive if a man should approach a poker game and say, "Won't you let Broun in; I can assure he's honest." Why should a recommendation which is taken for granted among common gamblers be considered flattering when applied to a writer?"[...]
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length5 hrs 29 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 22, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PREFACE
2I THE NOT IMPOSSIBLE SHEIK
3II JOHN ROACH STRATON
4III PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF OFFSPRING
5IV G. K. C.
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6V ON BEING A GOD
7VI CHIVALRY IS BORN
8VII RUTH VS. ROTH
9VIII THE BIGGER THE YEAR
10IX FOR OLD NASSAU
11X MR. DEMPSEY'S FIVE-FOOT SHELF
12XI SPORT FOR ART'S SAKE
13XII JACK THE GIANT KILLER
14XIII JUDGE KRINK
15XIV FRANKINCENSE AND MYRRH
16XV THE EXCELSIOR MOVEMENT
17XVI THE DOG STAR
18XVII ALTRUISTIC POKER
19XVIII THE WELL MADE REVIEW
20XIX AN ADJECTIVE A DAY
21XX THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER
22XXI A TORTOISE SHELL HOME
23XXII I'D DIE FOR DEAR OLD RUTGERS
24XXIII ARE EDITORS PEOPLE?
25XXIV WE HAVE WITH US THIS EVENING——
26XXV THE YOUNG PESSIMISTS
27XXVI GLASS SLIPPERS BY THE GROSS
28XXVII A MODERN BEANSTALK
29XXVIII VOLSTEAD AND CONVERSATION
30XXIX LIFE, THE COPY CAT
31XXX THE ORTHODOX CHAMPION
32XXXI WITH A STEIN ON THE TABLE
33XXXII ART FOR ARGUMENT'S SAKE
34XXXIII NO 'RAHS FOR RAY
35XXXIV "ATABOY!"
36XXXV HOW TO WIN MONEY AT THE RACES——
37XXXVI ONE TOUCH OF SLAPSTICK
38XXXVII DANGER SIGNALS FOR READERS
39XXXVIII ADVENTURE MADE PAINLESS
40XXXIX THE TALL VILLA
41XL PROFESSOR GEORGE PIERCE BAKER
42XLI WHAT SHAKESPEARE MISSED
43XLII CENSORING THE CENSOR
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