Audio only
The Angel and the Author, and Others
By Jerome K. Jerome
Length5h
About this audiobook
In a series of brilliantly structured comedic essays, an author attempts to justify his life and writings to a recording angel tabulating his sins and virtues. This framing device launches a witty exploration of human nature, societal hypocrisy, and the often ridiculous realities of everyday life. The observations pivot seamlessly from profound philosophical musings to laugh-out-loud critiques of modern inconveniences. It is a sparkling, intelligent collection that showcases a masterful command of irony and observational humor.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.8 (66)
Includes Goodreads
GenreHumor, Other, Politics and Government
Length5 hrs
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 8, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CHAPTER I
2The Author tells of his Good Deeds.
3The Angel appears to have made a slight Mistake.
4The Author is troubled concerning his Investments.
5And questions a Man of Thought.
Show all chaptersShow less
6CHAPTER II
7Philosophy and the Dæmon.
8When the Dæmon will not work.
9CHAPTER III
10Literature and the Middle Classes.
11May a man of intelligence live, say, in Surbiton?
12CHAPTER IV
13Man and his Master.
14Why the Man in Uniform has, generally, sad Eyes.
15The Traveller’s one Friend.
16The disadvantage of being an unknown Person.
17CHAPTER V
18If only we had not lost our Tails!
19And little Boys would always tell the Truth!
20And everyone obtained his just Deserts!
21And only people would do Parlour Tricks who do them well!
22And all the World had Sense!
23CHAPTER VI
24Fire and the Foreigner.
25My British Stupidity.
26I am considered Cold and Mad.
27Sometimes I wish I were an American Woman.
28CHAPTER VII
29Too much Postcard.
30The Postcard as a Family Curse.
31The Artist’s Dream.
32Why not the Eternal Male for a change?
33How Women are ruined by Art.
34Difficulty of living up to the Poster.
35CHAPTER VIII
36The Lady and the Problem.
37The Stage Hero who, for once, had Justice done to him.
38She has a way of mislaying her Husband.
39What is a Lady to do with a Husband when she has finished with him?
40Could she—herself—have been to blame?
41CHAPTER IX
42Civilization and the Unemployed.
43Early instances of “Dumping.”
44Cricket, as viewed from the fixed Stars.
45The Heir of all Ages. His Inheritance.
46Is it “Playing the Game?”
47CHAPTER X
48Patience and the Waiter.
49Waiterkind in the making.
50His Little Mistakes.
Three Men in a BoatJerome K. Jerome7h 8m4.0 (115.8K)$1.20 · $0.00
Three Men in a BoatJerome K. Jerome7h 15m4.0 (254.7K)$0.60 · $0.00
The Second Thoughts of an Idle FellowJerome K. Jerome6h 18m3.9 (696)$2.30 · $0.00
Told After SupperJerome K. Jerome1h3.7 (1.6K)$2.30 · $0.00
The Soul of Nicholas Snyders; Or, The Miser of ZandamJerome K. Jerome40m3.7 (14)$2.30 · $0.00
DreamsJerome K. Jerome45m4.0 (318)$2.30 · $0.00
They and IJerome K. Jerome7h 27m3.8 (393)$2.30 · $0.00
The Philosopher's JokeJerome K. Jerome43m3.5 (228)$2.30 · $0.00
Three men on the bummelJerome K. Jerome7h 23m3.9 (12.5K)$2.30 · $0.00
Paul KelverJerome K. Jerome14h 52m3.8 (39)$2.30 · $0.00
Passing of the Third Floor BackJerome K. Jerome52m3.9 (311)$2.30 · $0.00
Appunti di romanzoJerome K. Jerome7h 46m3.8 (84)$4.60 · $0.00
The Idle Thoughts of an Idle FellowJerome K. Jerome4h 22m4.0 (6.6K)$2.30 · $0.00
Three men in a boat (to say nothing of the dog)Jerome K. Jerome7h 10m4.0 (125.3K)$2.30 · $0.00
Diary of a PilgrimageJerome K. Jerome4h 32m3.8 (1.3K)$2.30 · $0.00
Stage-LandJerome K. Jerome2h 4m3.9 (81)$2.30 · $0.00
ClocksJerome K. Jerome26m3.8 (122)$2.30 · $0.00
Malvina of BrittanyJerome K. Jerome4h 52m3.7 (61)$2.30 · $0.00
Sketches in Lavender, Blue and GreenJerome K. Jerome6h 35m3.9 (175)$2.30 · $0.00
Lost In TranslationAudrey Davis9h 15m4.4 (235)Free
The Life of DaiDai Henwood, Jaquie Brown8h 2m4.6 (790)$26 · $0.00
Welcome to PawneeJim O'Heir6h 24m4.5 (5.3K)$24 · $0.00
Going PostalTerry Pratchett13h 36m4.5 (163.8K)$33 · $0.00
Woman UninterruptedBrodie Kane7h 1m4.6 (562)$24 · $0.00
1984 & Animal Farm (Annotated)George Orwell15h 54m4.5 (220.8K)$3.99 · $0.00
Kingsblood Royal (Annotated)Sinclair Lewis14h 42m4.6 (264)$2 · $0.00
This Is Going to HurtAdam Kay5h 47m4.4 (444.7K)$24 · $0.00
You Will Get Through This NightDaniel Howell6h 56m4.4 (11.8K)$24 · $0.00
Northanger Abbey (Annotated)Jane Austen10h 7m4.5 (1.6K)$2 · $0.00
My Dear HamiltonStephanie Dray, Laura Kamoie23h 7m4.4 (63.6K)$46 · $0.00
THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS & SCREWTAPE PROPOSES A TOAST (Annotated)C. S. Lewis5h 6m4.4 (471K)$2 · $0.00
BufferingHannah Hart5h 55m4.4 (12.4K)$24 · $0.00
The Office BFFsJenna Fischer, Angela Kinsey8h 26m4.3 (45.4K)$26 · $0.00
The Collected Stories of Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker8h 36m4.3 (13.6K)$1 · $0.00
LambChristopher Moore15h 22m4.3 (211.3K)$33 · $0.00
The Importance of Being Earnest (World's Classics Series)Oscar Wilde4h 10m4.3 (467.3K)$1.99 · $0.00
#IMomSoHardKristin Hensley, Jen Smedley7h 19m4.3 (7.3K)$24 · $0.00
Mixed PlateJo Koy8h 18m4.3 (7.1K)$26 · $0.00
Over the TopJonathan Van Ness5h 50m4.3 (87.3K)$24 · $0.00
Mere ChristianityC. S. Lewis7h 7m4.4 (519.7K)$24 · $0.00
Her Daily BreadKate Wood12h 57m4.6 (153)$33 · $0.00
The Holy Bible - 1 SamuelKing James2h 13m4.8 (1.6K)$3 · $0.00
The American Standard Bible — The Gospel of MatthewMatthew3h 56m4.7 (3K)$2 · $0.00
Bad Fat Black GirlSesali Bowen6h 32m4.7 (2.8K)$24 · $0.00
The King James Audio Bible New Testament CompleteChristopher Glyn20h 2m4.7 (2.6K)$12 · $0.00
Faiths CheckbookCharles Spurgeon12h 44m4.7 (3.2K)$11 · $0.00
Ten Things I Wish You Knew About Your Child's Mental HealthDr. Billy Garvey4h 53m4.7 (2.4K)$20 · $0.00
Designing Terry Pratchett’s DiscworldPaul Kidby3h 52m4.7 (343)$20 · $0.00
The Chosen Book OneAmanda Jenkins, Kristen Hendricks, Dallas Jenkins3h 8m4.6 (4.9K)$10 · $0.00
The Lives of BrianBrian Johnson9h 45m4.6 (3.5K)$29 · $0.00
Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of LukeJ.C. Ryle27h 13m4.7 (536)$18 · $0.00
CrossroadsKaleb Dahlgren7h 56m4.6 (4.9K)$26 · $0.00
Across the RiverKent Babb11h 40m4.6 (927)$29 · $0.00
Brain Training for RidersAndrea Monsarrat Waldo5h 56m4.7 (550)$19 · $0.00
My Effin' LifeGeddy Lee17h 11m4.6 (13.1K)$40 · $0.00
Kings and PawnsHoward Bryant10h 9m4.6 (678)$29 · $0.00
The Elementia Chronicles #2: The New OrderSean Fay Wolfe11h 17m4.6 (841)$29 · $0.00
The ActsLuke2h 55m4.6 (19.7K)$12 · $0.00
New Testament - Easy NavigationWorld English Bible19h 35m4.6 (1.3K)$1.30 · $0.00
The Gulag Archipelago Volume 3Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn21h 56m4.7 (8.9K)$46 · $0.00
MotherlandJulia Ioffe17h 52m4.7 (2.5K)$40 · $0.00
HostageEli Sharabi5h 25m4.6 (10.8K)$24 · $0.00
KrantikariSanjeev Sanyal11h 44m4.6 (1.3K)$16 · $0.00
Unbroken Bonds of BattleJohnny Joey Jones8h 31m4.6 (2.6K)$8 · $0.00
On Democracies and Death CultsDouglas Murray10h 38m4.6 (6.5K)$29 · $0.00
Balcony Over Jerusalem: A Middle East Memoir - Israel, Palestine and BeyondJohn Lyons12h 37m4.6 (1.4K)$33 · $0.00
RiggedMollie Hemingway12h 48m4.6 (4.2K)$23 · $0.00
SledgehammerDavid Friedman8h 21m4.7 (589)$26 · $0.00
Citizenship in a Republic (Annotated)Theodore Roosevelt2h 44m4.6 (1.4K)$2 · $0.00
No EscapeNury Turkel9h 30m4.6 (809)$28 · $0.00
Always FaithfulThomas Schueman, Zainullah Zaki12h 12m4.6 (977)$29 · $0.00
UnthinkableJamie Raskin15h 8m4.5 (9.3K)$8 · $0.00
My Fourth Time, We DrownedSally Hayden13h 59m4.6 (2.9K)$23 · $0.00
A Revolution of Common SenseScott Jennings9h 29m4.6 (528)$29 · $0.00
Statement From the Dock at the Rivonia TrialNelson Mandela2h 18m4.6 (1.3K)$1 · $0.00
Lessons from the EdgeMarie Yovanovitch17h 11m4.5 (5.9K)$40 · $0.00
To Rescue the American SpiritBret Baier10h 12m4.5 (2.7K)$8 · $0.00
StonewalledSharyl Attkisson15h 19m4.5 (4.3K)$33 · $0.00
The World According to Orwell: 1984 & Animal FarmGeorge Orwell15h 42m4.6 (1.1K)$1 · $0.00
You may also like
The Idle Thoughts of an Idle FellowJerome K. Jerome4h 13m4.0 (4.7K)Free
The silver keyH. P. Lovecraft33m3.5 (1.9K)$1.80 · $0.00
The World as Will and Idea Arthur Schopenhauer19h 23m4.3 (13.3K)Free
The Art of the NovelMilan Kundera4h 31m4.2 (9.7K)$20 · $0.00
Heaven & HellAldous Leonard Huxley2h 25m3.9 (2.6K)$2 · $0.00
Psychoanalasys For BeginnersSigmund Freud24h 35m3.7 (5.7K)$2 · $0.00
Acquired TastesPeter Mayle4h 55m3.8 (2.5K)$20
In Praise of Folly
Illustrated with Many Curious CutsErasmus, Desiderius, 1469-15364h 29m3.8 (20.5K)Free
The Selfishness of OthersKristin Dombek4h 1m3.6 (1.9K)$15 · $0.00
Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the ComicHenri Bergson4h 12m3.9 (3.1K)Free
The Inventions of the IdiotJohn Kendrick Bangs2h 56m3.9 (36)$2.30
SadomasochismHans-Jürgen Döpp56m4.1 (12)$8 · $0.00
Curiosities of ImpecuniosityH. G. Somerville9h 21m$2 · $0.00
DreamsJerome K. Jerome1h 25m4.0 (318)$2 · $0.00
The Origin of the WorldJp. A. Calosse, Hans-Jürgen Döpp1h 26m3.8 (30)$15 · $0.00
The Absurdities of Being a Teacher - A Quietly Exhausted Guide to Standing in Front of a Room and Pretending This Is FineMax Paradox4h 10m$7.70 · $0.00
HENRY BERGSON Premium Collection (Annotated)Henri Bergson27h 11m$3 · $0.00
A Country Doctor (Annotated)Franz Kafka2h 49m$2 · $0.00
A Book Without a TitleGeorge Jean Nathan11m$2 · $0.00
BoschVirginia Pitts Rembert5h 41m3.8 (68)$18 · $0.00