The Literary Sense
Enriched edition. Exploring Human Emotions Through a Captivating NarrativeBy Edith Nesbit
Length7h 42m
About this audiobook
In "The Literary Sense," Edith Nesbit presents a compelling exploration of the aesthetics of literature, dissecting its elements and the ways in which they invoke emotional and intellectual responses in readers. Her style is marked by wit, clarity, and an engaging accessibility that makes complex ideas digestible, reflecting her commitment to fostering a deeper appreciation for the art of writing. Rooted in the late Victorian literary context, Nesbit's essays champion the importance of authenticity and emotional resonance in literature, encouraging readers to cultivate their own literary sensibilities amidst the rapidly changing cultural landscape of her time. Edith Nesbit, a prominent English author and poet known for her children's literature and social realism, draws upon her background as a founding member of the Fabian Society, which espoused social reform through progressive ideals. Her keen insights into human experience and her belief in literature's transformative power shine through in this work. Nesbit's personal journey'—marked by both triumph and adversity'—shapes her understanding of literature as not merely entertainment but as a means of enlightenment and social change. "The Literary Sense" is a must-read for aspiring writers, scholars, and literature enthusiasts alike. It invites readers to engage with literature on a deeper level, urging them to explore the emotional nuances and artistic craftsmanship that define the literary experience. Nesbit's thoughtful observations and passionate advocacy for literary excellence offer invaluable insights that resonate across generations, making this work a timeless addition to any literary canon.
In this enriched edition, we have carefully created added value for your reading experience:
- A succinct Introduction situates the work's timeless appeal and themes.
- The Synopsis outlines the central plot, highlighting key developments without spoiling critical twists.
- A detailed Historical Context immerses you in the era's events and influences that shaped the writing.
- An Author Biography reveals milestones in the author's life, illuminating the personal insights behind the text.
- A thorough Analysis dissects symbols, motifs, and character arcs to unearth underlying meanings.
- Reflection questions prompt you to engage personally with the work's messages, connecting them to modern life.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.8 (10)
Includes Goodreads
GenreLiterary Classics, General Fiction
Length7 hrs 42 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 8, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
14The Force of Habit
2Introduction
15The Brute
3Synopsis (Selection)
16Dick, Tom, and Harry
4Historical Context
17Miss Eden's Baby
5Author Biography
18The Lover, the Girl, and the Onlooker
Show all chaptersShow less
6The Unfaithful Lover
19The Duel
7Rounding off a Scene
20Cinderella
8The Obvious
21With an E
9The Lie Absolute
22Under the New Moon
10The Girl with the Guitar
23The Love of Romance
11The Man with the Boots
24Analysis
12The Second Best
25Reflection
13The Holiday
26Memorable Quotes
Wet Magic (Illustrated)Edith Nesbit5h 49m$1.99 · $0.00
The Three C's (Illustrated) (Annotated)Edith Nesbit9h 32m$2 · $0.00
THE RAILWAY CHILDREN (Illustrated) (Annotated)Edith Nesbit8h 31m4.3 (75K)$2 · $0.00
The Greatest Children's Books - E. Nesbit Collection: Fantastical Adventures, Tales of Magical Creatures & Journeys into Enchanting Worlds (Illustrated) (Annotated)Edith Nesbit126h 22m4.6 (11)$2 · $0.00
THE BOOK OF DRAGONS (Illustrated) (Annotated)Edith Nesbit5h 46m4.0 (5K)$2 · $0.00
TALES OF FANTASTICAL ADVENTURES – E. Nesbit Collection of Children's Books (Illustrated) (Annotated)Edith Nesbit82h 14m4.6 (12)$2 · $0.00
The Magic City (Illustrated) (Annotated)Edith Nesbit8h 16m4.2 (174)$2 · $0.00
Anak-Anak Kereta ApiEdith Nesbit7h 27m4.0 (1K)$7 · $0.00
THE MOULDIWARP ADVENTURES – Complete Fantasy Series (Illustrated) (Annotated)Edith Nesbit15h 53m$2 · $0.00
THE PSAMMEAD TRILOGY – The Magical Adventures of Five Friends (Illustrated) (Annotated)Edith Nesbit23h 23m$2 · $0.00
THE RAILWAY CHILDREN (Illustrated)Edith Nesbit8h 12m4.2 (88.6K)$2 · $0.00
The Red HouseEdith Nesbit7h 37m3.9 (66)$1 · $0.00
In HomespunEdith Nesbit3h 55m3.6 (47)$2 · $0.00
The Phoenix and the CarpetEdith Nesbit6h 57m4.0 (14.2K)$1 · $0.00
The Fantastical World Of E. NesbitEdith Nesbit80h 59m4.4 (23)$2 · $0.00
The Mouldiwarp AdventuresEdith Nesbit14h 43m4.4 (47)$1 · $0.00
THE BASTABLE FAMILY – Complete Series (Illustrated)Edith Nesbit24h 47m4.2 (171)$1 · $0.00
The Three C's (Illustrated Edition)Edith Nesbit9h 20m4.0 (212)$1 · $0.00
The Greatest Works of E. Nesbit (220+ Titles in One Illustrated Edition)Edith Nesbit244h 42m$2 · $0.00
To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee12h 18m4.5 (7.4M)$29 · $0.00
These Precious DaysAnn Patchett11h 14m4.5 (45.2K)$29 · $0.00
The Jeeves and Wooster Stories: The Complete Collection (33 Books)P. G. Wodehouse21h 57m4.7 (2.8K)$15 · $0.00
The Gulag Archipelago Volume 3Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn21h 56m4.7 (8.9K)$46 · $0.00
This Side of Paradise - The Original 1920 Edition (Annotated)F. Scott Fitzgerald11h 30m4.6 (1.6K)$2 · $0.00
The Great Gatsby: Original 1925 Edition (An F. Scott Fitzgerald Classic NovelFrancis Scott Fitzgerald4h 45m4.6 (9.3K)$18 · $0.00
The Complete Histories / History Plays of William Shakespeare (Annotated)William Shakespeare29h 42m4.6 (2.3K)$1.99 · $0.00
Braving the TruthRachel Held Evans11h 31m4.7 (359)$29 · $0.00
The Old Man and the Sea (Annotated)Ernest Hemingway4h 27m4.6 (1.4K)$2 · $0.00
Twelfth Night (The Unabridged Play) + The Classic Biography (Annotated)William Shakespeare, Sidney Lee16h 38m4.6 (1.4K)$2 · $0.00
Henry V (The Play, Historical Background and Analysis of the Character in the Play)William Shakespeare, William Hazlitt8h 40m4.6 (1.3K)$1 · $0.00
H. P. LOVECRAFT Ultimate Collection: Novellas, Short Stories, Poetry & Essays (Annotated)H. P. Lovecraft12h 28m4.6 (2.3K)$2 · $0.00
Time RegainedMarcel Proust15h 54m4.5 (10.6K)$2 · $0.00
TORAH - Bilingual Edition: English/Hebrew (Annotated)Max Margolis, JPS28h 26m4.6 (1K)$2 · $0.00
Betty Crocker picture cooky bookBetty Crocker, Inc. General Mills2h 13m4.5 (6.5K)$1 · $0.00
The Complete Tales of Beatrix PotterBeatrix Potter3h 36m4.5 (75K)$3 · $0.00
Crime and Punishment (The Unabridged Garnett Translation) (Annotated)Fyodor Dostoevsky24h 25m4.5 (15.4K)$1.99 · $0.00
The North American IndianEdward S. Curtis, Frederick Webb Hodge6h4.5 (1.2K)$2 · $0.00
The Picture of Dorian Gray: The Uncensored 13 Chapter Version + The Revised 20 Chapter Version (Annotated)Oscar Wilde16h 12m4.5 (2.8K)$1.99 · $0.00
Grimoire Of The Everyday WitchIsadora Lys / Virginia Santos5h 35m4.5 (3.9K)$9 · $0.00
WhistlerAnn Patchett10h 45m4.6 (4.6K)$29 · $0.00
Demon CopperheadBarbara Kingsolver21h 3m4.5 (949.4K)$46 · $0.00
To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee12h 18m4.5 (7.4M)$29 · $0.00
Remarkably Bright CreaturesShelby Van Pelt11h 17m4.4 (1.7M)$29 · $0.00
This Side of Paradise - The Original 1920 Edition (Annotated)F. Scott Fitzgerald11h 30m4.6 (1.6K)$2 · $0.00
War LordBernard Cornwell13h 21m4.6 (33.1K)$33 · $0.00
The Great Gatsby: Original 1925 Edition (An F. Scott Fitzgerald Classic NovelFrancis Scott Fitzgerald4h 45m4.6 (9.3K)$18 · $0.00
Something Like LoveBeverly Jenkins10h 21m4.6 (2.7K)$29 · $0.00
Black History CollectionFrederick Douglass, Harriet Ann Jacobs, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois27h 9m4.6 (2.6K)$18 · $0.00
The Old Man and the Sea (Annotated)Ernest Hemingway4h 27m4.6 (1.4K)$2 · $0.00
White HotIlona Andrews13h 18m4.5 (136.9K)$5 · $0.00
The Ghost by the Billabong (The Matilda Saga, #5)Jackie French14h 58m4.6 (773)$33 · $0.00
Cast in BloodMichelle Sagara16h 35m4.6 (607)$33 · $0.00
The Captain Blood Trilogy (Annotated)Rafael Sabatini29h 20m4.6 (1K)$3 · $0.00
Ship of the Line (Annotated)Cecil Louis Troughton Smith11h 13m4.6 (1K)$2 · $0.00
The George Orwell CollectionGeorge Orwell24h 46m4.5 (14.4K)$12 · $0.00
Time RegainedMarcel Proust15h 38m4.5 (9.2K)$2 · $0.00
Driving ForceElle James4h 58m4.6 (407)$20 · $0.00
When God Calls the HeartBrian Bird, Michelle Cox3h 24m4.6 (439)$10 · $0.00
Five Little IndiansMichelle Good10h 34m4.5 (64.5K)$29 · $0.00
You may also like
Essays: First Series. FriendshipRalph Waldo Emerson39m4.2 (1.4K)$2 · $0.00
Lyrical Ballads and other Poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William WordsworthWilliam Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge21h 8m4.1 (16.3K)$2 · $0.00
Society and Solitude Twelve ChaptersRalph Waldo Emerson7h4.1 (1.4K)$2.30
Biographia Literaria (Annotated)Samuel Taylor Coleridge13h 15m3.8 (1K)$0.99 · $0.00
On LoveStendhal13h3.6 (2.1K)$1 · $0.00
The Unknown MasterpieceHonoré de Balzac2h 30m4.0 (7.5K)$2 · $0.00
Flush: A Biography (Annotated)Virginia Woolf4h 57m4.0 (23.2K)$1.99 · $0.00
Biographia Literaria (Unabridged) (Annotated)Samuel Taylor Coleridge15h 53m3.9 (3.5K)$1.99 · $0.00
A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (Annotated)Laurence Sterne4h 12m3.9 (40.8K)$1.20 · $0.00
A Room of One’s OwnVirginia Woolf3h 56m4.3 (334.5K)$3.50 · $0.00
The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Studies in PessimismArthur Schopenhauer4h 12m4.1 (4.3K)$1 · $0.00
The Love Song of J. Alfred PrufrockT.S. Eliot9m4.5 (112.2K)$1 · $0.00
In the Track of the BookwormIrving Browne2h 23m$2 · $0.00
Virginia Woolf: A Conversation with Walter Sickert, the Renowned English Painter (Annotated)Virginia Woolf2h 5m3.7 (43)$1.99 · $0.00
EssaysArthur Christopher Benson8h 31m3.7 (30)$2 · $0.00
The Love Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning & Robert BrowningRobert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Barrett32h 48m4.1 (131)$2 · $0.00
The Philosophy of Fine Art (Vol. 1-3) (Annotated)Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel71h 16m$2 · $0.00
RembrandtJozef Israëls1h 38m$2 · $0.00
Paul KleePaul Klee6h 25m4.1 (68)$18 · $0.00
The LyricJohn Drinkwater1h 14m$2 · $0.00