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Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books

Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books

Charles William Eliot

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Fournisseur: Librivox
Langues:
English
Genres:
Literary Collections / General
Narrateurs:
Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
Évaluation:

Charles W. Eliot, 21st President of Harvard University, edited this volume of prefaces ... authored by a Who's Who of World Literature: Bacon, Calvin, Caxton, Condell, Copernicus, Dryden, Fielding, Goethe, Heminge, Hugo, Johnson, Knox, Newton, Raleigh, Spenser, Taine, Whitman and Wordsworth. Eliot wrote in his preface to these prefaces, "No part of a book is so intimate as the Preface. Here, after the long labor of the work is over, the author descends from his platform, and speaks with his reader as man to man, disclosing his hopes and fears, seeking sympathy for his difficulties, offering defence or defiance, according to his temper, against the criticisms which he anticipates." (Summary by DSayers)

Chapitres21h 29min

01

00 - Introductory Notes by Charles W. Eliot, Editor

07:48

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02

01 - Prologues & Epilogues to the History of Troy and other writings, Part 1 by William Caxton

40:22

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03

02 - Prologues & Epilogues to the History of Troy and other writings, Part 2 by William Caxton

35:19

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04

03 - Dedication of The Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin

51:42

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05

04 - General Syllabus by John Calvin

10:20

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06

05 - Dedication of The Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies by Nicolaus Copernicus

15:50

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07

06 - Preface to the History of the Reformation in Scotland by John Knox

06:04

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08

07 - Prefatory Letter to Sir Walter Raleigh on The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser

15:24

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09

08 - Preface to The History of the World, Part 1 by Sir Walter Raleigh

42:52

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10

09 - Preface to The History of the World, Part 2 by Sir Walter Raleigh

45:55

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11

10 - Preface to The History of the World, Part 3 by Sir Walter Raleigh

29:23

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12

11 - Preface to The History of the World, Part 4 by Sir Walter Raleigh

24:53

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13

12 - Preface and Plan of The Instauratio Magna, Part 1 by Francis Bacon

36:16

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14

13 - Preface and Plan of The Instauratio Magna, Part 2 by Francis Bacon

33:28

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15

14 - Preface and Plan of The Instauratio Magna, Part 3 by Francis Bacon

14:26

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16

15 - Preface to the First Folio Edition of Shakespeare's Plays by John Heminge & Henrie Condel

06:03

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17

16 - Preface to The Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica by Sir Isaac Newton

08:38

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18

17 - Preface to Fables, Ancient and Modern, Part 1 by John Dryden

43:18

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19

18 - Preface to Fables, Ancient and Modern, Part 2 by John Dryden

42:16

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20

19 - Preface to Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding

20:19

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21

20 - Preface to the English Dictionary, Part 1 by Samuel Johnson

36:10

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22

21 - Preface to the English Dictionary, Part 2 and To the Earl of Chesterfield by Samuel Johnson

49:52

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23

22 - Preface to Shakespeare, Part 1 by Samuel Johnson

50:30

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24

23 - Preface to Shakespeare, Part 2 by Samuel Johnson

51:56

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25

24 - Preface to Shakespeare, Part 3 by Samuel Johnson

30:58

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26

25 - Introduction to The Propylaen. by J. W. Von Goethe

46:54

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27

26 - Prefaces to Poems, Part 1 by William Wordsworth

38:03

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28

27 - Prefaces to Poems, Part 2 by William Wordsworth

40:43

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29

28 - Prefaces to Poems, Part 3 by William Wordsworth

35:04

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30

29 - Prefaces to Poems, Part 4 by William Wordsworth

35:42

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31

30 - Prefaces to Poems, Part 5 by William Wordsworth

33:01

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32

31 - Preface to Cromwell, Part 1 by Victor Hugo

46:57

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33

32 - Preface to Cromwell, Part 2 by Victor Hugo

45:20

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34

33 - Preface to Cromwell, Part 3 by Victor Hugo

38:00

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35

34 - Preface to Cromwell, Part 4 by Victor Hugo

36:55

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36

35 - Preface to Leaves of Grass, Part 1 by Walt Whitman

42:04

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37

36 - Preface to Leaves of Grass, Part 2 by Walt Whitman

34:53

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38

37 - Introduction to The History of English Literature, Part 1 by H. A. Taine

29:12

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39

38 - Introduction to The History of English Literature, Part 2 by H. A. Taine

36:00

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