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Impressions of Theophrastus Such

Public domain audiobook

Impressions of Theophrastus Such

by George Eliot

English· 06:43:31· 18 chapters
Impressions of Theophrastus Such is a work of fiction by George Eliot, first published in 1879. It was Eliot's last published writing and her most experimental, taking the form of a series of literary essays by an imaginary minor scholar whose eccentric character is revealed through his work. (Summary from Wikipedia)

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Looking Inward

    29:41
  2. Chapter 2

    Looking Backward

    34:44
  3. Chapter 3

    How We Encourage Research

    32:56
  4. Chapter 4

    A Man Surprised at his Originality

    19:04
  5. Chapter 5

    A Too Deferential Man

    17:43
  6. Chapter 6

    Only Temper

    16:03
  7. Chapter 7

    A Political Molecule

    09:50
  8. Chapter 8

    The Watch-Dog of Knowledge

    17:31
  9. Chapter 9

    A Half-Breed

    17:13
  10. Chapter 10

    Debasing the Moral Currency

    16:52
  11. Chapter 11

    The Wasp Credited with the Honeycomb

    27:35
  12. Chapter 12

    "So Young!"

    11:58
  13. Chapter 13

    How We Come to Give Ourselves False Testimonials, and Beleive In Them

    19:28
  14. Chapter 14

    The Too-Ready Writer

    19:11
  15. Chapter 15

    Diseases of Small Authorship

    21:17
  16. Chapter 16

    Moral Swindlers

    19:58
  17. Chapter 17

    Shadows of the Coming Race

    14:01
  18. Chapter 18

    The Modern Hep! Hep! Hep!

    58:26