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
- Chapter 1
Looking Inward
29:41 - Chapter 2
Looking Backward
34:44 - Chapter 3
How We Encourage Research
32:56 - Chapter 4
A Man Surprised at his Originality
19:04 - Chapter 5
A Too Deferential Man
17:43 - Chapter 6
Only Temper
16:03 - Chapter 7
A Political Molecule
09:50 - Chapter 8
The Watch-Dog of Knowledge
17:31 - Chapter 9
A Half-Breed
17:13 - Chapter 10
Debasing the Moral Currency
16:52 - Chapter 11
The Wasp Credited with the Honeycomb
27:35 - Chapter 12
"So Young!"
11:58 - Chapter 13
How We Come to Give Ourselves False Testimonials, and Beleive In Them
19:28 - Chapter 14
The Too-Ready Writer
19:11 - Chapter 15
Diseases of Small Authorship
21:17 - Chapter 16
Moral Swindlers
19:58 - Chapter 17
Shadows of the Coming Race
14:01 - Chapter 18
The Modern Hep! Hep! Hep!
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