The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things is a posthumous collection of essays by William Hazlitt, organized by his grandson, William Carew Hazlitt. The book contains some of Hazlitt's more famous essays that couldn't be found in book format. (Summary by Leni)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
On the Prose Style of Poets, part 1
20:07 - Chapter 2
On the Prose Style of Poets, part 2
19:43 - Chapter 3
On Dreams
30:21 - Chapter 4
On the Conversation of Authors
38:52 - Chapter 5
On the Same Subject Continued
30:56 - Chapter 6
On Reason and Imagination
32:42 - Chapter 7
On Application to Study
32:59 - Chapter 8
On Londoners and Country People, part 1
20:11 - Chapter 9
On Londoners and Country People, part 2
16:20 - Chapter 10
On the Spirit of Obligations
30:31 - Chapter 11
On the Old Age of Artists
33:45 - Chapter 12
On Envy (A Dialogue)
37:48 - Chapter 13
On Sitting for One's Picture
27:58 - Chapter 14
Whether Genius is Conscious of its Powers
34:40 - Chapter 15
On the Pleasure of Hating
34:36 - Chapter 16
On Dr. Spurzheim's Theory, part 1
25:27 - Chapter 17
On Dr. Spurzheim's Theory, part 2
26:46 - Chapter 18
On Egotism, part 1
20:09 - Chapter 19
On Egotism, part 2
20:07 - Chapter 20
Hot and Cold
33:45 - Chapter 21
The New School of Reform: a Dialogue Between a Rationalist and a Sentimentalist, part 1
26:17 - Chapter 22
The New School of Reform: a Dialogue Between a Rationalist and a Sentimentalist, part 2
29:03 - Chapter 23
On the Qualifications Necessary to Success in Life, part 1
20:04 - Chapter 24
On the Qualifications Necessary to Success in Life, part 2
25:15 - Chapter 25
On the Look of a Gentleman
34:19 - Chapter 26
On Reading Old Books
31:12 - Chapter 27
On Personal Character, part 1
17:32 - Chapter 28
On Personal Character, part 2
17:41 - Chapter 29
On People of Sense
34:47 - Chapter 30
On Antiquity
32:23 - Chapter 31
On the Difference Between Writing and Speaking, part 1
22:00 - Chapter 32
On the Difference Between Writing and Speaking, part 2
27:54 - Chapter 33
On a Portrait of an English Lady by Vandyke, part 1
23:38 - Chapter 34
On a Portrait of an English Lady by Vandyke, part 2
35:27 - Chapter 35
On Novelty and Familiarity, part 1
24:32 - Chapter 36
On Novelty and Familiarity, part 2
25:48 - Chapter 37
On Old English Writers and Speakers, part 1
32:36 - Chapter 38
On Old English Writers and Speakers, part 2
14:52 - Chapter 39
Madame Pasta and Mademoiselle Mars
38:14 - Chapter 40
Sir Walter Scott, Racine and Shakespeare
33:58 - Chapter 41
On Depth and Superficiality, part 1
20:24 - Chapter 42
On Depth and Superficiality, part 2
30:54 - Chapter 43
On Respectable People
18:34 - Chapter 44
On the Jealousy and the Spleen of Party, part 1
18:35 - Chapter 45
On the Jealousy and the Spleen of Party, part 2
26:20