Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)

About Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)

“Extreme busyness…is a symptom of deficient vitality; and a faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite and a strong sense of personal identity.” What comforting words for the idle among us! Like many of the best essayists, Stevenson is very much the genial fireside companion: opinionated, but never malicious; a marvellous practitioner of the inclusive monologue. In this collection of nine pieces he discusses the art of appreciating unattractive scenery, traces the complex social life of dogs, and meditates in several essays upon the experience of reading literature and writing it. Perhaps his most personal passages concern death and mortality. Here we meet him at his most undogmatically optimistic, as he affirms a wholesome faith in “the liveableness of Life”. (Summary by Martin Geeson)

Publisher

ciesse

Category

arts · fiction

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 Nov 2024

Latest episode

4 Nov 2024

Latest episodes

10 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   4 Nov 2024

   05 - Talk and Talkers, part two

2. 

   4 Nov 2024

   10 - Pulvis et Umbra

3. 

   4 Nov 2024

   07 - The Character of Dogs

4. 

   4 Nov 2024

   03 - Aes Triplex

5. 

   4 Nov 2024

   09 - Books Which Have Influenced Me

6. 

   4 Nov 2024

   08 - A College Magazine

7. 

   4 Nov 2024

   04 - Talk and Talkers, part one

8. 

   4 Nov 2024

   02 - An Apology for Idlers

9. 

   4 Nov 2024

   06 - A Gossip on Romance

10. 

    4 Nov 2024

    01 - On the Enjoyment of Unpleasant Places

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