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Rousseau and Revolution
- The Story of Civilization, Book 10
- By: Will Durant, Ariel Durant
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 57 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 306
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 260
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Story5 out of 5 stars 262
Rousseau and Revolution, the 10th volume of the Story of Civilization, ranges over a Europe in ferment, but centers on the passionate rebel-philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the great exponent of the romantic impulse toward self-exploration and social revolt, who contended with the great rationalist Voltaire for the mind of Europe.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent - A Journey Completed
- By James A. Brannan on 10-17-15
- Rousseau and Revolution
- The Story of Civilization, Book 10
- By: Will Durant, Ariel Durant
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
Complete Chapter List and Chapter Titles
Reviewed: 04-25-23
The audiobook chapter list consists only of untitled chapters numbered 1-44 that are not aligned with the book's chapters and titles. I've included a complete list below.
The first number in parentheses refers to chapters 1-44 in the full version; the second refers to those in the 6-part download:
(1) (1.1) BOOK I: PRELUDE - Chapter I. ROUSSEAU WANDERER: 1712-56
(3) (1.3) Chapter II. THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR: 1756–63
(4) (1.4) BOOK II: FRANCE BEFORE THE DELUGE:1757-74 - Chapter III. THE LIFE OF THE STATE
(5) (1.5) Chapter IV. THE ART OF LIFE
(6) (1.6) Chapter V. VOLTAIRE PATRIARCH: 1758-78
(7) (1.7) Chapter VI. ROUSSEAU ROMANTIC: 1756-62
(8) (1.8) Chapter VII. ROUSSEAU PHILOSOPHER
(9) (2.2) Chapter VIII. ROUSSEAU OUTCAST: 1762–67
(10) (2.3) BOOK III: THE CATHOLIC SOUTH: 1715-89 - Chapter IX. Italia Felix: 1715-59
(12) (2.5) Chapter X. PORTUGAL AND POMBAL: 1706-82
(13) (2.6) Chapter XI. SPAIN AND THE ENLIGHTENMENT: 1700-88
(15) (2.8) Chapter XII. Vale, Italia: 1760-89
(16) (2.9) Chapter XIII. THE ENLIGHTENMENT IN AUSTRIA: 1756-90
(17) (2.10) Chapter XIV. MUSIC REFORMED
(18) (3.2) Chapter XV. MOZART
(19) (3.3) BOOK IV: ISLAM AND THE SLAVIC EAST: 1715-96 - Chapter XVI. ISLAM:1715-96
(20) (3.4) Chapter XVII. RUSSIAN INTERLUDE: 1725-62
(21) (3.5) Chapter XVIII. CATHERINE THE GREAT: 1762-96
(22) (3.6) Chapter XIX. THE RAPE OF POLAND: 1715-95
(23) (3.7) BOOK V: THE PROTESTANT NORTH: 1756-89 - Chapter XX. FREDERICK'S GERMANY: 1756-86
(25) (3.9) Chapter XXI. KANT: 1724-1804
(26) (3.10) Chapter XXII. ROADS TO WEIMAR: 1733-87
(27) (4.2) Chapter XXIII. WEIMAR IN FLOWER: 1775-1805
(28) (4.3) Chapter XXIV. GOETHE NESTOR: 1805—32
(29) (4.4) Chapter XXV. THE JEWS: 1715-89
(30) (4.5) Chapter XXVI. FROM GENEVA TO STOCKHOLM
(31) (4.6) BOOK VI: JOHNSON'S ENGLAND: 1756-89 - Chapter XXVII. THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
(32) (4.7) Chapter XXVIII. THE POLITICAL DRAMA: 1756-92
(34) (4.9) Chapter XXIX. THE ENGLISH PEOPLE: 1756-89
(35) (4.10) Chapter XXX. THE AGE OF REYNOLDS: 1756-90
(36) (5.2) Chapter XXXI. ENGLAND'S NEIGHBORS: 1756-89
(37) (5.3) Chapter XXXII. THE LITERARY SCENE: 1756-89
(38) (5.4) Chapter XXXIII. SAMUEL JOHNSON: 1709-84
(39) (5.5) BOOK VII: THE COLLAPSE OF FEUDAL FRANCE: 1774-89 - Chapter XXXIV. THE FINAL GLORY: 1774-83
(40) (6.2) Chapter XXXV. DEATH AND THE PHILOSOPHERS: 1774-1807
(41) (6.3) Chapter XXXVI. ON THE EVE: 1774-89
(42) (6.4) Chapter XXXVII. THE ANATOMY OF REVOLUTION:1774-89
(43) (6.5) Chapter XXXVIII. THE POLITICAL DEBACLE: 1783-89
(44) (6.6) ENVOI
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Mosses from an Old Manse
- By: Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Narrated by: George Doyle
- Length: 18 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
Many of the tales collected in "Mosses from an Old Manse" are allegories and, typical of Hawthorne, focus on the negative side of human nature. Hawthorne's friend Herman Melville noted this aspect in his review about Hawthorne and his "Mosses": "This black conceit pervades him through and through. You may be witched by his sunlight, transported by the bright gildings in the skies he builds over you; but there is the blackness of darkness beyond."
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4 out of 5 stars
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Essential Hawthorne Collection, Excellent Narrator
- By JimD on 04-22-23
- Mosses from an Old Manse
- By: Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Narrated by: George Doyle
Essential Hawthorne Collection, Excellent Narrator
Reviewed: 04-22-23
STORY:
This audiobook includes all 23 of the stories and sketches published by Nathaniel Hawthorne in the collection "Mosses from an Old Manse" in 1846, plus three more added in the 1854 second edition. Many of these are famous in their own right, often appearing in anthologies of 'best' or 'favorite' short stories. This and Hawthorne's earlier collection "Twice-Told Tales" (many of which are likewise famous) are essential American literature for the quality of the writing and for their entertainment value.
PERFORMANCE:
The narrator, George Doyle (alias for Bob Neufeld), is an excellent story-teller. To me he is reminiscent of George Guidall -- both in the burnished quality of his voice and his engaged and eager phrasing without over-acting. This audiobook and his narration of the complete "Twice-Told Tales" are also available on YouTube (search for "George Doyle topic") and were originally recorded for LibriVox as free public domain audiobooks.
OVERALL:
The recorded sound is only mediocre but doesn't interfere with the listening experience. Inexplicably, the publisher does not provide the titles that are essential to a collection of individual stories, but merely Chapter 1, etc. I've supplied the story titles below:
1. The Old Manse: Part 1
2. The Old Manse: Part 2
3. The Old Manse: Part 3
4. The Birth-Mark
5. A Select Party
6. Young Goodman Brown
7. Rappaccini's Daughter: Part 1
8. Rappaccini's Daughter: Part 2
9. Mrs. Bullfrog
10. The Celestial Railroad
11. The Procession of Life
12. Feathertop
13. Egotism; or, The Bosom-Serpent
14. Drowne's Wooden Image
15. Roger Malvin's Burial
16. The Artist of the Beautiful: Part 1
17. The Artist of the Beautiful: Part 2
18. Fire-Worship
19. Buds and Bird-Voices
20. Monsieur du Miroir
21. The Hall of Fantasy
22. The New Adam and Eve
23. The Christmas Banquet
24. The Intelligence Office
25. P.'s Correspondence
26. Earth's Holocaust
27. Passages from a Relinquished Work
28. Sketches from Memory
29. The Old Apple-Dealer
30. A Virtuoso's Collection
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