Gesine
108 books
*Non-fiction
650
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius - Consolation of Philosophy
Consolation of Philosophy (Latin: Consolatio Philosophiae) is a philosophical work by Boethius written in about the year 524 AD. It has been described as the single most important and influential work in the West in...
5 hours 13 minutes
*Non-fiction
535
James Edward Austen-Leigh - Memoir of Jane Austen
«The Memoir of my Aunt, Jane Austen, has been received with more favour than I had ventured to expect. The notices taken of it in the periodical press, as well as letters addressed to me by many with whom I am not...
4 hours 59 minutes
*Non-fiction
559
Thomas Babington Macaulay - History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 1, Chapter 05)
This chapter of Macaulay’s, History of England is concerned, for a large part, with insurrection against James II and his manoeuverings to suppress these. Argyle has been sheltering in Holland and returns to raise an...
4 hours 42 minutes
Letters
467
Ludwig van Beethoven - Selected Letters of Ludwig van Beethoven
A selection of Beethoven's letters from the compilation by Ludwig Ritter von Köchel (1800-1877) and Ludwig Nohl (1831-1885), and translated by Lady Grace Wallace. (Summary by Scott D. Farquhar) 09 — To Herr Kauka...
3 hours 31 minutes
*Non-fiction
511
Thomas Babington Macaulay - History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 1, Chapter 04)
This chapter is a bit of a mixture. It begins with the death of Charles II and then goes on to James II. Judge Jeffries then makes an appearance in a riot of slapstick absurdity when viewed from so far away....
3 hours 11 minutes
