Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2

Narrators: Jim Locke, Jason In Panama, Kate Follis, Sonia, Kalynda, Greg Giordano, Diana Schmidt

Number of Chapters: 83

Length: 27 hours

Language: English

This is the second volume of the collected Curiosities of Literature by Isaac D'Israeli. As in volume one, D'Isreali again takes us on a tour around literature, with a dash of history and politics here and there. The subjects are so varied that all listeners can count on learning something new. - Summary by Carolin

Charles the First (Jim Locke)

Duke of Buckingham (Jason in Panama)

The Death of Charles IX (Jim Locke)

Royal Promotions (Jim Locke)

Nobility (Jason in Panama)

Modes of Salutation, and Amicable Ceremonies, Observed in Various Nations (Kate Follis)

Fire, and the Origin of Fireworks (Jason in Panama)

The Bible Prohibited and Improved (Kate Follis)

Origin of the Materials of Writing (Jim Locke)

Anecdotes of European Manners (Jim Locke)

The Early Drama (Jim Locke)

The Marriage of the Arts (Jim Locke)

A Contrivance in Dramatic Dialogue (Jason in Panama)

The Comedy of a Madman (Sonia)

Solitude (Jim Locke)

Literary Friendships (Kalynda)

Anecdotes of Abstraction of Mind (Sonia)

Richardson (Greg Giordano)

Influence of a Name (Jim Locke)

The Jews of York (Diana Schmidt)

The Sovereignty of the Seas (Jason in Panama)

On the Custom of Kissing Hands (Jason in Panama)

Popes (Jason in Panama)

Literary Composition (Jim Locke)

Poetical Imitations and Similarities (Sonia)

Explanation of the Fac-Simile (Greg Giordano)

Literary Fashions (Jason in Panama)

The Pantomimical Characters (Jim Locke)

Extemporal Comedies (Jim Locke)

Massinger, Milton, and the Italian Theatre (Jim Locke)

Songs of Trades, or Songs for the People (Jim Locke)

Introducers of Exotic Flowers, Fruits, etc. (Jim Locke)

Usurers of the Seventeenth Century (Jim Locke)

Chidiock Titchbourne (Jim Locke)

Elizabeth and her Parliament (Jim Locke)

Anecdotes of Prince Henry, the Son of James I, when a Child (Jim Locke)

The Diary of a Master of the Ceremonies (Jim Locke)

Diaries - Moral, Historical, and Critical (Jim Locke)

Licensers of the Press (Jim Locke)

Of Anagrams and Echo Verses (Jim Locke)

Orthography of Proper Names (Kate Follis)

Names of Our Streets (Greg Giordano)

Secret History of Edward Vere, Earl of Oxford (Jason in Panama)

Ancient Cookery, and Cooks (Kate Follis)

Ancient and Modern Saturnalia (Jim Locke)

Reliquiae Gethinianae (Jim Locke)

Robinson Crusoe (Jason in Panama)

Catholic and Protestant Dramas (Kate Follis)

The History of the Theatre during its Suppression (Jim Locke)

Drinking-Customs in England (Kate Follis)

Literary Anecdotes (Jim Locke)

Condemned Poets (Greg Giordano)

Acajou and Zirphile (Jim Locke)

Tom o' Bedlams (Kate Follis)

Introduction of Tea, Coffee, and Chocolate (Kate Follis)

Charles the First's Love of the Fine Arts (Jim Locke)

Secret History of Charles the First, and his Queen Henrietta (Kate Follis)

The Minister - the Cardinal Duke of Richelieu (Jim Locke)

The Minister - Duke of Buckingham, Lord Admiral, Lord General, etc. etc. etc. (Kate Follis)

Felton, the Political Assassin (Kate Follis)

Johnson's Hints for the Life of Pope (Greg Giordano)

Modern Literature - Bayle's Critical Dictionary (Jim Locke)

Characteristics of Bayle (Jim Locke)

Cicero Viewed as a Collector (Jim Locke)

The History of the Caracci (Jim Locke)

An English Academy of Literature (Kate Follis)

Quotation (Kate Follis)

The Origin of Dante's Inferno (Jim Locke)

Of a History of Events which have not Happened (Kate Follis)

Of False Political Reports (Jim Locke)

Of Suppressors and Dilapidators of Manuscripts (Jim Locke)

Parodies (Jim Locke)

Anecdotes of the Fairfax Family (Jim Locke)

Medicine and Morals (Greg Giordano)

Psalm-Singing (Sonia)

On the Ridiculous Titles Assumed by Italian Academies (Jim Locke)

On the Hero of Hudibras, Butler Vindicated (Jim Locke)

Shenstone's School-Mistress (Jim Locke)

Ben Johnson on Translation (Jason in Panama)

The Loves of 'The Lady Arabella' (Jim Locke)

Domestic History of Sir Edward Coke (Jim Locke)

Of Coke's Style, and his Conduct (Jim Locke)

Secret History of Authors who have Ruined their Booksellers (Jim Locke)

The audiobook Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 falls under the genres of Literary Collections. It is written by Isaac D'israeli.

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