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City of Din

Name: City of Din
Author: Dan McKenzie

Dan McKenzie

Read by Amelia Chesley · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Preface: "in the hope of rendering the world we live in quieter" (6:03)
"the world of Nature is not noisy" (17:31)
"the July night is thund'rous" (13:18)
"Civilisation is noise." (17:02)
"sensibility to noise varies very much" (12:02)
"in a world of reduced sound" (11:00)
"church bells, calling the faithful to worship" (17:26)
"the noise of railway trains" (21:41)
"noise and its evils" (21:52)
"noises of modern war" (4:53)
"the modern malady of Din" (9:49)