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Speeches: Literary and Social

Name: Speeches: Literary and Social
Author: Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

Read by Bryn Roberts · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Introduction Pt. 1 (35:05)
Introduction Pt. 2 (38:33)
I. EDINBURGH, JUNE 25, 1841. (11:01)
II. JANUARY, 1842. (2:37)
III. FEBRUARY 1842. (13:32)
IV. FEBRUARY 7, 1842. (10:38)
V. NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 18, 1842. (12:14)
VI. MANCHESTER, OCTOBER 5, 1843. (15:47)
VII. LIVERPOOL, FEBRUARY 26, 1844. (13:07)
VIII. BIRMINGHAM, FEBRUARY 28, 1844. (16:40)
IX. GARDENERS AND GARDENING. LONDON, JUNE 14, 1852. (8:10)
X. BIRMINGHAM, JANUARY 6, 1853. (19:17)
XI. LONDON, APRIL 30, 1853. (2:42)
XII. LONDON, MAY 1, 1853. (2:41)
XIII. BIRMINGHAM, DECEMBER 30, 1853. (7:04)
XIV. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS. LONDON, DECEMBER 30, 1854. (14:59)
XV. ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM. (23:25)
XVI. SHEFFIELD, DECEMBER 22, 1855. (2:24)
XVII. LONDON, FEBRUARY 9, 1858. (17:14)
XVIII. EDINBURGH, MARCH, 26, 1858. (2:27)
XIX. LONDON, MARCH 29, 1858. (5:38)
XX. LONDON, APRIL 29, 1858. (2:57)
XXI. LONDON, MAY 1, 1858. (1:30)
XXII. LONDON, JULY 21, 1858. (5:34)
XXIII. MANCHESTER, DECEMBER 3, 1858. (21:04)
XXIV. COVENTRY, DECEMBER 4, 1858. (4:46)
XXV. LONDON, MARCH 29, 1862. (4:51)
XXVI. LONDON, MAY 20, 1862. (8:47)
XXVII. LONDON, MAY 11, 1864. (11:46)
XXVIII. LONDON, MAY 9, 1865. (11:41)
XXIX. NEWSPAPER PRESS FUND. LONDON, MAY 20, 1865. (16:29)
XXX. KNEBWORTH, JULY 29, 1865. (4:22)
XXXI. LONDON, FEBRUARY 14, 1866. (14:19)
XXXII. LONDON, MARCH 28, 1866. (5:02)
XXXIII. LONDON, MAY 7, 1866. (4:48)
XXXIV. LONDON, JUNE 5, 1867. (12:53)
XXXV. LONDON, SEPTEMBER 17, 1867. (3:18)
XXXVI. LONDON, NOVEMBER 2, 1867. (8:25)
XXXVII. BOSTON, APRIL 8, 1868. (3:01)
XXXVIII. NEW YORK, APRIL 18, 1863. (11:21)
XXXIX. NEW YORK, APRIL 20, 1868. (2:17)
XL. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 10, 1869. (10:09)
THE OXFORD AND HARVARD BOAT RACE. SYDENHAM, AUGUST 30, 1869. (10:26)
XLII. BIRMINGHAM, SEPTEMBER 27, 1869. (28:29)
XLIII. BIRMINGHAM, JANUARY 6, 1870. (7:32)
XLIV. LONDON, APRIL 6, 1846. (9:10)
XLV. LEEDS, DECEMBER 1,1847. (13:31)
XLVI. GLASGOW, DECEMBER 28, 1847. (15:31)
XLVII. LONDON, APRIL 14, 1851. (9:56)
XLVIII. THE ROYAL LITERARY FUND. LONDON, MARCH 12, 1856. (8:41)
XLIX. LONDON, NOVEMBER 5, 1857. (13:51)
L. LONDON, MAY 8, 1858. (9:49)
LI. THE FAREWELL READING. ST. JAMES’S HALL, MARCH 15, 1870. (5:03)
LII. THE NEWSVENDORS’ INSTITUTION. LONDON, APRIL 5, 1870. (11:32)
LIII. MACREADY. LONDON, MARCH 1, 1851. (8:59)
LIV. SANITARY REFORM. LONDON, MAY 10, 1851. (7:08)
LV. GARDENING. LONDON, JUNE 9, 1851. (4:48)
LVI. THE ROYAL ACADEMY DINNER. LONDON, MAY 2, 1870. (6:09)
CHARLES DICKENS AS A LETTER-WRITER, AND AS A POET. I.—AS A LETTER-WRITER. (15:38)
CHARLES DICKENS AS A LETTER-WRITER, AND AS A POET. I.—AS A POET. (13:20)
CHARLES DICKENS’S READINGS. THE FIRST PUBLIC READING. BY ONE WHO HEARD IT. (32:52)