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First and Last

Name: First and Last
Author: Hilaire Belloc

Hilaire Belloc

Read by Ray Clare · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Chapter 01 On Weighing Anchor (6:28)
Chapter 02 On Reveillon (8:16)
Chapter 03 On Cheeses (10:55)
Chapter 04 The Captain of Industry (12:25)
Chapter 05 The Inventor (13:04)
Chapter 06 The Views of England (10:55)
Chapter 07 The Lunatic (10:59)
Chapter 08 The Inheritance of Humour (8:17)
Chapter 09 The Old Gentelman's Opinions (11:57)
Chapter 10 On Historical Evidence (18:45)
Chapter 11 The Absence of the Past (11:46)
Chapter 12 St. Patrick (8:59)
Chapter 13 The Lost Things (8:01)
Chapter 14 On Historical Evidence (12:53)
Chapter 15 The Victory (8:52)
Chapter 16 Reality (13:33)
Chapter 17 On the Decline of the Book (22:44)
Chapter 18 Jose Maria de Heredia (9:20)
Chapter 19 Normandy and the Normans (9:54)
Chapter 20 The Old Things (11:19)
Chapter 21 The Battle of Hastings (11:01)
Chapter 22 The Roman Roads in Picardy (9:45)
Chapter 23 The Reward of Letters (12:27)
Chapter 24 The Eye-Openers (9:21)
Chapter 25 The Public (11:02)
Chapter 26 On Entries (11:45)
Chapter 27 Companions of Travel (9:06)
Chapter 28 On the Sources of Rivers (8:36)
Chapter 29 On Error (10:31)
Chapter 30 The Great Sight (13:55)
Chapter 31 The Decline of a State (9:03)
Chapter 32 On Past Greatness (7:15)
Chapter 33 Mr. The Duke: The Man of Malplaquet (10:15)
Chapter 34 The Game of Cards (12:59)
Chapter 35 "King Lear" (8:46)
Chapter 36 The Excursion (12:01)
Chapter 37 The Tide (9:54)
Chapter 38 On a Great Wind (9:24)
Chapter 39 The Letter (9:14)
Chapter 40 The Regret (9:32)
Chapter 41 The End of the World (12:06)