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Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow

3 Ratings

4.3

Duration
4H 44min
Language
English
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Fiction

Jerome. K. Jerome allows us to laugh, with and at, both himself and ourselves in his writing. As we peruse his “Idle Thoughts” on subjects ranging from babies to ambition, from dogs to poverty, we find that the dust of over a hundred years have not dimmed the mirror in which we look.

Jerome, as in his other comic works presents a seeming stream of consciousness that can shift in a moment from the ridiculous to the sublime, from self-deprecation to intense longing.

Such “Idle Thoughts” will not be in vain while we can still recognise that humanity changes very little over the ages, and while we can still laugh at ourselves.

Narrated by Simon Hester. With original music.

© 2021 Head Stories Audio (Audiobook): 9781664963214

Release date

Audiobook: October 14, 2021

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