Impressions and Comments

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Impressions and Comments

by Havelock Ellis

EN·~5 hours·3 chapters

Chapters

3 total

By Havelock Ellis

0:01

PREFACE

2:41

IMPRESSIONS AND COMMENTS

5:20:05

Description

In this lively collection, the author gathers a series of fleeting notes taken over many years, each one a leaf blown from a personal journal. The pieces range from quiet meditations on nature’s wonders to sharp sketches of city life, inviting listeners to pause and fill the gaps with their own imagination. Though the style is fragmentary, a steady undercurrent of curiosity and humane concern ties the fragments together.

Among the most striking moments is a night‑time vignette of a woman stumbling on a street, observed by indifferent passersby until a compassionate stranger steps in. Through such scenes the work explores how modern manners have shifted, questioning what true chivalry means in a bustling world. The tone is thoughtful yet unapologetically personal, offering a mosaic of insights that reward attentive listening.

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Language

en

Duration

~5 hours (309K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Text file produced by S.R. Ellison, Eric Eldred and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger

Release date

2005-05-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Havelock Ellis

Havelock Ellis

1859–1939

A pioneering and controversial voice in the study of human sexuality, this English writer and physician challenged the silences of the Victorian age. His books helped open public discussion of sex, desire, and social reform, and they still mark an important moment in modern intellectual history.

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