The Casual Ward: Academic and Other Oddments

by A. D. (Alfred Denis) Godley

EN·~2 hours·36 chapters

Chapters

36 total

Transcribed from the 1912 Smith, Elder & Co. edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org

0:05

THE CASUAL WARD

1:26

M. T. CICERONIS DE LEGE BODLEIANA ORATIO

5:33

THE EIGHTS IN FICTION - I. Old Style

6:38

THUCYDIDES ON THE INFLUENZA

4:21

HERODOTUS ON HORSEBACK

4:31

TAC. HIST., BK. VI. De Avla S. Edmvndi.

2:52

THE JOURNALISTIC TOUCH (i.) the true tale of troy

7:38

THE JOURNALISTIC TOUCH (ii.) forgotten history

5:35

PHILOGEORGOS, OR CONCERNING BRIBERY

5:25

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Duration

~2 hours (131K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

2009-12-16

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30690

Subjects

English wit and humor Humorous poetry, English PR

About the author

A. D. (Alfred Denis) Godley

1856–1925

Known for pairing deep classical learning with a playful sense of humor, this Anglo-Irish scholar wrote both serious academic work and light verse. He spent much of his career at Oxford, where his wit and scholarship made him a memorable literary figure.

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