The Pleasures of Ignorance
Robert Lynd
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From the pen of the Irish poet and essayist, Robert Lynd, comes a collection of humorous and satirical essays on topics as wide ranging as cats and weed to why we hate insects and morals of beans. - Summary by Larry Wilson (5 hr 35 min)
Chapters
| The Pleasures of Ignorance | 10:33 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| The Herring Fleet | 14:43 | Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025) |
| The Betting Man | 13:04 | Read by Steven M. Lafitte |
| The Hum of Insects | 12:05 | Read by Julia Mikheeva |
| Cats | 12:58 | Read by Wayne Anderson |
| May | 12:00 | Read by Tom Penn |
| New Year Prophecies | 15:23 | Read by Tom Penn |
| On Knowing the Difference | 13:20 | Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025) |
| The Intellectual Side of Horse-Racing | 14:35 | Read by Tom Penn |
| Why We Hate Insects | 14:17 | Read by Tom Penn |
| Virtue | 11:36 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
| June | 11:21 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
| On Feeling Gay | 15:14 | Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025) |
| In the Train | 14:02 | Read by brianna |
| The Most Curious Animal | 13:25 | Read by Z. Z. Turner |
| The Old Indifference | 12:40 | Read by Nemo |
| Eggs: An Easter Homily | 12:33 | Read by Tom Penn |
| Enter The Spring | 13:55 | Read by jimsvox4 |
| The Daredevil Barber | 11:17 | Read by Tom Penn |
| Weeds: An Appreciation | 14:40 | Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025) |
| A Juror in Waiting | 12:14 | Read by Tom Penn |
| The Three-halfpenny Bit | 12:14 | Read by Annyiee Hill |
| The Morals of Beans | 11:10 | Read by zgorelick |
| On Seeing a Joke | 12:48 | Read by Annyiee Hill |
| Going to The Derby | 12:59 | Read by Monica Washington |
| This Blasted World | 10:33 | Read by Larry Wilson |