The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things is a posthumous collection of essays by William Hazlitt, organized by his grandson, William Carew Hazlitt. The book contains some of Hazlitt's more famous essays that hadn't been previously published in book format.
Latest episodes of the podcast The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things by William Hazlitt
- 01 - On the Prose Style of Poets, part 1
- 02 - On the Prose Style of Poets, part 2
- 03 - On Dreams
- 04 - On the Conversation of Authors
- 05 - On the Same Subject Continued
- 06 - On Reason and Imagination
- 07 - On Application to Study
- 08 - On Londoners and Country People, part 1
- 09 - On Londoners and Country People, part 2
- 10 - On the Spirit of Obligations
- 11 - On the Old Age of Artists
- 12 - On Envy (A Dialogue)
- 13 - On Sitting for One's Picture
- 14 - Whether Genius is Conscious of its Powers
- 15 - On the Pleasure of Hating
- 16 - On Dr. Spurzheim's Theory, part 1
- 17 - On Dr. Spurzheim's Theory, part 2
- 18 - On Egotism, part 1
- 19 - On Egotism, part 2
- 20 - Hot and Cold
- 21 - The New School of Reform: a Dialogue Between a Rationalist and a Sentimentalist, part 1
- 22 - The New School of Reform: a Dialogue Between a Rationalist and a Sentimentalist, part 2
- 23 - On the Qualifications Necessary to Success in Life, part 1
- 24 - On the Qualifications Necessary to Success in Life, part 2
- 25 - On the Look of a Gentleman
- 26 - On Reading Old Books
- 27 - On Personal Character, part 1
- 28 - On Personal Character, part 2
- 29 - On People of Sense
- 30 - On Antiquity
- 31 - On the Difference Between Writing and Speaking, part 1
- 32 - On the Difference Between Writing and Speaking, part 2
- 33 - On a Portrait of an English Lady by Vandyke, part 1
- 34 - On a Portrait of an English Lady by Vandyke, part 2
- 35 - On Novelty and Familiarity, part 1
- 36 - On Novelty and Familiarity, part 2
- 37 - On Old English Writers and Speakers, part 1
- 38 - On Old English Writers and Speakers, part 2
- 39 - Madame Pasta and Mademoiselle Mars
- 40 - Sir Walter Scott, Racine and Shakespeare
- 41 - On Depth and Superficiality, part 1
- 42 - On Depth and Superficiality, part 2
- 43 - On Respectable People
- 44 - On the Jealousy and the Spleen of Party, part 1
- 45 - On the Jealousy and the Spleen of Party, part 2