Idle Ideas in 1905

Genres: Essays & Short Works Humor Non-fiction

Narrators:StephenC, Peter Yearsley, Matt Sherman, Roger Clifton, Anna Simon, ChristianP, Julie VW, Eric Leach, Kalynda, Richard Kilmer, Jason Mills

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1. 01 - Are We As Interesting As We Think We Are?
2. 02 - Should Women Be Beautiful?
3. 03 - When Is The Best Time To Be Merry?
4. 04 - Do We Lie A-Bed Too Late?
5. 05 - Should Married Men Play Golf?
6. 06 - Are Early Marriages A Mistake?
7. 07 - Do Writers Write Too Much?
8. 08 - Should Soldiers Be Polite?
9. 09 - Ought Stories To Be True?
10. 10 - Creatures That One Day Shall Be Men
11. 11 - How To Be Happy Though Little
12. 12 - Should We Say What We Think, Or Think What We Say?
13. 13 - Is The American Husband Made Entirely Of Stained Glass
14. 14 - Does The Young Man Know Everything Worth Knowing?
15. 15 - How Many Charms Hath Music, Would You Say?
16. 16 - The white man's burden! Need it be so heavy?
17. 17 - Why Didn't He Marry The Girl?
18. 18 - What Mrs. Wilkins thought about it
19. 19 - Shall We Be Ruined By Chinese Cheap Labour?
20. 20 - How To Solve The Servant Problem
21. 21 - Why We Hate The Foreigner

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Back in 1905 Jerome K. Jerome shared his thoughts on a variety of subjects, including "Should Women Be Beautiful?", "Should Soldiers Be Polite?" and "Is The American Husband Made Entirely Of Stained Glass?". Each subject is analysed and commented on in the witty and satirical style we've grown to expect from the author.