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Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures

Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures by Jerrold, Douglas William. 38 sections, 4 hr 21 min. Public domain recording (LibriVox).

Details

Length
4 hr 21 min
Sections
38
Language
English
Source
LibriVox
Internet Archive
mrs_caudles_curtain_lectures_librivox
Rights
Public domain — LibriVox recording of a public-domain text

Chapters

  1. Introduction 8:45
  2. Lecture 1: Mr. Caudle has lent five pounds to a friend 6:22
  3. Lecture 2: Mr. Caudle has been at a tavern with a friend, and is 7:11
  4. Lecture 3: Mr. Caudle joins a club - 7:39
  5. Lecture 4: Mr. Caudle has been called from his bed to bail Mr. Prettyman from the watch-house 2:56
  6. Lecture 5: Mr. Caudle has remained downstairs till past one, with a friend 4:19
  7. Lecture 6: Mr. Caudle has lent an acquaintance the family umbrella 6:23
  8. Lecture 7: Mr. Caudle has ventured a remonstrance on his day's dinner: cold mutton and no pudding. - Mrs Caudle defends the cold shoulder. 6:29
  9. Lecture 8: Caudle has been made a mason - Mrs Caudle indignant and curious 6:08
  10. Lecture 9: Mr Caudle has been to Greenwich fair 6:02
  11. Lecture 10: On Mr. Caudle's shirt buttons 6:29
  12. Lecture 11: Mrs Caudle suggests the her dear mother should 7:40
  13. Lecture 12: Mr. Caudle having come home a little late, declares that henceforth 7:05
  14. Lecture 13: Mrs Caudle has been to see her dear mother - Caudle on the 5:38
  15. Lecture 14: Mrs Caudle thinks it 7:27
  16. Lecture 15: Mr. Caudle again stayed out late. Mrs Caudle, at first injured and violent, melts. 7:19
  17. Lecture 16: Baby is to be christened; Mrs Caudle canvasses the merits of probable godfathers 7:41
  18. Lecture 17: Caudle in the course of the day has ventured to question the economy of 7:11
  19. Lecture 18: Caudle, whilst walking with his wife, has been bowed to by a younger and even prettier woman than Mrs Caudle 6:57
  20. Lecture 19: Mrs Caudle thinks 7:23
  21. Lecture 20: 7:26
  22. Lecture 21: Mr. Caudle has not acted 7:47
  23. Lecture 22: Caudle comes home in the evening, as Mrs Caudle has 7:43
  24. Lecture 23: Mrs Caudle 7:41
  25. Lecture 24: Mrs Caudle dwells on Caudle's 7:47
  26. Lecture 25: Mrs Caudle, wearied of Margate, has 8:10
  27. Lecture 26: Mrs Caudle's first night in France - 7:21
  28. Lecture 27: Mrs Caudle returns to her native land. 7:47
  29. Lecture 29: Mrs Caudle has returned home. The house (of course) 6:12
  30. Lecture 29: Mrs Caudle thinks 8:17
  31. Lecture 30: Mrs Caudle complains of the 7:26
  32. Lecture 31: Mrs Caudle complains very bitterly that Mr. Caudle has 8:02
  33. Lecture 32: Mrs Caudle discourses of maids-of-all-work and maids in general. Mr. Caudle 7:09
  34. Lecture 33: Mrs Caudle has discovered that Caudle is a railway director 7:36
  35. Lecture 34: Mrs Caudle, suspecting that Mr. Caudle has made his will, is only 7:36
  36. Lecture 35: Mrs Caudle 7:35
  37. Lecture the Last: Mrs Caudle has taken cold; the tragedy of thin shoes 5:16
  38. Postscript 1:55