

The human machine
Author: Arnold Bennett
Narrator: Andrew Jackson
Unabridged: 2 hr 22 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Loudly
Published: 03/27/2024
Categories: Nonfiction, Psychology
Author: Arnold Bennett
Narrator: Andrew Jackson
Unabridged: 2 hr 22 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Loudly
Published: 03/27/2024
Categories: Nonfiction, Psychology
Arnold Bennett was a prolific English novelist and leading realist author during the early twentieth century. In addition to his fictional work, he also wrote selected nonfiction and criticism, including his insightful book How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day.
Ruth Golding does justice to this rather curious self-help book. Bennett's humour and descriptive come through with relative ease, allowing for a discussion of human frailties in an accessible manner. Some folks may have issues with the book length and content reflective of the era, such as the occa......more
Entertaining, some useful ideas, and beautifully read by Librivox volunteer Ruth Golding, who fully brings out all the sardonic twists and wry humor. The work was four-star-worthy till the last couple chapters, which I found quite uninformed and half-baked. But overall worth a listen.......more
A wonderful, slim text. I am endlessly amused while reading of this white westerner realizing the ancient wisdom of the east completely oblivious that he has not in fact discovered anything new. He writes as though he has discovered something no one else has ever known! This enthusiasm is delightful......more
Arnold presents some interesting ideas and wisdom regarding people and the machine (their minds)! Easy to understand and one should heed the wisdom of someone such as this. It would seem they speak freak experience. I will try to put some of this into practice. I look forward to coming back and read......more