

The Human Machine
Author: Arnold Bennett
Narrator: Oliver Adams
Unabridged: 2 hr 14 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Interactive Media
Published: 01/04/2023
Categories: Nonfiction, Self-help, Motivational & Inspirational
Author: Arnold Bennett
Narrator: Oliver Adams
Unabridged: 2 hr 14 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Interactive Media
Published: 01/04/2023
Categories: Nonfiction, Self-help, Motivational & Inspirational
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