On Heroes, Hero Worship, and the Heroic in History

De: Thomas Carlyle

Narrado por: Michael Anthony

On Heroes, Hero Worship, and The Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle, is a collection of six lectures given in May 1840 about prominent historical figures. It sets out Carlyle's belief in the importance of heroic leadership, his view of how the world would be if powerful and inspired men were to have the power he thought they deserved.

The collection includes figures ranging from religion to literature and politics, and the figures chosen were presented by Carlyle as archetypal examples of individuals who had dramatically impacted history for good or ill. The figures are: Odin (Paganism), Muhammad (Islam), Dante & Shakespeare (Poet), Luther & Knox (Priest), Johnson, Rousseau & Burns (Man of Letters), Cromwell & Napoleon (Modern revolutionism).

Public Domain (P)2020 Museum Audiobooks

choppy reading

language was read choppy and hard to understand. word usage outside my experience combined with reading style made it hard to understan.

Robotic, grating voice

They couldn't have chosen a worse voice actor for this book. Imagine the dumbest sportscaster in the world trying to imitate Christopher Walken while also trying to emulate a robot. Would you cast that person to read classic British literature? Big fail here. Literally this work is better read by an actual text to voice robot.