Track | Chapter | Length |
01 | 00 - Dedication | 10:17 |
02 | 01 - Chapter 1 Part I: The First Day | 31:33 |
03 | 02 - Chapter 1 Part II: The First Day | 31:30 |
04 | 03 - Chapter 2 - The Second Day: On the Otter and the Chub | 14:58 |
05 | 04 - Chapter 3 - The Third Day: How to Fish for and to Dress the Chavender or Chub | 11:10 |
06 | 05 - Chapter 4 - The Third Day continued: On the Nature and Breeding of the Trout | 20:49 |
07 | 06 - Chapter 5 Part I - The Third Day continued: On the Trout | 29:50 |
08 | 07 - Chapter 5 Part II - The Third Day continued: On the Trout | 30:28 |
09 | 08 - Chapter 6 - The Fourth Day continued: The Umber or Grayling | 4:27 |
10 | 09 - Chapter 7 - The Fourth Day continued: The Salmon | 12:18 |
11 | 10 - Chapter 8 - The Fourth Day continued: The Luce or Pike | 21:33 |
12 | 11 - Chapter 9 - The Fourth Day continued: On the Carp | 15:15 |
13 | 12 - Chapter 10 - The Fourth Day continued: On the Bream | 12:36 |
14 | 13 - Chapters 11 to 13 - The Fourth Day continued: On the Tench the Perch and the Eel | 23:53 |
15 | 14 - Chapter 14 - The Fourth Day continued: Of the Barbel | 7:46 |
16 | 15 - Chapter 15 - The Fourth Day continued: Of the Gudgeon the Ruffe and the Bleak | 4:51 |
17 | 16 - Chapter 16 - The Fourth Day continued: Is of Nothing or of Nothing Worth | 11:06 |
18 | 17 - Chapter 17 - The Fifth Day continued: Of Roach and Dace | 17:50 |
19 | 18 - Chapter 18 - The Fifth Day continued: Of the Minnow or Penk etc | 6:53 |
20 | 19 - Chapter 19 - The Fifth Day continued: Of Rivers and Some Observations of Fish | 6:35 |
21 | 20 - Chapter 20 - The Fifth Day continued: Of Fishponds | 6:23 |
22 | 21 - Chapter 21 - The Fifth Day continued | 25:07 |
Notes
Running Time: 5 hours 57 minutes
Read by: Nicole Lee
Book Coordinator: Nicole Lee
Meta Coordinators: Bart de Leeuw
Proof Listener: Rapunzelina
Artwork
Cover: Wading fishermen, 1891, by Leon Wyczolkowski (1852-1936), National Museum in Warsaw.
DVD Inset: Signed bindings for The Compleat Angler over beveled wooden boards with bronze medals of Izakk walton and Charles Cotton sunk in the covers, Thomas Gosden (1780 - 1843)
DVD inset: Portrait of Izaak Walton by Jacob Huysmans, c. 1672.
DVD Insert: Hackels - Color Plate A from Favorite Flies and Their Histories, Mary Orvis Marbury, 1892.
Recordings
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“I have laid aside business, and gone a-fishing.”
The Compleat Angler, or, the Contemplative Man’s Recreation is a unique classic work, a treatise that celebrates the art and spirit of fishing. The subtitle conveys its essence well, as the material ranges from technical tips to quotations, anecdotes, poems, songs, turns of phrase and musings on the nature of creation. True to the spirit of the work, Walton revised the work through five editions in the twenty-five years following its initial publication in 1653, during which time it grew from thirteen to twenty-one chapters. Originally structured with two speakers, Piscator and Venator, later editions added new companions who each discoursed on the aspects of his favorite pastime. Walton was a reputed master in the use of worms, frogs, and grasshoppers for bait fishing, but turned to humorist and retired cook Thomas Barker for the fly fishing section, which was added to and completed by his friend Charles Cotton in later editions. The book was thus a living thing, and developed much the way a blog might evolve in the present day.
Walton wrote of his pastime: “We may say of angling as Dr. Boteler said of strawberries: "Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did"; and so, if I might be judge, God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling.” We might well say that God could have made a better book about angling, but doubtless God never did.
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Item Info | |
EAN - DVD case | 0683422134838 |
EAN - CD jacket | 0682550992921 |
Media | MP3 CD |
Package | DVD Case |
Author | Izaak Walton (1593-1683) |
Year | 1653 |
Recording | |
Read by | Nicole Lee |
Length | 5 hours and 57 minutes |
Type of Reading | Solo |
The Compleat Angler
- Author: Izaak Walton
- Product Code: DB-1164
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