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The Friendly Road

New Adventures in Contentment

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Read by Sue Anderson · 7 h 12 min · 13 parts

  1. Preface

    4:01

  2. I Leave My Farm

    40:27

  3. I Whistle

    29:27

  4. The House by the Side of the Road

    29:19

  5. A Mighty Battle, in which Christian Again Meets Apollyon

    39:04

  6. I Play the Part of a Spectacle Peddler

    35:48

  7. An Experiment in Human Nature

    37:53

  8. The Undiscovered Country

    31:07

  9. The Hedge

    35:26

  10. The Man Possessed

    38:52

  11. I am Caught up into Life

    39:50

  12. I Grapple with the City

    40:56

  13. The Return

    30:49

The Friendly Road (1913) is a public domain work.

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A farmer puts aside the demands of planting season and sets out on foot through the spring countryside. With a bag over his shoulder, he discovers how stubbornly the habits of farm work follow him, even when there are no cows nearby to milk. David Grayson's first person account combines walking adventures with reflections on possessions, routine and the freedom to spend a morning without a fixed purpose.

Published in 1913, these linked sketches follow country roads into encounters with a minister, gardeners, a peddler and people in the city. The narrative also pauses over smaller experiences: sunshine in the woods, birdsong, a roadside brook and the wish to share a view with a friend.

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Reading time
About 4 hours
Pages
117
Language
English
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
Audio read by
Sue Anderson