The Charles Dudley Warner Library copertina

The Charles Dudley Warner Library

The Charles Dudley Warner Library

Di: Charles Dudley Warner
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There is a peculiar pleasure in keeping company with a thoughtful writer, especially one who never hurries his reader nor mistakes noise for wisdom. Charles Dudley Warner possessed that rare gift. Whether wandering through a garden, journeying abroad, recalling the delights of boyhood, or casting a kindly but discerning eye upon the follies of his age, he writes with wit, grace, and quiet good sense.

In this library you will find his works read in full, unabridged and unhurried, just as they were written to be enjoyed. Come for a chapter on a peaceful evening, or linger through an entire volume. You may discover that observations penned more than a century ago still bloom as freshly as a well-tended garden.

If you have not yet made Mr. Warner's acquaintance, step inside. If you have, you will find an old friend waiting by the fireside.
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Episodi
  • Summer in a Garden Ninth Week

    Summer in a Garden Ninth Week
    Aug 9 2026
    In which the garden becomes a setting for a whimsical meditation on the moral character of various vegetables, each judged for its social graces and literary merit with a touch of gentle irony. The author reflects on the interplay of natural selection and human intervention, alluding to the lively struggles beneath the garden’s surface and the curious ways in which life unfolds among his plants.
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    8 min
  • Summer in a Garden Eighth Week

    Summer in a Garden Eighth Week
    Aug 7 2026
    In which a distinguished visitor, President Grant, graces the garden with his presence, bringing lively conversation and sincere admiration for the fruits of patient cultivation. The day unfolds with gentle humour and thoughtful reflections on politics, nature, and the simple joys borne from tending the earth.
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    8 min
  • Summer in a Garden Seventh Week

    Summer in a Garden Seventh Week
    Aug 5 2026
    In which the author reflects on the continual and inexorable struggles of tending a garden, meditating on Nature’s persistent defiance and the quiet warfare waged between gardener and weed, insect, and mole alike. A whimsical plan for a strawberry festival is proposed to rally neighbours and raise funds for the garden’s preservation, all the while acknowledging the deep lessons in patience and humility that the summer season imparts.
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    9 min
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