# Brief Lives Volume I

An audiobook by John Aubrey, read by LibriVox volunteers (10 h 58 min, English).

A collection of sparkling gossipy biographical pieces of Aubrey's contemporaries, including Bacon, Jonson and Shakespeare, Brief Lives' glimpses into the unofficial side of these towering figures has won it an undying popularity, with Ruth Scurr's recent reimagined "autobiography" of Aubrey, breathing new life into this classic for the next generation of readers. - Summary by Nicole Lee

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## Chapters

1. Preface and Introduction (33:09): https://archive.org/download/brieflives1_1608_librivox/brieflivesvolume1_01_aubrey_64kb.mp3
2. Abbott to Aubrey (36:49): https://archive.org/download/brieflives1_1608_librivox/brieflivesvolume1_02_aubrey_64kb.mp3
3. Aubrey to Bacon (49:22): https://archive.org/download/brieflives1_1608_librivox/brieflivesvolume1_03_aubrey_64kb.mp3
4. Bacon to Blake (37:24): https://archive.org/download/brieflives1_1608_librivox/brieflivesvolume1_04_aubrey_64kb.mp3
5. Blount to Butler (48:24): https://archive.org/download/brieflives1_1608_librivox/brieflivesvolume1_05_aubrey_64kb.mp3
6. Butler to Charnock (51:43): https://archive.org/download/brieflives1_1608_librivox/brieflivesvolume1_06_aubrey_64kb.mp3
7. Chaucer to Danvers (41:07): https://archive.org/download/brieflives1_1608_librivox/brieflivesvolume1_07_aubrey_64kb.mp3
8. Danvers to Digby (48:26): https://archive.org/download/brieflives1_1608_librivox/brieflivesvolume1_08_aubrey_64kb.mp3
9. Digby to Feriby (45:04): https://archive.org/download/brieflives1_1608_librivox/brieflivesvolume1_09_aubrey_64kb.mp3
10. Fisk to Hariot (52:40): https://archive.org/download/brieflives1_1608_librivox/brieflivesvolume1_10_aubrey_64kb.mp3
11. Harley to Hill (53:28): https://archive.org/download/brieflives1_1608_librivox/brieflivesvolume1_11_aubrey_64kb.mp3
12. Hobbes Part I (58:48): https://archive.org/download/brieflives1_1608_librivox/brieflivesvolume1_12_aubrey_64kb.mp3
13. Hobbes Part II (1:03:22): https://archive.org/download/brieflives1_1608_librivox/brieflivesvolume1_13_aubrey_64kb.mp3
14. Holder to Hyde (38:16): https://archive.org/download/brieflives1_1608_librivox/brieflivesvolume1_14_aubrey_64kb.mp3