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Dialogues of the Dead

Can the dead of different ages and spaces meet in the afterlife? This is a thought that has occupied a number of writers throughout literature, George Lyttleton being one of them. He allows Plato to discourse with Fenelon, allows a native American warrior to explain the barbarity of the custom of duels among gentlemen to a victim of such a duel, and he has William Penn clash with Fernando Cortez over Cortez's cruelty in Mexico. The characters of the conversations are as different as the subjects, drawing not only on Lyttleton's rich historical knowledge, but also on his experience as a statesman. - Summary by Carolin (6 hr 54 min)

Chapters

Introduction

Dialogue I

Dialogue II

Dialogue III

Dialogue IV

Dialogue V

Dialogue VI

Dialogue VII

Dialogue VIII

Dialogue IX

Dialogue X

Dialogue XI

Dialogue XII

Dialogue XIII

Dialogue XIV

Dialogue XV

Dialogue XVI

Dialogue XVII

Dialogue XVIII

Dialogue XIX

Dialogue XX

Dialogue XXI

Dialogue XXII

Dialogue XXIII

Dialogue XXIV

Dialogue XXV

Dialogue XXVI

Dialogue XXVII

Dialogue XXVIII

Dialogue XXIX

Dialogue XXX

Dialogue XXXI

Dialogue XXXII