The Compleat Angler
The Compleat Angler

The Compleat Angler

Izaak Walton


The Compleat Angler, or, the Contemplative Man’s Recreation (1653) 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. Walton revised the work through five editions in the twenty-five years following its initial publication, 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.

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Product Details

Read by: Nicole Lee
Length: 5 hours and 58 minutes
Type: Solo reading
Media: MP3 CD
Package: Paper sleeve
Item No.: CD-1164
List Price: $3.99
Artwork: Disc contains 300 dpi image files for printing
CD label art: Includes both square JPG and round PNG formats
CD jewel case art: Includes cover, inner insert, and J-card
DVD case art: Includes wrapper for Amaray box and inner insert
   

Credits

Production

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.

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Table of Contents

Track Section Duration
1 00 - Dedication 10:17
2 01 - Chapter 1 Part I: The First Day 31:33
3 02 - Chapter 1 Part II: The First Day 31:35
4 03 - Chapter 2 - The Second Day: On the Otter and the Chub 15:00
5 04 - Chapter 3 - The Third Day: How to Fish for and to Dress the Chavender or Chub 11:09
6 05 - Chapter 4 - The Third Day continued: On the Nature and Breeding of the Trout 20:52
7 06 - Chapter 5 Part I - The Third Day continued: On the Trout 29:53
8 07 - Chapter 5 Part II - The Third Day continued: On the Trout 30:34
9 08 - Chapter 6 - The Fourth Day continued: The Umber or Grayling 4:27
10 09 - Chapter 7 - The Fourth Day continued: The Salmon 12:19
11 10 - Chapter 8 - The Fourth Day continued: The Luce or Pike 21:37
12 11 - Chapter 9 - The Fourth Day continued: On the Carp 15:17
13 12 - Chapter 10 - The Fourth Day continued: On the Bream 12:37
14 13 - Chapters 11 to 13 - The Fourth Day continued: On the Tench the Perch and the Eel 23:55
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 4:50
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 17:49
19 18 - Chapter 18 - The Fifth Day continued: Of the Minnow or Penk etc 6:51
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 25:10

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