Persuasion by Jane Austen

Persuasion by Jane Austen

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Total running time:  7 hours, 53 minutes

Persuasion illustration chapter 1, by Hugh Thomson, public domain

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Jack and Jill by Louisa May Alcott

Portrait of a pair of children with cherries and a toy, by Felix Mayer-Felice, public domain image

Summary:  Jack and Jill went up a hill
To coast with fun and laughter.
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after. – Louisa May Alcott

When Jack and Jill tumble off of their sled on the first good snow of the season, their injuries cause them to be bedridden for many months putting an end to their fun and frolics. Their parents and friends fill their long days with the joys of a theatrical production, their own personal mail system and many other imaginative events to make their convalescence time fly by. Both Jack and Jill learn how to become better friend’s to each other and their other school mates through their many trials. This is sure to become a family favorite! Summary by Mary Anderson for Librivox

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Total running time: 9 hours, 40 minutes

Sleeping Angel by John George Brown, public domain image

Chapter 01-The Catastrophe

Chapter 02-Two Penitents

Chapter 03-Ward Number One

Chapter 04-Ward Number Two

detail of The Patient by Felix Vallotton, public domain image

Chapter 05-Secrets

Chapter 06-Surprises

Chapter 07-Jill’s Mission

Chapter 08-Merry and Molly

Chapter 09-The Debating Club

Christmas Morning by Carl Larsson, public domain image

Chapter 10-The Dramatic Club

Chapter 11-Down Brakes

Chapter 12-The Twenty-second of February

Chapter 13-Jack Has a Mystery

Chapter 14-And Jill Finds It Out

Chapter 15-Saint Lucy

Chapter 16-Up at Merry’s

Chapter 17-Down at Molly’s

Flower Still Life by Ambrosius Bosschaert, the Elder, public domain image

Chapter 18-May Baskets

Chapter 19-Good Templars

Chapter 20-A Sweet Memory

Chapter 21-Pebbly Beach

Chapter 22-A Happy Day

Anton Braith, Frühlingsweide, public domain image

Chapter 23-Cattle

Chapter 24-Down the River

The Enchanted Castle by Edith Nesbit

Enchanted Pendennis Castle in Falmouth, Cornwall, image released to public domain by its author

Summary: Three children, forced to remain at school during the holidays, go in search of adventure. What they find is a magic castle straight out of a fairy tale, complete with an enchanted princess at the center of a maze. Or is it? The castle turns out to be just a country estate, and the princess is only the housekeeper’s niece, playing at dressing up. But the magic ring she shows them proves — to her surprise and horror — to really be magic. Soon they are caught in an adventure where statues come alive, lost lovers are reunited, and wishes can be granted — but always for a price. (Summary by Peter Eastman for Librivox)

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Total running time:  7 hours, 15 minutes

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Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Gold Ring with a Ruby by Mark Somma, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Holmes, illustrated by Paget, public domain

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Total running time:  14 hours, 44 minutes

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# 01 – How the Black Sheep Came Forth from the Fold

# 02 – How Alleyne Edricson Came Out into the World

# 03 – How Hordle John Cozened the Fuller of Lymington

# 04 – How the Bailiff of Southampton Slew the Two Masterless Men

# 05 – How a Strange Company Gathered at the ‘Pied Merlin’

# 06 – How Samkin Aylward Wagered His Feather-bed

# 07 – How the Three Comrades Journeyed through the Woodlands

# 08 – The Three Friends

Holmes, public domain, illustrated by Paget

# 09 – How Strange Things Befell in Minstead Wood

# 10 – How Hordle John Found a Man Whom He Might Follow

# 11 – How a Young Shepherd Had a Perilous Flock

# 12 – How Alleyne Learned More than He Could Teach

# 13 – How the White Company Set Forth to the Wars

# 14 – How Sir Nigel Sought for a Wayside Venture

# 15 – How the Yellow Cog Sailed Forth from Lepe

# 16 – How the Yellow Cog Fought the Two Rover Galleys

# 17 – How the Yellow Cog Crossed the Bar of Gironde

Holmes and Watson by Paget, public domain

# 18 – How Sir Nigel Loring Put a Patch Upon His Eye

# 19 – How There Was Stir at the Abbey of St. Andrew’s

# 20 – How Alleyne Won His Place in an Honorable Guild

# 21 – How Agostino Pisano Risked His Head

# 22 – How the Bowmen Held Wassail at the ‘Rose de Guienne’

# 23 – How England Held the Lists at Bordeaux

# 24 – How a Champion Came Forth from the East

# 25 – How Sir Nigel Wrote to Twynham Castle

# 26 – How the Three Comrades Gained a Mighty Treasure

# 27 – How Roger Club-foot was Passed into Paradise

# 28 – How the Comrades Came Over the Marches of France

# 29 – How the Blessed Hour of Sight Came to the Lady Tiphaine

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of Sherlock Holmes series, by Arnold Genthe, public domain

# 30 – How the Brushwood Men Came to the Chateau of Villefranche

# 31 – How Five Men Held the Keep of Villefranche

# 32 – How the Company Took Counsel Round the Fallen Tree

# 33 – How the Army Made the Passage of Roncesvalles

# 34 – How the Company Made Sport in the Vale of Pampeluna

# 35 – How Sir Nigel Hawked at an Eagle

# 36 – How Sir Nigel Took the Patch from His Eye

# 37 – How the White Company Came to be Disbanded

# 38 – Of the Home-coming to Hampshire

Silas Marner by George Eliot

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Summary: Silas Marner (originally published in 1861): Betrayed by a beloved friend and accused of a crime he didn’t commit, awkward Silas Marner is expelled from his beloved religious community — the only community he has ever known. He exiles himself in the remote village of Raveloe. Friendless and without family, set apart from the villagers by their superstition and fear of him, he plies his weaving trade day after day, storing up gold which becomes his idol. When his gold is stolen, he is rescued from despair by the arrival on his lonely hearth of a beautiful little girl, whom he adopts, and through whom he and the other people of the village learn that loving relationships are more fulfilling than material wealth. (Summary by rachelellen for Librivox)

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Total running time:  6 hours, 47 minutes

Dan'l Druce, Blacksmith takes its initial situation - the arrival of a child into a miser's life - from Silas Marner

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

George Eliot, author of Silas Marner

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Conclusion

Grimms’ Fairy Tales by The Brothers Grimm

Little Red Riding Hood by Albert Anker, public domain image

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The following stories are selected from among Grimms’ most popular fairy tales.  To listen to or to read the unabridged book of Grimms’ Fairy Tales (10 1/2 hours in length), use the following links:

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Summary: A classic collection of oral German folklore, brought together for posterity by the scholarly brothers Grimm in the 1800s, this epitome of fairy tales includes many of the world’s best known stories. In these dark foreboding woods, you will find: Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, Rumpelstiltskin, Lily and the Lion (better known as Beauty and the Beast), and Snow White and Rose Red, among other timeless works. These tales were later heavily revised and sanitised, but here are presented closer to their grim and beloved originals. (Summary by Marlo Dianne for Librivox)

Hans in Luck by Anne Anderson, public domain image

The Golden Bird

Hans in Luck

The Travelling Musicians

The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean

Briar Rose

The Twelve Dancing Princesses

The Fisherman and his Wife

The Frog Prince

Frog Prince by Anne Anderson, public domain image

The Cat and Mouse in Partnership

The Goose Girl

The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet

Rapunzel

The Valiant Little Tailor

The Valiant Little Tailor by Offterdinger, public domain image

Hansel and Gretel

Little Red-Cap (or Little Red Riding Hood)

The Robber Bridegroom

Tom Thumb

Rumpelstiltskin

Hansel and Gretel by Offterdinger, public domain image

Clever Gretel

Ashputtel  (or Cinderella)

The Elves and the Shoemaker

Clever Hans

The Four Clever Brothers

The Lily and the Lion (or Beauty and the Beast)

The Golden Goose

The King of The Golden Mountain

Snow White and Rose Red

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde in his favorite coat by Sarony, public domain image

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The Importance of Being Earnest is a classic comedy of manners in which two flippant young men, in order to impress their respected beloveds, pretend that their names are “Ernest,” which both young ladies believe confers magical qualities on the possessor. It was first performed for the public on February 14, 1895 at the St. James’ Theatre in London, and is regarded by many critics and scholars as being the wittiest play in the English language. (Summary from Wikipedia.org)

The Importance of Being Earnest, photograph of the original performance, public domain image

# Act 1 – 00:50:46

# Act 2 – 00:56:33

# Act 3 – 00:30:22

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Cross at Mt. Misery, Dartmoor.  This may have been the inspiration for Grimpen Mire in Hounds of the Baskervilles, image published under GNU Free Documentation license by its author Herby talk thyme

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# 01 – Mr. Sherlock Holmes – 00:14:37

# 02 – The Curse of the Baskervilles – 00:22:15

# 03 – The Problem – 00:17:20

# 04 – Sir Henry Baskerville – 00:23:51

# 05 – Three Broken Threads – 00:20:48

# 06 – Baskerville Hall – 00:21:16

# 07 – The Stapletons of Merripit House – 00:30:33

Holmes and Watson by Paget, 1903, public domain image

# 08 – First Report of Dr. Watson – 00:16:40

# 09 – Second Report of Dr. Watson – 00:39:50

# 10 – Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson – 00:22:08

Hound of the Baskervilles by Sidney Paget, public domain image

# 11 – The Man on the Tor – 00:27:23

# 12 – Death on the Moor – 00:24:55

# 13 – Fixing the Nets – 00:23:38

# 14 – The Hound of the Baskervilles – 00:24:32

# 15 – A Retrospection – 00:23:13

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

Summary: The action takes place in London, with excursions to Devon, Yorkshire, and Portsmouth, as we follow the adventures of the eponymous hero. Nicholas is forced to unwelcome employment to help secure support for his widowed mother and his sister from their mercenary relative Ralph, on whose mercy they have been thrown. After many adventures Nicholas finally triumphs over his Uncle, although his success is also tinged with sadness. The book contains many memorable characters: the Yorkshire schoolmaster Wackford Squeers, the traveling thespian Vincent Crummles, the poor drudge Smike, the clerk Newman Noggs, and the wonderful and generous Brothers Cheeryble.  (Summary by Chris Garbett for Librivox)

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Total running time:  34 hours

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Author’s Preface

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Chapter 35

Chapter 36

Chapter 37

Chapter 38

Chapter 39

Chapter 40

Chapter 41

Chapter 42

Chapter 43

Chapter 44

Chapter 45

Chapter 46

Chapter 47

Chapter 48

Chapter 49

Chapter 50

Chapter 51

Chapter 52

Chapter 53

Chapter 54

Chapter 55

Chapter 56

Chapter 57

Chapter 58

Chapter 59

Chapter 60

Chapter 61

Chapter 62

Chapter 63

Chapter 64

Chapter 65

The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

Summary:  The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, better known as The Pickwick Papers, is the first novel by Charles Dickens. Written for publication as a serial, The Pickwick Papers consists of a sequence of loosely-related adventures. Its main literary value and appeal is formed by its numerous unforgettable heroes. Each personage in The Pickwick Papers (just as in many other Dickens’ novels) is drawn comically, often with exaggerated features of character. Summary for Librivox

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# 01 – The Pickwickians

# 02 – The first Day’s Journey, and the first Evening’s Adventures; with their Consequences

# 03 – A New Acquaintance–The Stroller’s Tale–A Disagreeable Interruption, And An Unpleasant Encounter

# 04 – A Field Day and Bivouac–More new Friends–An Invitation to the Country

# 05 – A short one–Showing, among other Matters, how Mr. Pickwick undertook to drive, and Mr. Winkle to ride, and how they both did it

# 06 – An Old-Fashioned Card-Party — The Clergyman’s Verses — The Story Of The Convict’s Return

# 07 – How Mr. Winkle, instead of shooting at the Pigeon and killing the Crow, shot at the Crow and wounded the Pigeon; the Dingley Dell Cricket Club plays All-Muggleton, and All-Muggleton dines at the Dingley Dell Expense; with other interesting matters

# 08 – Strongly illustrative of the Position, that the Course of True Love is not a Railway

# 09 – A Discovery and a Chase

# 10 – Clearing up all Doubts (if any existed) of the Disinterestedness of Mr. A. Jingle’s Character

# 11 – Involving another Journey, and an Antiquarian Discovery; Recording Mr. Pickwick’s Determination to be present at an Election; and containing a Manuscript of the old Clergyman’s

# 12 – Descriptive of a very important Proceeding on the Part of Mr. Pickwick; no less an Epoch in his Life, than in this History

# 13 – Some Account of Eatanswill; of the State of Parties therein; and of the Election of a Member to serve in Parliament for that ancient, loyal, and patriotic Borough

# 14 – Comprising a brief Description of the Company at the Peacock assembled; and a Tale told by a Bagman

# 15 – In which is given a faithful Portraiture of two distinguished Persons; and an accurate Description of a public Breakfast in their House and Grounds: which public Breakfast leads to the Recognition of an old Acquaintance

# 16 – Too Full of Adventure To Be Briefly Described

# 17 – Showing that an Attack of Rheumatism, in some Cases, acts as a Quickener to inventive Genius

# 18 – Briefly illustrative of two Points; first, the Power of Hysterics, and, secondly, the Force of Circumstances

# 19 – A pleasant Day with an unpleasant Termination

# 20 – Showing how Dodson and Fogg were Men of Business, and their Clerks Men of pleasure; and how an affecting Interview took place between Mr. Weller and his long-lost Parent; showing also what Choice Spirits assembled at the Magpie and Stump, and what a Capital Character the next one will be.

# 21 – In which the old Man launches forth into his favourite Theme, and relates a Story about a queer Client

# 22 – Mr. Pickwick journeys to Ipswich and meets with a romantic Adventure with a middle-aged Lady in yellow Curl-papers

# 23 – In which Mr. Samuel Weller begins to devote his Energies to the Return Match between himself and Mr. Trotter

# 24 – Wherein Mr. Peter Magnus grows jealous, and the middle-aged Lady apprehensive, which brings the Pickwickians within the Grasp of the Law

# 25 – Showing, among a Variety of pleasant Matters, how majestic and impartial Mr. Nupkins was; and how Mr. Weller returned Mr. Job Trotter’s Shuttlecock as heavily as it came–With another Matter, which will be found in its Place

# 26 – Which contains a brief Account of the Progress of the Action of Bardell against Pickwick

# 27 – Samuel Weller makes a Pilgrimage to Dorking, and beholds his Mother-in-law

# 28 – A good-humoured Christmas Chapter, containing an Account of a Wedding, and some other Sports beside: which although in their Way even as good Customs as Marriage itself, are not quite so religiously kept up, in these degenerate Times

# 29 – The Story of the Goblins who stole a Sexton

# 30 – How the Pickwickians made and cultivated the Acquaintance of a Couple of nice young Men belonging to one of the liberal Professions; how they disported themselves on the Ice; and how their Visit came to a Conclusion

# 31 – Which is all about the Law, and sundry Great Authorities learned therein

# 32 – Describes, far more fully than the Court Newsman ever did, a Bachelor’s Party, given by Mr. Bob Sawyer at his Lodgings in the Borough

# 33 – Mr. Weller the elder delivers some Critical Sentiments respecting Literary Composition; and, assisted by his Son Samuel, pays a small Instalment of Retaliation to the Account of the Reverend Gentleman with the Red Nose

# 34 – Is wholly devoted to a full and faithful Report of the memorable Trial of Bardell against Pickwick

# 35 – In which Mr. Pickwick thinks he had better go to Bath; and goes accordingly

# 36 – The chief Features of which will be found to be an authentic Version of the Legend of Prince Bladud, and a most extraordinary Calamity that befell Mr. Winkle

# 37 – Honourably accounts for Mr. Weller’s Absence, by describing a Soiree to which he was invited and went; also relates how he was intrusted by Mr. Pickwick with a Private Mission of Delicacy and Importance

# 38 – How Mr. Winkle, when he stepped out of the Frying-pan, walked gently and comfortably into the Fire

# 39 – Mr. Samuel Weller, being intrusted with a Mission of Love, proceeds to execute it; with what Success will hereinafter appear

# 40 – Introduces Mr. Pickwick to a new and not uninteresting Scene in the great Drama of Life

# 41 – What befell Mr. Pickwick when he got into the Fleet; what Prisoners he saw there; and how he passed the Night

# 42 – Illustrative, like the preceding one, of the old Proverb, that Adversity brings a Man acquainted with strange Bedfellows–Likewise containing Mr. Pickwick’s extraordinary and startling Announcement to Mr. Samuel Weller

# 43 – Showing how Mr. Samuel Weller got into Difficulties

# 44 – Treats of divers little Matters which occurred in the Fleet, and of Mr. Winkle’s mysterious Behaviour; and shows how the poor Chancery Prisoner obtained his Release at last

# 45 – Descriptive of an affecting Interview between Mr. Samuel Weller and a Family Party. Mr. Pickwick makes a Tour of the diminutive World he inhabits, and resolves to mix with it, in Future, as little as possible

# 46 – Records a touching Act of delicate Feeling not unmixed with Pleasantry, achieved and performed by Messrs. Dodson and Fogg

# 47 – Is chiefly devoted to Matters of Business, and the temporal Advantage of Dodson and Fogg–Mr. Winkle reappears under extraordinary Circumstances–Mr. Pickwick’s Benevolence proves stronger than his Obstinacy

# 48 – Relates how Mr. Pickwick, with the Assistance of Samuel Weller, essayed to soften the Heart of Mr. Benjamin Allen, and to mollify the Wrath of Mr. Robert Sawyer

# 49 – Containing the Story of the Bagman’s Uncle

# 50 – How Mr. Pickwick sped upon his Mission, and how he was reinforced in the Outset by a most unexpected Auxiliary

# 51 – In which Mr. Pickwick encounters an old Acquaintance–To which fortunate Circumstance the Reader is mainly indebted for Matter of thrilling Interest herein set down, concerning two great Public Men of Might and Power

# 52 – Involving a serious Change in the Weller Family, and the untimely Downfall of Mr. Stiggins

# 53 – Comprising the final Exit of Mr. Jingle and Job Trotter, with a great Morning of business in Gray’s Inn Square–Concluding with a Double Knock at Mr. Perker’s Door

# 54 – Containing some Particulars relative to the Double Knock, and other Matters: among which certain interesting Disclosures relative to Mr. Snodgrass and a Young Lady are by no Means irrelevant to this History

# 55 – Mr. Solomon Pell, assisted by a Select Committee of Coachmen, arranges the affairs of the elder Mr. Weller

# 56 – An important Conference takes place between Mr. Pickwick and Samuel Weller, at which his Parent assists–An old Gentleman in a snuff- coloured Suit arrives unexpectedly

# 57 – In which the Pickwick Club is finally dissolved, and everything concluded to the Satisfaction of Everybody

Historical Tales volume 1 by Charles Morris

The sinking of the Cumberland by the iron clad Merrimac off Newport News VA, March 8, 1862, public domain image available from U.S. Library of Congress' Prints and Photographs division

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Summary from Librivox: Volume I of a series containing anecdotes and stories, some well-known, others less so, of particular countries. This first volume comprises the discovery, colonization, founding, and early years of the United States of America, describing history for children and young adults in an exiting and novel manner. (Summary by Kalynda)

The Ravager, a painting showing Vikings in cold weather, by John Charles Dollman, 1909, public domain image

00 – Preface – 00:02:38

01 – Vineland and the Vikings – 00:29:43

02 – Frobisher and the Northwest Passage – 00:12:58

03 – Champlain and the Iroquois – 00:29:19

Iroquois, by George Catlin, public domain image

04 – Sir William Phips and the Silver-ship – 00:24:42

05 – Story of the Regicides – 00:16:39

06 – How the Charter Was Saved – 00:15:51

07 – How Franklin Came to Philadelphia – 00:13:24

08 – Perils of the Wilderness – 00:21:45

09 – Some Adventures of Major Putnam – 00:25:38

10 – Gallant Defense – 00:15:10

Daniel Boone escorting settlers through the Cumberland Gap, by George Caleb Bingham, public domain image

11 – Daniel Boone, the Pioneer of Kentucky – 00:28:16

12 – Paul Revere’s Ride – 00:20:09

13 – Green Mountain Boys – 00:11:39

14 – British at New York – 00:13:20

15 – Quakeress Patriot – 00:08:37

16 – Siege of Fort Schuyler – 00:24:00

17 – On the Track of a Traitor – 00:17:24

General Marion inviting a British officer to share his meal, by John Blake White, public domain image

18 – Marion, the Swamp Fox – 00:19:19

19 – Fate of the Philadelphia – 00:18:10

20 – Victim of a Traitor – 00:14:56

21 – How the Electric Telegraph was Invented – 00:22:04

22 – Monitor and the Merrimac – 00:14:11

23 – Stealing a Locomotive – 00:18:43

24 – Escape from Libby Prison – 00:22:20

25 – Sinking of the Albemarle – 00:19:11

Queen Liluokalani of Hawaii

26 – Alaska-Gold, Furs, and Fishes – 00:15:41

27 – How Hawaii Lost Its Queen – 00:20:37

The Light Princess by George MacDonald

Sophie-Beatrice-of-France

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Summary: Plenty of princesses have been cursed by wicked witches, but the curse placed on this princess by her evil aunt is an unusual one: it removes all the princess’s gravity. What can break the curse before the princess floats away? Perhaps the best thing for her would be to fall in love, but how a person with no gravity can fall in anything is just the problem. (summary by Laura Fox on Librivox)

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Jean Monet in the Cradle by Claude Monet

01 What! No Children? 00:02:03

02 Won’t I, Just? 00:04:32

03 She Can’t Be Ours 00:03:54

04  Where Is She? 00:04:06

Sweet Dreams by Marianne Stokes

05What Is to Be Done? 00:06:03

06 She Laughs Too Much 00:05:26

07  Try Metaphysics 00:09:39

08 Try a Drop of Water 00:08:33

09 Put Me In Again  00:12:39

Little Girl with her Doll by Gustave Doyen

10  Look at the Moon  00:06:48

11 Hiss!  00:09:56

12  Where is the Prince?  00:05:12

Prince Charming illustration by Heinrich Leutemann or Carl Offterdinger

13 Here I Am 00:06:38

14  This is Very Kind of You 00:13:13

15  Look at the Rain! (finale) 00:05:20

American Indian Fairy Tales by H. R. Schoolcraft and retold by William Trowbridge Larned

American Indian Pueblo, Laguna, New Mexico

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American Indian, Thomas Moran, Children of the Mountain

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2:Shin-ge-bis Fools The North Wind  00:13:20

3:The Little Boy And Girl In The Clouds  00:13:52

American Indian, Thomas Moran, Tower Creek, 1871

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American Indian, Thomas Moran, River, Wyoming

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8:Mish-o-sha, The Magician 00:32:24

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Frederick Douglass house

01  Preface  00:20:21

02 Letter 00:07:01

03 Chapter 1 00:11:50

04  Chapter 2  00:11:55

05  Chapter 3  00:08:36

06  Chapter 4 00:09:19

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07  Chapter 5  00:09:23

08  Chapter 6  00:07:41

09  Chapter 7  00:14:17

10  Chapter 8  00:11:55

11 Chapter 9  00:12:45

12  Chapter 10  01:13:54

13 Chapter 11  00:30:53

14  Appendix  00:12:55

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Crime and Punishment, Raskolnikov and Marmeladov from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Fyodor Dostoevsky by Wassilij Grigorjewitsch Perow

01 – Part 1 Chapter 1

02 – Part 1 Chapter 2

03 – Part 1 Chapter 3

04 – Part 1 Chapter 4

05 – Part 1 Chapter 5

06 – Part 1 Chapter 6

07 – Part 1 Chapter 7

08 – Part 2 Chapter 1

09 – Part 2 Chapter 2

10 – Part 2 Chapter 3

11-Part 2 Chapter 4

12 – Part 2 Chapter 5

13 – Part 2 Chapter 6

14 – Part 2 Chapter 7

15 – Part 3 Chapter 1

16 – Part 3 Chapter 2

17 – Part 3 Chapter 3

18 – Part 3 Chapter 4

19 – Part 3 Chapter 5

20 – Part 3 Chapter 6

21 – Part 4 Chapter 1

22 – Part 4 Chapter 2

23 – Part 4 Chapter 3

24 – Part 4 Chapter 4

25 – Part 4 Chapter 5

26 – Part 4 Chapter 6

27 – Part 5 Chapter 1

28 – Part 5 Chapter 2

29 – Part 5 Chapter 3

30 – Part 5 Chapter 4

31 – Part 5 Chapter 5

32 – Part 6 Chapter 1

33 – Part 6 Chapter 2

34 – Part 6 Chapter 3

35 – Part 6 Chapter 4

36 – Part 6 Chapter 5

37 – Part 6 Chapter 6

38 – Part 6 Chapter 7

39 – Part 6 Chapter 8

40 – Epilogue

The Story of Mankind by Hendrik van Loon

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Summary: Relates the story of western civilization from earliest times through the beginning of the twentieth century, with special emphasis on the people and events that changed the course of history. Portrays in vivid prose the achievements of mankind in the areas of art and discovery, as well as the political forces leading to the modern nation-states. Richly illustrated with drawings by the author. Winner of the first Newbery Award in 1922, The Story of Mankind has introduced generations of children to the pageant of world history. (Summary from mainlesson.com)

Running time:  13 hours

Note to parent:  I am including this book on My Audio School, as it is used by Ambleside Online curriculum.  They recommend it for older children (middle school through high school).

My Audio School is being used by so many children whose families hold varying perspectives on creation and evolution.  I have not provided links for the first 3 chapters of this book, (30 minutes of material), which are full of evolutionary content.  Should you need to refer to these chapters, you can use the links provided above for reading or downloading this book at its Internet Archive page in its entirety.  I have not pre-read the majority of this book, but found evolutionary references in the two additional chapters that I listened to (The Age of Science and The New World).  Please be aware there may be evolutionary content in other chapters, as well.  Should you have further questions about the suitability of this book please read this review from Cathy Duffy.

04 Hieroglyphics

05 The Nile Valley

06 The Story of Egypt

07 Mesopotamia

08 The Sumerians

09 Moses

10 The Phoenicians

11 The Indo-Europeans

12 The Aegean Sea

13 The Greeks

14 The Greek Cities

15 Greek Self-Government

16 Greek Life

17 The Greek Theatre

18 The Persian Wars

19 Athens vs. Sparta

20 Alexander the Great

21 A Summary

22 Rome and Carthage

23 The Rise of Rome

24 The Roman Empire

25 Joshua of Nazareth

26 The Fall of Rome

27 Rise of the Church

28 Mohammed

29 Charlemagne

30 The Norsemen

31 Feudalism

32 Chivalry

33 Pope vs. Emperor

34 The Crusades

35 The Medieval City

36 Medieval Self-Government

37 The Medieval World

38 Medieval Trade

39 The Renaissance

40 The Age of Expression

41 The Great Discoveries

42 Buddha and Confucius

43 The Reformation

44 Religious Warfare

45 The English Revolution

46 The Balance of Power

47 The Rise of Russia

48 Russia vs Sweden

49 The Rise of Prussia

50 The Mercantile System

51 The American Revolution

52 The French Revolution

53 Napoleon

54 The Holy Alliance

55 The Great Reaction

56 National Independence

57 The Age of the Engine

58 The Social Revolution

59 Emancipation

60 The Age of Science

61 Art

62 Colonial Expansion and War

63 A New World

64 As It Shall Ever Be

English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs

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Running time: 5 hours, 36 minutes.

Fairy Land by Edward Reginald Frampton (1872-1923)

0. Preface

1. Tom Tit Tot

2. The Three Sillies

3. The Rose-Tree

The Old Rose Tree, photograph by Jean-Pol Grandmont, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license

4. The Old Woman and her Pig

5. How Jack went to Seek his Fortune

6. Mr. Vinegar

7. Nix Nought Nothing

Full title of this painting: Take the Fair Face of Woman, and Gently Suspending, with Butterflies, Flowers and Jewels Attending, Thus your Fairy is Made of most Beautiful Things by Sophie Anderson (1823-1903)

8. Jack Hannaford

9. Binnorie

10. Mouse and Mouser

11. Cap O’Rushes

12. Teeny-Tiny

13. Jack and the Beanstalk

Three Little Pigs The Third Pig Builds a House

14. The Story of the Three Little Pigs

15. The Master and his Pupil

16. Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse

17. Jack and His Golden Snuff-box

18. The Story of the Three Bears

Three Bears

19. Jack the Giant-Killer

20. Henny Penny

21. Childe Rowland

22. Molly Whuppie

23. The Red Ettin

24. The Golden Arm

25. The History of Tom Thumb

Foxes by Bruno Liljefors, 1885

26. Mr. Fox

27. Lazy Jack

28. Johnny-cake

29. Earl Mar’s Daughter

30. Mr. Miacca

31. Whittington and his Cat

32. The Strange Visitor

33. The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh

34. The Cat and the Mouse

35. The Fish and the Ring

36. The Magpie’s Nest

37. Kate Crackernuts

38. The Cauld Lad of Hilton

Donkey Frieze (1911) by Franz Marc

39. The Ass, the Table and the Stick

40. Fairy Ointment

41. The Well of the World’s End

42. Master of All Masters
43. The Three Heads of the Well