Grimms’ Fairy Tales by The Brothers Grimm

Little Red Riding Hood by Albert Anker, public domain image

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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

Percy Bysshe Shelley, selected poems

Western Meadowlark, photo by Kevin Cole from Pacific Coast, USA, published under Creative Commons Attribution Generic License

Ozymandias

etext for Ozymandias

Ode To a Skylark (excerpt from Poems Every Child Should Know)

etext for Ode To a Skylark

Lines

Lines e-text

e-text for To The Men of England

Moon and Volcanoes in Guatemala, photo by Luisfi, published under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0 Unported license

The Moon e-text

Summer and Winter e-text

Achensee Winter in Tirol, published by author friedrich under the Creative Commons attribution Share Alike 2.5 generic license

One Word e-text

St. George for England by G. A. Henty

Battle of Poitiers, the King is taken prisoner by the Black Prince who recognizes him by his helmet, Chronicles of Jean Froissart, public domain image

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Summary: This book tells of a child of noble birth whose parents have fallen foul of the current royalty. He is placed in hiding and grows up with a bowyer and then he is apprenticed to an armourer just outside the gates of the City of London.
He becomes accomplished in arms and joins the campaign in France where we see the battles of Crecy and Poitiers through his eyes.
A tale of heroism and 14th century viciousness.
Great fun.(summary by jimmowatt for Librivox)

Battle of Poitiers, author Jean Froissart, public domain

# 00 – Preface – 00:02:36

# 01 – A Wayfarer – 00:25:39

# 02 – The Hut in the Marshes – 00:26:38

# 03 – A Thwarted Plot – 00:25:58

# 04 – A Knight’s Chain – 00:26:04

# 05 – The City Games – 00:25:18

map of the Battle of Poitiers, public domain image

# 06 – The Melee – 00:25:17

# 07 – The Young Esquire – 00:27:57

# 08 – Off to the Wars – 00:26:05

# 09 – The Siege of Hennebon – 00:28:16

Jean II le Bon at the Battle of Poitiers, 19 September 1356, anonymous artist, public domain image

# 10 – A Place of Refuge – 00:25:34

# 11 – A Stormy Interview – 00:25:23

# 12 – Jacob Van Artevelde – 00:23:36

# 13 – The White Ford – 00:24:31

# 14 – Cressy – 00:29:01

# 15 – The Siege of a Fortalice – 00:21:43

# 16 – A Prisoner – 00:29:39

Battle of Poitiers, illustration by Boccace, de casibus, public domain image

# 17 – The Capture of Calais – 00:29:52

# 18 – The Black Death – 00:21:23

# 19 – By Land and Sea – 00:21:32

# 20 – Poitiers – 00:23:09

# 21 – The Jacquerie – 00:28:03

# 22 – Victory and Death – 00:33:13

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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Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle, public domain image

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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

This Country of Ours part 5: Stories of the French in America by H. E. Marshall

Dead British at the 250th anniversary of the siege and surrender of Fort William Henry, photo published under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license by author Fred Benenson from NYC, USA

This is Part 5: Stories of the French in America, from chapter 45 (How the Mississippi was Discovered) to chapter 50 (The Rebellion of Pontiac).

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TCO5 Lake Itasca Mississippi Source, image released by its author Christine Karim under GNU Free Documentation License, v 1.2

45 How the Mississippi was Discovered – 00:13:14

46 King William’s War and Queen Anne’s War – 00:10:54

47 The Mississippi Bubble – 00:15:37

48 How a Terrible Disaster Befell the British Army – 00:17:38

49 The End of French Rule in America – 00:12:07

50 The Rebellion of Pontiac – 00:12:20

TCO5 Chief Pontiac, public domain image

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Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 6

The Story of Doctor Dolittle

Edward Cross by Jacques Laurent Agasse, public domain

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tn_Dolittle, Papageienmann, 1902, by Max Liebermann, public domain image

Book summary from Librivox: In The Story of Doctor Dolittle (1920), the first of Hugh Lofting’s Doctor Dolittle books, we are introduced to the good doctor who gives up treating people after Polynesia, his parrot, teaches him animal languages. His fame in the animal kingdom spreads throughout the world and soon he sets off to cure a monkey epidemic in Africa, finding all sorts of exciting adventures on the way.

This recording is of the original edition, which is in the public domain. Later editions, which are still under copyright, changed some language and plot elements that are considered racially derogatory.
(Summary adapted from wikipedia.org by Annie Coleman)

Author’s Note and Dedication ; Introduction – 00:08:55

The First Chapter – Puddleby – 00:06:10

The Second Chapter – Animal Language – 00:13:08

Man's Best Friend by Repin, 1908, public domain

The Third Chapter – More Money Troubles – 00:07:28

The Fourth Chapter – A Message From Africa – 00:06:19

The Fifth Chapter – The Great Journey – 00:06:24

The Sixth Chapter – Polynesia and the King – 00:06:07

Junge Angorakatze, painting by German-Hungarian painter Arthur Heyer, public domain image

The Seventh Chapter – The Bridge of Apes – 00:11:04

The Eighth Chapter – The Leader of the Lions – 00:07:07

The Ninth Chapter – The Monkeys’ Council – 00:06:20

The Tenth Chapter – The Rarest Animal of All – 00:09:13

The Eleventh Chapter – The Black Prince – 00:10:33

The Twelfth Chapter – Medicine and Magic – 00:15:07

The Menagerie by Melchior d'Hondecoeter, public domain image

The Thirteenth Chapter – Red Sails and Blue Wings – 00:07:27

The Fourteenth Chapter – The Rats’ Warning – 00:08:21

The Fifteenth Chapter – The Barbary Dragon – 00:10:37

The Sixteenth Chapter – Too-Too the Listener – 00:07:58

The Seventeenth Chapter – The Ocean Gossips – 00:07:28

The Eighteenth Chapter – Smells – 00:12:19

The Nineteenth Chapter – The Rock – 00:08:29

The Twentieth Chapter – The Fisherman – 00:07:09

The Last Chapter – Home Again – 00:05:02

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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Total running time:  32 hours

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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 Arabian Nights Entertainments by Andrew Lang

Open Sesame by Laurence Housman, public domain image, source www.archive.org

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Note to parent: I have not read this version of The Arabian Nights yet, however it has been reviewed on Amazon, where multiple parental reviewers note that this version is not completely sanitized (dead body counts and some violence remain) but much of the book has been heavily abridged to make it appropriate for children, with inappropriate content removed. This is a book of middle-eastern myths, and there are references to Allah in some of the stories.

Arabian Nights, by Abul Hasan Ghaffari public domain image

00 – Preface – 00:05:38

01 – The Arabian Nights – 00:07:06

02 – The Story of the Merchant and the Genius – 00:07:50

03 – The Story of the First Old Man and of the Hind – 00:06:09

04 – The Story of the Second Old Man and of the Two Black Dogs – 00:06:01

05 – The Story of the Fisherman – 00:06:11

06 – The Story of the Greek King and the Physician Douban – 00:04:53

07 – The Story of the Husband and the Parrot – 00:03:33

Arabian Nights, Tale of 1001 Nights by Gustave Boulanger, 1824-1888, public domain image

08 – The Story of the Vizir Who Was Punished – 00:16:57

09 – The Story of the Young King of the Black Isles – 00:06:04

10 – The Story of the Three Calendars, Sons of Kings and of Five Ladies of Bagdad – 00:19:49

11 – The Story of the First Calendar, Son of a King – 00:11:17

12 – The Story of the Second Calendar, Son of a King – 00:14:55

13 – The Story of the Envious Man and of Him Who Was Envied – 00:25:30

14 – The Story of the Third Calendar, Son of a King – 00:27:56

Arabian Nights, Roc destroying Sinbad's ship from The Book of Knowledge, Grolier Society, 1911, public domain image

15 – The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor – 00:06:59

16 – First Voyage – 00:11:29

17 – Second Voyage – 00:13:02

18 – Third Voyage – 00:14:37

19 – Fourth Voyage – 00:13:47

20 – Fifth Voyage – 00:10:48

Arabian Nights, episode from the 5th voyage of Sinbad the Sailor, illustration from Les Mille et une nuits, par Galland, Paris 1865, public domain image

21 – Sixth Voyage – 00:08:40

22 – Seventh and Last Voyage – 00:10:52

23 – The Little Hunchback – 00:15:34

Arabian Nights, One Thousand and One Nights, by Sani ol-Molk, public domain image

24 – The Story of the Barber’s Fifth Brother – 00:19:22

25 – The Story of the Barber’s Sixth Brother – 00:11:21

26 – The Adventures of Prince Camaralzaman and the Princess Badoura (Part I) – 00:22:39

27 – The Adventures of Prince Camaralzaman and the Princess Badoura (Part II) – 00:26:39

28 – The Adventures of Prince Camaralzaman and the Princess Badoura (Part III) – 00:27:04

29 – Noureddin and the Fair Persian (Part I) – 00:24:50

30 – Noureddin and the Fair Persian (Part II) – 00:24:45

tn_Arabian Nights, Aladdin in the Magic Garden illustrated by Max Liebert, public domain image

31 – Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp – 00:31:37

32 – The Adventures of Haroun-al-Raschid, the Caliph of Bagdad – 00:05:41

33 – The Story of the Blind Baba-Abdalla – 00:16:03

34 – The Story of Sidi-Nouman – 00:22:0735 – The Story of Ali-Colia, Merchant of Bagdad – 00:19:30

36 – The Enchanted Horse, Part 1 – 00:22:19

37 – The Enchanted Horse, Part 2 – 00:21:34

38 – The Story of the Two Sisters Who Were Jealous of Their Younger Sister (Part I) – 00:20:05

39 – The Story of the Two Sisters Who Were Jealous of Their Younger Sister (Part II) – 00:19:33

40 – The Story of the Two Sisters Who Were Jealous of Their Younger Sister (Part III) – 00:19:02

The Counterpane Fairy

Land of Counterpane by Jessie Willcox Smith

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01 The Princess of the Golden Castle – 00:20:36

02 The Owls and the Gamblesome Elf – 00:18:09

03 Starlein and Silverling – 00:15:06

04 The Magic Circus – 00:17:08

Fairy Land by Edward Reginald Frampton, 1872-1923, public domain image

05 At the Edge of the Polar Sea – 00:23:39

06 The Ruby Ring – 00:17:51

07 The Rainbow Children – 00:13:43

08 Harriett’s Dream – 00:13:36

09 Down the Rat-Hole – 00:18:18

10 The Counterpane Fairy Says Good-Bye – 00:05:55

Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Hamlet, Jean-Baptiste Faure as Hamlet, painting by Edouard Manet, public domain image

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Summary from Librivox: Hamlet is commonly regarded as one of the greatest plays ever written. Drawing on Danish chronicles and the Elizabethan vogue for revenge tragedy, Shakespeare created a play that is at once a philosophic treatise, a family drama, and a supernatural thriller. In the wake of his father’s death, Prince Hamlet finds that his Uncle Claudius has swiftly taken the throne and married his mother, Queen Gertrude. The ghost of the dead king then appears and charges Claudius with ‘murder most foul.’ Hamlet is called to revenge his father’s death: but will he be able to act before it is too late?

Hamlet by Alfons Mucha, public domain image from Wikimedia Commons

Dramatis Personae – 00:02:42

Act 1 – 00:51:10

Act 2 – 00:41:11

Hamlet and the Gravediggers by Pascal Adolphe Jean Dagnan-Bouveret, 1883, public domain image

Act 3 – 00:55:03

Act 4 – 00:39:44

Act 5 – 00:43:30