The Dragon Of Wantley (version 2)

A novel, The Dragon of Wantley, was written by Owen Wister (best known as the author of The Virginian) in 1892. Published by Lipincott Press, the story is a comic "burlesque" (in the author's words), concerning the "true" story of the Dragon. It is a romantic story set at Christmastime in the early 13th century. The book was a surprise success, going through four editions over the next ten years. This is the 1895 edition. (Summary by Wikipedia and David Wales) (3 hr 45 min)

Chapters

Dedication and First And Second Prefaces	4:03	Read by David Wales
Chapter 01 How Sir Godfrey Came To Lose His Temper	17:49	Read by David Wales
Chapter 02 How His Daughter, Miss Elaine, Behaves Herself In Consequence	17:58	Read by David Wales
Chapter 03 Reveals The Dragon In His Den	10:55	Read by David Wales
Chapter 04 Tells You More About Him Than Was Ever Told Before To Anybody	17:33	Read by David Wales
Chapter 05 In which The Hero Makes His First Appearance And Is Locked Up Immedi…	15:57	Read by David Wales
Chapter 06 In Which Miss Elaine loses Her Heart, And Finds Something Of The Gre…	25:58	Read by David Wales
Chapter 07 Shows What Curious Things You May See, If You Don't Go To Bed When Y…	28:21	Read by David Wales
Chapter 08 Contains A Dilemma With Two Simply Egregious Horns	38:13	Read by David Wales
Chapter 09 Leaves Much Room For Guessing About Chapter Ten	21:40	Read by David Wales
Chapter 10 The Great White Christmas At Wantley	27:27	Read by David Wales

Reviews

(5 stars)

Baroness Lashonda Lehrestuben von Kleinhanz

Loved it😂 one of the reviewers said that the knight should have acted like a grown man…well I say that grown men who act like 11 year olds in stories like these make for the best heroes

The Perfect Story

(5 stars)

Teichert

I really enjoyed this book. It is just perfect. Concise, humorous, and it has a bit of mystery. It reminded me of David and the Phoenix by Edward Ormondroyd in its tone.

FUNTASTIC

(5 stars)

AVID READER

As clever a story as one could wish. It is fun without being predictable. Gilbert and Sullivan could certainly have used it for a libretto. David Wales was the perfect narrator for this one.

hilarious and cozy!

(5 stars)

Grace Crandall

This story was such a joy to listen to!! It was super light hearted and upbeat, with some moments of surprising cleverness. also, very skillfully narrated :)

Great Dragon

(4 stars)

Annie Vickery

Good book. I like it how the reader changes his voice for each character. The bad part is that the knight should not act like he’s 11. He should be a grown man. Well behaved and trustworthy

funny and well read.

(4 stars)

Nev Abrom

I liked it a lot, but wont give 5* because the narrator could try to read different characters with slightly different "voices".