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My First Book (Version 2)

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Have you ever wondered how your favorite author started on his or her writing career? Did they launch themselves wholeheartedly into literature? Did they slave away every evening after a hard day at the office? Did they devote their golden years to reflect on a life well-spent? Some faced rejection while others found almost instant success. In this volume, we learn from the authors themselves what launched their literary careers... Bret Harte, Arthur Conan Doyle, R.M. Ballantyne, H. Rider Haggard and many other favorites contributed their stories. - Summary by Lynne Thompson (8 hr 4 min)

Chapters

Introduction by Jerome K. Jerome

13:01

Read by Jim Gallagher

Ready-Money Mortiboy by Walter Besant

18:04

Read by Lynne T

The Family Scapegrace by James Payn

17:09

Read by jenno

The Wreck of the 'Grosvenor' by W. Clark

20:04

Read by John

Phisiological Aesthetics and Philistia by Grant Allen

17:53

Read by Lynne T

The Shadow of a Crime by Hall Caine

32:57

Read by jenno

The Social Kaleidoscope by George R. Sims

20:43

Read by Lynne T

Departmental Ditties by Rudyard Kipling

10:02

Read by Phil Schempf

Juvenilia by A. Conan Doyle

16:27

Read by jenno

The Trail of the Serpent by M.E. Braddon

21:44

Read by Kathleen Moore

The House of Elmore by F.W. Robinson

14:07

Read by Kathleen Moore

Dawn by H. Rider Haggard

26:56

Read by Kathleen Moore

Hudson's Bay by R.M. Ballantyne

15:10

Read by Phil Schempf

The Premier and the Painter by I. Zangwill

25:31

Read by Availle

The Western Avernus by Morley Robinson

18:58

Read by jenno

A Life's Atonement by David Christie Murray

20:57

Read by jenno

A Romance of Two Worlds by Marie Corelli

25:29

Read by Lynne Handler

On the Stage and Off by Jerome K. Jerome

30:48

Read by KevinS

Cavalry Life by 'John Strange Winter' (Mrs. Arthur Stannard)

28:14

Read by Kathrine Engan

Californian Verse by Bret Harte

17:55

Read by Scotty Smith

Dead Man's Rock by 'Q'

20:11

Read by Chad Jackson

Undertones and Idylls and Legends of Inverburn by Robert Buchanan

26:25

Read by Kathrine Engan

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

26:11

Read by Elijah Fisher