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Something Childish and Other Stories

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This posthumous collection of stories and sketches by the New Zealand modernist author was published the year after her death from tuberculosis in 1923. It appeared in the US under the title The Little Girl. Most of the stories were written between the publication of her first and second collections, Bliss and Other Stories (1920) and The Garden Party and Other Stories (1922). - Summary by Rob Marland (6 hr 17 min)

Chapters

Introductory Note

2:10

Read by Rob Marland

The Tiredness of Rosabel

13:28

Read by Fractal Pariah

How Pearl Button was Kidnapped

9:56

Read by Phil Schempf

The Journey to Bruges

12:31

Read by Marcia Eppich-Harris

A Truthful Adventure

15:15

Read by Trish Thompson

New Dresses

25:32

Read by Sriks

The Woman at the Store

25:00

Read by Marcia Eppich-Harris

Ole Underwood

11:36

Read by Rob Marland

The Little Girl

9:11

Read by Kathleen Moore

Millie

13:47

Read by Kathleen Moore

Pension Séguin

13:01

Read by Kathleen Moore

Violet

15:22

Read by Kathleen Moore

Bains Turcs

14:58

Read by Dafni Ma

Something Childish but Very Natural

52:06

Read by Rob Marland

An Indiscreet Journey

33:31

Read by ToddHW

Spring Pictures

8:49

Read by Nemo

Late at Night

6:53

Read by Rob Marland

Two Tuppenny Ones, Please

6:44

Read by LibriVox Volunteers

The Black Cap

13:23

Read by LibriVox Volunteers

A Suburban Fairy Tale

9:52

Read by Rob Marland

Carnation

8:15

Read by Katharina Glowalla

See-Saw

8:22

Read by dnce17

This Flower

6:16

Read by Sommer Ward

The Wrong House

9:00

Read by Rob Marland

Sixpence

17:02

Read by Rob Marland

Poison

15:12

Read by Saint Ananda