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A Defender of the Faith, by John D. Barry

In The Black Cat Vol. 01 No. 11 August 1896

Read by Jean Claire

Various

The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Man…

Hen that Hatched Ducks

In Queer Little Folks

Read by Claire Schreuder

Harriet Beecher Stowe

A wonderful children's classic - a collection of moral stories told by animals in the woods. The wittily written stories explore various iss…

Halloween and Other Festivals

In Current Superstitions

Read by Claire Goget

Fanny Dickerson Bergen

No matter how enlightened, chances are you've been raised around superstitious lore of one kind or another. Fanny Dickerson Bergen was one o…

Brother Griffith's Story of Mad Monkton - Chapter III

In The Queen of Hearts

Read by Claire M

Wilkie Collins

The elderly Brothers Owen, Morgan and Griffith live a quiet, retired life in the countryside, which is turned upside-down by Griffith's ward…

The Young Minnow Who Would Not Eat When He Should

In Among the Pond People

Read by Claire Schreuder

Clara Dillingham Pierson

Lovely book for children written by teacher and naturalist Clara Dillingham Pierson. This book in the "Among the People" series ex…

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In Hans Christian Andersen: Fairytales and Short Stories Volume 4, 1854 to 1859

Read by Claire Schreuder

Hans Christian Andersen

A collection of some of Hans Christian Andersen's works. He is a Danish author and poet most famous for his fairy tales. (Summary by Kristin…

French Puck, France

In The Lilac Fairy Book

Read by Claire Goget

Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books are a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Although And…

Book Second, Part 2, Chapters 49 to 52. Concerning a further part of the provin…

In The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, concerning the kingdoms and marvels o…

Read by Claire M

Rustichello da Pisa and Rustichello Da Pisa

"Books of the Marvels of the World" or "Description of the World" (Divisament dou monde), also nicknamed "Il Milion…

The Little Spider's First Web

In Among the Meadow People

Read by Claire Schreuder

Clara Dillingham Pierson

Lovely book of nature written for children by teacher and naturalist Clara Dillingham Pierson. This book in the "Among the People"…

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