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A Christmas Miscellany 2023

Read by David Wales


Various


Eleven short works or book chapters about Christmas or around that time period. - Summary by David Wales

How We Elected Lincoln; Personal Recollections of Lincoln and Men of His Time

Read by David Wales


Abram J. Dittenhoefer


Dittenhoefer as a young man campaigned for Lincoln in 1860 and was an elector for Lincoln in the presidential election of 1864. Born in Cha…

The Children's Book Of Christmas

Read by David Wales


J. C. Dier


This 1911 collection is of snippets from many different sources and genres: myths, songs. poems, hymns, book sections, etc. The sources are…

The British Soldier: His Courage And Humour

Read by David Wales


Edward John Hardy


The Reverend Edward John Hardy, ordained in the Church Of Ireland, was a chaplain in the British army for thirty one years. His 1915 collec…

On Reading The Bible

Read by David Wales


Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch


These are three lectures (numbers 8, 9, 10) excerpted from the author’s 1920 book On The Art Of Reading. The lectures were delivered to stu…

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Read by John Greenman


Harriet Beecher Stowe


Among the most “banned” books in the United States, Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is a novel by American author Harriet Beeche…

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain


The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (published 1876) is a very well-known and popular story concerning American youth. Mark Twain's lively tale of …

Shadowmagic

Read by John Lenahan


John Lenahan


"Hi, my name is Conor. Other than my father being a bit of an eccentric lunatic, my life was pretty normal until I got attacked in my …

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Read by John Gonzalez


Oscar Wilde


Dorian Gray, a young man of wealth and stature in late 1800's London, meets Lord Henry Wotton while posing for a portrait by his friend Basi…

The Story of Abraham Lincoln

Read by John Lieder


Mary Agnes Hamilton


In this biography for young adults, Mary A. Hamilton gives a British person’s perspective on the 16th President of the United States. A glow…

The Prince and the Pauper

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain


The Prince and the Pauper (1882) represents Mark Twain's first attempt at historical fiction. The book, set in 1547, tells the story of two …

The Prince of Hazel and Oak

Read by John Lenahan


John Lenahan


Podiobooks no. 1 voted podcast returns for another action and laugh packed sequel. Finally listeners can find out what happened to Conor on …

Life on the Mississippi

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain


Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by Mark Twain detailing his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil…

Roughing It

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain


Roughing It is semi-autobiographical travel literature written by American humorist Mark Twain. It was authored during 1870–71 and published…

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (version 4)

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain


Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade), often shortened to Huck Finn, is a novel written by Mark Twain and published in 1884.…

King Solomon's Mines

Read by John Nicholson


H. Rider Haggard


King Solomon’s Mines, first published in 1885, was a best-selling novel by the Victorian adventure writer H. Rider Haggard. It relates a jou…

The Innocents Abroad

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain


Writer/entertainer Garrison Keillor (A Prairie Home Companion) on “The Innocents Abroad”: “…one of the best selling travel books of all time…

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (version 2)

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain


A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an 1889 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The work is a very early example of…

A Tramp Abroad

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain


A Tramp Abroad is a work of non-fiction travel literature by American author Mark Twain, published in 1880. The book details a journey by th…

The Adventures of Reddy Fox

Read by John Lieder


Thornton W. Burgess


The Adventures of Reddy Fox is another in the series of children’s stories by conservationist Thornton W. Burgess. In this story, Reddy and …

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