Princess Mary's Gift Book
Various
Leído por LibriVox Volunteers
In 1914, Princess Mary, then 17 years of age, gave her name to this collection of short stories and essays from the most prominent authors of the time for the purpose of raising funds for the "Work For Women Fund". A few of the outstanding authors represented in this sparkling collection are J.M. Barrie with is essay on A Holiday in Bed; A. Conan Doyle; J.H. Fabre the naturalist with his well know description of The Ant-Lion; H. Ryder Haggard; Rudyard Kipling; Alfred Noyes ("A Spell for a Fairy"); Baroness Orczy (yes, that one); and Kate Douglas Wiggin. - Summary by Phil Chenevert (5 hr 21 min)
Capítulos
| A Holiday in Bed | 14:14 | Leído por Greg Giordano |
| The Spy | 17:36 | Leído por Gabriel Glenn |
| Charlie the Cox | 11:41 | Leído por Pam Castille |
| Canada's Word | 2:10 | Leído por Pam Castille |
| Bimbashi Joyce | 21:03 | Leído por Lynne T |
| The Ant-Lion | 14:38 | Leído por Steve C |
| An Angel of God | 18:46 | Leído por Greg Giordano |
| A Model Soldier | 34:25 | Leído por Pam Castille |
| The Land of Let's Pretend | 7:09 | Leído por Pam Castille |
| Magepa the Buck | 33:27 | Leído por Lynne T |
| True Spartan Hearts | 9:35 | Leído por Linda Jenner |
| Big Steamers | 2:14 | Leído por Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| A True Story From Camp | 4:14 | Leído por Lynne T |
| The Ebony Box | 44:20 | Leído por Pam Castille |
| A Spell for a Fairy | 5:27 | Leído por Pam Castille |
| Out of the Jaws of Death: A Scarlet Pimpernel Story | 13:54 | Leído por ToddHW |
| What Can A Little Chap Do? | 2:27 | Leído por Greg Giordano |
| Altogether Different | 14:44 | Leído por Gabriel Glenn |
| The Escape | 18:25 | Leído por Gabriel Glenn |
| Fleur-de-Lis | 31:26 | Leído por Pam Castille |
Reseñas
Something for all the family
Janelle
I wish I could have seen the original book; I'm sure it would have been lovely with all the illustrations. There's a great variety in the stories and poems in this volume. Little poems and stories for children as well as serious wartime tales for the adults. All the readers were pretty good, so many thanks to them.
peachesandpits
lovely stories very easy to listen to...