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In Grimm's Fairy Tales - Retold in One-Syllable Words

Read by Kathy Hulick


Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm and Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm


The stories we have read and loved but retold in words of one syllable to make it easier for young readers or those where English is a secon…

SANTA KLAAS AND BLACK PETE

In Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks

Read by Kathy Hulick


William Elliot Griffis


A darling collection of Dutch fairy tales presented by William Griffis. Starting with The Entangled Mermaid and ending with Why the Stork L…

What Child is This?

In Christmas Carol Collection 2015

Read by Kathy Hulick


William Chatterton Dix


This year's selection includes traditional favourites and lesser-known Christmas carols in English and French. (Summary by Ruth Golding)Berg…

Chapter 20

In The Adventures of Pinocchio

Read by Kathy


C. Collodi and Carlo Collodi


The Adventures of Pinocchio is a novel for children by Italian author Carlo Collodi (here transl. by Carol della Chiesa). The first half was…

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In The Sayings of Confucius

Read by Kathy


Confucius 孔子


Promoting virtues such as filial devotion, compassion, loyalty, and propriety, these dialogues between the ancient Chinese philosopher Confu…

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In The Devil's Dictionary

Read by Kathy


Ambrose Bierce


Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914?), satirist, critic, poet, short story writer and journalist. His fiction showed a clean economical style often …

1-05 Part First - Chapter 5

In Jude the Obscure

Read by Kathy


Thomas Hardy


Jude the Obscure is the last of Thomas Hardy's novels, begun as a magazine serial and first published in book form in 1895. Its hero Jude Fa…

Significant Phrases: quackery and incompetence - rust and disuse

In Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases

Read by Kathy


Grenville Kleiser


A Practical Handbook of Pertinent Expressions, Striking Similes, Literary, Commercial, Conversational, and Oratorical Terms, for the Embelli…

Chapter 22

In The Mystery (LibriVox NaNoWriMo novel 2006)

Read by Kathy


Written by Kathleen Gatliffe, recorded by Kathleen Gatliffe and Librivox Volunteers


The idea was to write a whole novel in the month of November, based on the guidelines of the National Novel Writing Month. The twist is that…

Meleager and Atalanta

In Bulfinch’s Mythology: The Age of Fable

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Thomas Bulfinch


Bulfinch’s Mythology, first published in 1855, is one of the most popular collections of mythology of all time. It consists of three volumes…

Puss in Boots

In The Junior Classics Volume 1: Fairy and Wonder Tales

Read by Kathy


William Patten


The purpose of The Junior Classics is to provide, in ten volumes containing about five thousand pages, a classified collection of tales, sto…

Butter, Cheese, Coffee, Tea, &c.;

In Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers

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Elizabeth E. Lea


The compiler of [this book] having entered early in life upon a train of duties, was frequently embarrassed by her ignorance of domestic aff…