Dramatic Readings
Rinkitink in Oz (version 2)
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L. Frank Baum
Prince Inga lives a happy life on the island of Pingaree until one day invaders from the north enslave every person on the island, including…
Peer Gynt
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Henrik Ibsen
Peer is a dreamer, liar, excellent storyteller and an irresponsible person who avoids all problems. He uses and discards women and looks tow…
Six Characters in Search of an Author
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Luigi Pirandello
Six Characters in Search of an Author (Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore) is the most famous and celebrated play by the Italian writer Luigi …
The Trial of Oscar Wilde (Dramatic Reading)
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William James Mcglothlin
In 1895 Oscar Wilde was convicted of gross indecency and sentenced to two years' hard labor. This account of his two trials was compiled fro…
The Inventions of the Idiot (dramatic reading)
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John Kendrick Bangs
"It was before the Idiot's marriage, and in the days when he was nothing more than a plain boarder in Mrs. Smithers-Pedagog's High-clas…
The Paying Guest (version 2 dramatic reading)
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George Gissing
Clarence and Emmeline Mumford are in for a real treat when they take in the young, outspoken Miss Louise Derrick as their guest. Shedding a …
The Art of Conversation: Twelve Golden Rules
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Josephine Turck Baker
Many of us find it challenging to speak to other people, for various reasons. Some of us are afraid of being called a bore. Others are worri…
The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel (Dramatic Reading)
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Thornton W. Burgess
Author and editor of numerous children's books, Thornton W. Burgess was also a noted conservationist. In writing for youngsters he combined …
The Railway Children (version 2 Dramatic Reading)
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E. Nesbit
Roberta, Peter and Phyllis are suddenly yanked out of their comfortable lives and removed to live in the country with only their mother and …
The Carved Cupboard (Dramatic Reading)
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Amy Le Feuvre
Agatha, Gwen, Clare and Elfie have always been told that they will inherit their aunt's house. But when their aunt dies, she leaves it all t…
The Maid of Maiden Lane (dramatic reading)
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Amelia E. Barr
The Maid of Maiden lane is a wonderful love story in which Mrs. Barr intertwines the hot political and social issues that were occurring in …
The Perils of Pauline (dramatic reading)
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Charles Goddard
The Perils of Pauline is one of the first damsel in distress serials. The story is complete with undaunted hero, courageous damsel, unscrupu…
Rose O' The River
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Kate Douglas Wiggin
Rose Wiley is a pretty country girl. She's engaged to Stephen Waterman, a country boy. She is quite content, until Claude Merril, a man from…
The Princess and the Goblin (Dramatic Reading)
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George MacDonald
The story of a Princess named Irene, and her adventure with a boy named Curdie Peterson. Princess Irene meets her grandmother, and Irene wan…
The Betrothed (version 2 Dramatic Reading)
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Alessandro Manzoni
One of the most famous Italian books in history, The Betrothed was written by Alessandro Manzoni in 1827. The two main characters, Renzo and…
1601: Conversation, as it was by the Social Fireside, in the Time of the Tudors
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Mark Twain
Please note: this recording contains strong language."1601," wrote Mark Twain, "is a supposititious conversation which takes …
The Royal Book of Oz (version 2 Dramatic Reading)
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Ruth Plumly Thompson
When the professor decides to outline the ancestry of the eminent people of Oz, Scarecrow feels left out. He doesn't have a family tree - un…
Granny's Wonderful Chair (Dramatic Reading)
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Frances Browne
Her most famous work, Granny's Wonderful Chair, was published in 1856 and it is still in print to this day. It is a richly imaginative book …
Just So Stories (version 6 Dramatic Reading)
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Rudyard Kipling
The Just So Stories generally have the theme of a particular animal being altered from an original form to its current form by the acts of h…
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (Version 2 Dramatic Reading)
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Kate Douglas Wiggin
When ten-year-old Rebecca Randall arrives at her aunts' brick house in Riverboro, she is not exactly welcomed with the open arms one would h…