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Christmas Short Works 2011
by Various
Language: Multilingual
This year's Christmas feast of short stories, essays and poetry is mostly English cuisine, with a little dash of French and Middle English seasoning. Here you will find many old favourites, and some festive treats which may be new to you.
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Total running time: 7:03:58
In addition to the readers, this audio book was produced by:
Book Coordinator: Ruth Golding
Dedicated Proof-Listener: David Lawrence
Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Ruth Golding
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- 01 - A Child's Story by Charles Dickens (1812-1870) – 00:11:44
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Read by Bob Neufeld - 02 - A Christmas Dinner from Chapter 1, part 2 of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (1882-1941) – 00:33:00
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Read by Tlaloc - 03 - A Christmas Eve in the Far South Seas from Rídan The Devil And Other Stories by Louis Becke (1855-1913) – 00:14:35
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Read by David Wales - 04 - A Christmas Fairy by John Strange Winter (1856-1911) – 00:07:04
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Read by Snapdragon - 05 - Christmas in a Dugout from Tales from a Dugout by Arthur Guy Empey (1883-1963) – 00:14:18
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Read by Lucy Perry - 06 - Christmas In India by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) – 00:03:16
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Read by Bellona Times - 07 - Christmas in the Olden Time by Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) – 00:02:35
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Read by Lucy Perry - 08 - Christmas Scene at Camelot from Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (Stanzas III-VI) by the Anonymous 'Pearl' Poet (fl. 1380-1400) – 00:07:45
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Read by Martin Geeson - 09 - Christmas Time by John Clare (1793–1864) – 00:06:03
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Read by Ruth Golding - 10 - Un conte de Noël by Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) – 00:15:18
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Read by Tlaloc - 11 - The Cowboys' Christmas Ball by William Lawrence Chittenden (1862-1934) – 00:05:18
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Read by Winston Tharp - 12 - The Golden Cobwebs from Christmas (1907) ed. Robert Haven Schauffler (1879-1964) – 00:06:06
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Read by Ruth Golding - 13 - Good King Wenceslas, anonymous, translated from the Latin by J. M. Neale (1818-1866) – 00:01:49
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Read by Aaron Walden, David Lawrence, Laurie Anne Walden - 14 - Is There a Santa Claus? by Francis P. Church (1839-1906) – 00:04:19
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Read by Carol Box - 15 - Joy Born at Bethlehem by Charles H. Spurgeon (1834-1892) – 00:45:57
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Read by TriciaG - 16 - Julius Adolphus Jenkins's Christmas Alligator by Louis Becke (1855-1913) – 00:31:01
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Read by David Wales - 17 - The Mistletoe by Bryan Waller Proctor (1787–1874) – 00:01:37
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Read by Lucy Perry - 18 - An Old-fashioned Christmas by Richard Marsh (1857-1915) – 00:39:32
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Read by Lars Rolander - 19 - A Picture of the Nativity by Fra Filippo Lippi by Vernon Lee (1856–1935) – 00:10:46
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Read by David Lawrence - 20 - Reginald on Christmas Presents by Saki (H. H. Munro) (1870-1916) – 00:05:02
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Read by Bob Gonzalez - 21 - Reginald's Christmas Revel by Saki (H. H. Munro) (1870-1916) – 00:07:25
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Read by Bob Gonzalez - 22 - Santa Claus by an anonymous author, from Christmas (1907) ed. Robert Haven Schauffler (1879-1964) – 00:02:21
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Read by Ruth Golding - 23 - Santa Claus at Simpson's Bar by Bret Harte (1836-1902) – 00:20:15
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Read by Don W. Jenkins - 24 - 'Twas the Night Before Christmas by Clement Moore (1779-1863) – 00:04:05
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Read by Sean Lynott - 25 - Uncle Noah's Christmas Inspiration by Leona Dalrymple (1884-?) – 01:00:42
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Read by Kalynda - 26 - The Voyage Of The Wee Red Cap by Ruth Sawyer Durand (1880-1970) from The Children's Book of Christmas Stories – 00:15:19
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Read by Bellona Times - 27 - What Christmas Is As We Grow Older by Charles Dickens (1812–1870) – 00:13:11
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Read by Bob Neufeld - 28 - What Think Ye of Christ? by J. C. Ryle (1816-1900) – 00:25:42
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Read by TriciaG - 29 - Why the Sea is Salt by Mary Howitt (1799–1888) – 00:07:53
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Read by Lucy Perry
Cataloged on December 17, 2011
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