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Fifty Famous Stories Retold (version 2)
by James Baldwin (1841-1925)
Some have a slight historical value; some are useful as giving point to certain great moral truths; others are products solely of the fancy, and are intended only to amuse. Some are derived from very ancient sources, and are current in the literature of many lands; some have come to us through the ballads and folk tales of the English people; a few are of quite recent origin (Excerpt from text)
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Total running time: 3:28:09
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- 00 – Concerning These Stories – 00:03:10
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Read by: Clarica - 01 – King Alfred and the Cakes – 00:03:45
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Read by: Kristine Bekere - 02 – King Alfred and the Beggar – 00:03:56
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Read by: Annoying Twit - 04 – The Sons of William the Conqueror – 00:06:05
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Read by: Ernst Pattynama - 05 – The White Ship – 00:06:01
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Read by: Ernst Pattynama - 06 – King John and the Abbot – 00:08:15
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Read by: Jennifer Stearns - 07 – A Story of Robin Hood – 00:05:34
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Read by: Annoying Twit - 08 – Bruce and the Spider – 00:02:58
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Read by: dexter - 09 – The Black Douglas – 00:03:54
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Read by: dexter - 10 – Three Men of Gotham – 00:02:41
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Read by: Jennifer Stearns - 11 – Other Wise Men of Gotham – 00:04:53
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Read by: Janna - 12 – The Miller of the Dee – 00:02:55
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Read by: Petra - 13 – Sir Philip Sidney – 00:02:08
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Read by: Annoying Twit - 14 – The Ungrateful Soldier – 00:02:04
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Read by: Janna - 15 – Sir Humphrey Gilbert – 00:01:49
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Read by: Janna - 16 – Sir Walter Raleigh – 00:04:24
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Read by: Janna - 17 – Pocahontas – 00:01:59
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Read by: Janna - 18 – George Washington and his Hatchet – 00:01:49
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Read by: Alex Buie - 19 – Grace Darling – 00:03:19
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Read by: Janna - 20 – The Story of William Tell – 00:02:57
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Read by: Annoying Twit - 21 – Alrnold Winkelried – 00:03:03
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Read by: Janna - 22 – The Bell of Atri – 00:07:01
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Read by: Janna - 23 – How Napoleon Crossed The Alps – 00:01:47
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Read by: Joe Pilsbury - 24 – The Story of Cincinnatus – 00:07:09
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Read by: MCrovi - 25 – The Story of Regulus – 00:04:55
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Read by: MCrovi - 26 – Cornelia’s Jewels – 00:04:27
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Read by: Rechelle - 27 – Androclus and the Lion – 00:04:57
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Read by: MCrovi - 28 – Horatius at the Bridge – 00:06:00
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Read by: Rechelle - 29 – Julius Caesar – 00:02:27
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Read by: Janna - 30 – The Sword of Damocles – 00:03:15
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Read by: Annoying Twit - 31 – Damon and Pythias – 00:02:56
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Read by: Janna - 32 – A Laconic Answer – 00:02:03
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Read by: Joe Pilsbury - 33 – The Ungrateful Guest – 00:02:16
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Read by: David Lawrence - 34 – Alexander and Bucephalus – 00:02:45
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Read by: Janna - 35 – Diogenes the Wise Man – 00:02:31
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Read by: Janna - 36 – The Brave Three Hundred – 00:02:42
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Read by: Joe Pilsbury - 37 – Socrates and his House – 00:01:10
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Read by: Annoying Twit - 38 – The King and His Hawk – 00:04:53
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Read by: David Lawrence - 39 – Doctor Goldsmith – 00:02:08
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Read by: Annoying Twit - 40 – The Kingdoms – 00:04:54
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Read by: Joe Pilsbury - 42 – The Endless Tale – 00:04:32
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Read by: Clarica - 43 – The Blind Men and the Elephant – 00:03:11
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Read by: Clarica - 44 – Maximilian and the Goose Boy – 00:04:11
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Read by: Christine Blachford - 45 – The Inchcape Rock – 00:03:50
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Read by: Janna - 46 – Whittington and His Cat – 00:14:01
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Read by: Janna - 47 – Casabianca – 00:03:37
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Read by: Varra Unreal - 48 – Antonio Canova – 00:06:06
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Read by: alexrobinson - 49 – Picciola – 00:07:20
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Read by: Rhonda Federman - 50 – Mignon – 00:05:44
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Read by: Janna
Cataloged on October 01, 2008
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