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Nine Unlikely Tales for Children

by E. Nesbit (1858-1924)

Nine original and, yes, unlikely fairy-tales, which include stories of the arithmetic fairy, the king who became a charming villa-residence and the dreadful automatic nagging machine.

All are classic-Nesbit: charming, novel and not afraid to squeeze in a moral or two — told with proper fairy-tale style.

Summary by Cori

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Total running time: 4:29:58
Read by Cori Samuel

Listen to an introduction and sample here:

mp3 and ogg files

• 1 – The Cockatoucan – 00:37:06
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  [mp3@128kbps - 35.6MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 18.0MB]
• 2 – Whereyouwantogoto – 00:29:41
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  [mp3@128kbps - 28.4MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 13.9MB]
• 3 – The Blue Mountain – 00:32:57
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  [mp3@128kbps - 31.6MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 16.0MB]
• 4 – The Prince, Two Mice, and Some Kitchen-Maids – 00:28:55
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  [mp3@128kbps - 42.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 21.9MB]
• 5 – Melisande; or Long and Short Division – 00:29:28
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• 6 – Fortunatus Rex and Co. – 00:32:29
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  [mp3@128kbps - 31.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 15.6MB]
• 7 – The Sums That Came Right – 00:22:07
  [mp3@64kbps - 18.4MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 36.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 18.7MB]
• 8 – The Town in the Library, in the Town in the Library – 00:27:20
  [mp3@64kbps - 13.1MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 26.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 13.7MB]
• 9 – The Plush Usurper – 00:29:56
  [mp3@64kbps - 14.3MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 28.7MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 14.5MB]

Cataloged on January 12, 2008