English Literature for Boys and Girls

Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall (1867 - 1941)

"Has there ever been a time when no stories were told? Has there ever been a people who did not care to listen? I think not."
Thus begins a journey through the history of English literature, from the early middle ages to the Victorian era. The young person will experience the most well-loved characters of all time, from Beowulf, the warrior who dares to challenge a terrifying and bloodthirsty monster, to virtuous Una of The Faerie Queene, faithful to the end. H. E. Marshall masterfully weaves selections from the stories into her own retelling, leaving the reader with a keen appreciation for the great books that have become the foundation of Western culture. - Summary by cadastra

Genre(s): General

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Chapter I: In the Listening Time Heather Eney
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Play 02 Chapter II: The Story of the Cattle Raid of Cooley Gabriel Mc Dermott
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Play 03 Chapter III: One of the Sorrows of Story-telling MaybeCordelia
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Play 04 Chapter IV: The Story of a Literary Lie MaybeCordelia
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Play 05 Chapter V: The Story of Fingal MaybeCordelia
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Play 06 Chapter VI: About Some Old Welsh Stories Faerie Book Mama
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Play 07 Chapter VII: How the Story of Arthur was Written in English Kim Lamb
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Play 08 Chapter VIII: The Beginning of the Reading Time TR Love
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Play 09 Chapter IX: "The Passing of Arthur" TR Love
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Play 10 Chapter X: The Adventures of An Old English Book Faerie Book Mama
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Play 11 Chapter XI: The Story of Beowulf Alix Grace
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Play 12 Chapter XII: The Father of English Song Kim Lamb
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Play 13 Chapter XIII: How Caedmon Sang, and How He Fell Once More on Silence Kim Lamb
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Play 14 Chapter XIV: The Father of English History Ruth P.
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Play 15 Chapter XV: How Alfred the Great Fought With His Pen RedLily
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Play 16 Chapter XVI: When English Slept Wayne Cooke
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Play 17 Chapter XVII: The Story of Havelok the Dane nighthawks
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Play 18 Chapter XVIII: About Some Song Stories Michele Eaton
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Play 19 Chapter XIX: "Piers the Ploughman" Michele Eaton
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Play 20 Chapter XX: "Piers the Ploughman" - continued Michele Eaton
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Play 21 Chapter XXI: How the Bible Came to the People Ruth P.
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Play 22 Chapter XXII: Chaucer - Bread and Milk for Children Alix Grace
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Play 23 Chapter XXIII: Chaucer - "The Canterbury Tales" Heather Eney
00:11:37
Play 24 Chapter XXIV: Chaucer - At the Tabard Inn Alix Grace
00:17:23
Play 25 Chapter XXV: The First English Guide-Book Ken Masters
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Play 26 Chapter XXVI: Barbour - "The Bruce," The Beginnings of a Struggle Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 27 Chapter XXVII: Barbour - "The End of the Struggle" Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 28 Chapter XXVIII: A Poet King Shasta
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Play 29 Chapter XXIX: The Death of the Poet King Shasta
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Play 30 Chapter XXX: Dunbar - The Wedding of the Thistle and the Rose Shasta
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Play 31 Chapter XXXI: At the Sign of the Red Pale Cheryl
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Play 32 Chapter XXXII: About the Beginning of the Theater CadenB
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Play 33 Chapter XXXIII: How the Shepherds Watched Their Flocks mleigh
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Play 34 Chapter XXXIV: The Story of Everyman Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 35 Chapter XXXV: How a Poet Comforted a Girl Shasta
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Play 36 Chapter XXXVI: The Renaissance Wayne Cooke
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Play 37 Chapter XXXVII: The Land of Nowhere Cheryl
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Play 38 Chapter XXXVIII: The Death of Sir Thomas More KinoOnik
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Play 39 Chapter XXXIX: How the Sonnet Came to England springteacher
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Play 40 Chapter XL: The Beginning of Blank Verse springteacher
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Play 41 Chapter XLI: Spenser - The "Shepherd's Calendar" springteacher
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Play 42 Chapter XLII: Spenser - The "Faery Queen" MaybeCordelia
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Play 43 Chapter XLIII: Spenser - His Last Days nighthawks
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Play 44 Chapter XLIV: About the First Theaters Piotr Nater
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Play 45 Chapter XLV: Shakespeare - The Boy Ruth P.
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Play 46 Chapter XLVI: Shakespeare - The Man Ruth P.
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Play 47 Chapter LXVII: Shakespeare - "The Merchant of Venice" Ken Masters
00:31:21
Play 48 Chapter XLVIII: Jonson - "Every Man in His Humour" Vineymala
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Play 49 Chapter XLIX: Jonson - "The Sad Shepherd" Lynda Marie Neilson
00:12:09
Play 50 Chapter L: Raleigh - "The Revenge" Heather Eney
00:25:48
Play 51 Chapter LI: Raleigh - "The History of the World" Heather Eney
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Play 52 Chapter LII: Bacon - New Ways of Wisdom Heather Eney
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Play 53 Chapter LIII: Bacon - The Happy Island Heather Eney
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Play 54 Chapter LIV: About Some Lyric Poets Lynda Marie Neilson
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Play 55 Chapter LV: Herbert - The Parson Poet Ken Masters
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Play 56 Chapter LVI: Herrick and Marvell - Of Blossoms and Bowers Ken Masters
00:24:46
Play 57 Chapter LVII: Milton - Sight and Growth Night
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Play 58 Chapter LVIII: Milton - Darkness and Death Night
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Play 59 Chapter LIX: Bunyan - "The Pilgrim's Progress" Ruth P.
00:27:39
Play 60 Chapter LX: Dryden - The New Poetry Brooke Favorat
00:25:40
Play 61 Chapter LXI: Defoe - The First Newspaers Traceyann
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Play 62 Chapter LXII: Defoe - "Robinson Crusoe" ABVoice
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Play 63 Chapter LXIII: Swift - The "Journal to Stella" CadenB
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Play 64 Chapter LXIV: Swift - "Gulliver's Travels" CadenB
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Play 65 Chapter LXV: Addison - The "Spectator" Margaret Lange
00:28:40
Play 66 Chapter LXVI: "Steele - The Soldier Author Margaret Lange
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Play 67 Chapter LXVII: Pope - "The Rape of the Lock" Vineymala
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Play 68 Chapter LXVIII: Johnson - Days of Struggle Wayne Cooke
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Play 69 Chapter LXIX: Johnson - The End of the Journey Gini Rosario
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Play 70 Chapter LXX: Goldsmith - The Vagabond Margaret Lange
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Play 71 Chapter LXXI: Goldsmith - "The Vicar of Wakefield" Christina Fu
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Play 72 Chapter LXXXII: Burns - The Plowman Poet Gini Rosario
00:25:38
Play 73 Chapter LXXIII: Cowper - "The Task" Wayne Cooke
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Play 74 Chapter LXXIV: Wordsworth - The Poet of Nature Aric Reed
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Play 75 Chapter LXXV: Wordsworth and Coleridge - the Lake Poets W. L. Bolm
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Play 76 Chapter LXXVI: Coleridge and Southey - Sunshine and Shadow Wayne Cooke
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Play 77 Chapter LXXVII: Scott - The Awakening of Romance Heather Eney
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Play 78 Chapter LXXVIII: Scott - "The Wizard of the North" Aric Reed
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Play 79 Chapter LXXIX: Byron - "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" Alan Mapstone
00:22:59
Play 80 Chapter LXXX: Shelley - The Poet of Love Lynda Marie Neilson
00:30:24
Play 81 Chapter LXXXI: Keats - The Poet of Beauty MaybeCordelia
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Play 82 Chapter LXXXII: Carlyle - The Sage of Chelsea TR Love
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Play 83 Chapter LXXXIII: Thackeray - The Cynic? TR Love
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Play 84 Chapter LXXXIV: Dickens - Smiles and Tears mleigh
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Play 85 Chapter LXXXV: Tennyson - The Poet of Friendship MaybeCordelia
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