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1:06:58
Zip file size:
31MB
Catalog date:
2008-10-30
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Book Coordinator:
Joseph Finkberg
Meta Coordinator:
Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
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Mother Goose for Grownups

Guy Wetmore Carryl (1873 - 1904)

Mother Goose for Grownups is a delightfully silly collection of parodies on well-known Mother Goose tales by Guy Wetmore Carryl. (Summary by fink)

Genre(s): Humorous Fiction

Language: English

Keyword(s): humour (146), tales (51), Mother Goose (5), parodies (4), grownups (1)

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 To Constance Joseph Finkberg
 00:01:05
Play 02 The Admirable Assertiveness of Jilted Jack Parrot
 00:03:29
Play 03 The Blatant Brutality of Little Bow Peep Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
 00:03:38
Play 04 The Commendable Castigation of Old Mother Hubbard Rhonda Federman
 00:04:00
Play 05 The Discouraging Discovery of Little Jack Horner Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
 00:04:50
Play 06 The Embarrassing Episode of Little Miss Muffet Ezwa
 00:02:39
Play 07 The Fearful Finale of the Irascible Mouse Didier
 00:03:37
Play 08 The Gastronomic Guile of Simple Simon David Federman
 00:04:23
Play 09 The Harmonious Heedlessness of Little Boy Blue Toby Paradis
 00:02:23
Play 10 The Inexcusable Improbity of Tom, the Piper's Son Ruth Golding
 00:03:34
Play 11 The Judicious Judgment of Quite Contrary Mary Julie VW
 00:03:02
Play 12 The Linguistic Languor of Charles Augustus Sprague Didier
 00:03:17
Play 13 The Mysterious Misapprehension Concerning a Man in Our Town Jessica Louise
 00:02:37
Play 14 The Opportune Overthrow of Humpty Dumpty Joseph Finkberg
 00:02:43
Play 15 The Preposterous Performance of an Old Lady of Banbury Ruth Golding
 00:03:35
Play 16 The Quixotic Quest of Three Blind Mice Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
 00:04:02
Play 17 The Remarkable Regimen of the Sprat Family Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
 00:03:35
Play 18 The Singular Sangfroid of Baby Bunting David Federman
 00:03:24
Play 19 The Touching Tenderness of King Karl the First Ezwa
 00:02:54
Play 20 The Unusual Ubiquity of the Inquisitive Gander Rhonda Federman
 00:04:11