Anyhow Stories: Moral and otherwise


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(4.5 stars; 5 reviews)

A collection of stories and poems for children by British novelist, journalist, and playwright Lucy Lane Clifford, better known during her lifetime as Mrs W.K. Clifford. She was famous with her mathematician husband for Sunday salons which attracted both scientists and literati. She was born in 1846 and died in 1929.
Summary by Val Grimm (3 hr 9 min)

Chapters

The Cobbler's Children 9:28 Read by Anna Simon
The New Mother 25:46 Read by Charlie Blakemore
Round the Rabbit Holes 11:46 Read by Cori Samuel
The Three Little Ragamuffins 5:24 Read by Tammy Sanders
From Outside the World 20:32 Read by Eliza Horne
The Paper Ship 2:38 Read by Val Grimm
The Baby's Legs 9:33 Read by Tammy Sanders
Imitation Fish 10:57 Read by Tammy Sanders
Buttercup Queen 1:28 Read by R. Robertson
The Beautiful Lady 10:27 Read by R. Robertson
The Story of Willie and Fancy 32:52 Read by Ashe Prescott
In the Porch 18:54 Read by Ashe Prescott
Lullaby 1:15 Read by Cori Samuel
Wooden Tony 28:52 Read by Scott Sherris

Reviews

Mixed Assortment


(3 stars)

This collection is a mixed bag. Some stories, like "The New Mother" and "Wooden Tony" are really haunting. Others are rather bland or repetitive. But I did really like how the stories looped around on themselves, with characters and events from one story being referenced in others.