Downright Dencey (Dramatic Reading)


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Dencey Coffyn grows up as a Quaker during Nantucket’s whaling days in the early 1800s. Full of heart, with an adventurous spirit that can find trouble easily, she works hard to make amends for the stones she cast at Sammie Jetsam. Dencey has a deep respect for her strict mother and a heart-filling love for her often absent ship’s-captain father. Dencey’s and Sam’s various adventures introduce us to other Quaker personalities, the Nantucket Quaker culture, and fun community events that were a mainstay at that time. Downright Dencey is a 1928 Newbery Honor book. - Summary by Lynette Caulkins

Cast:
Narrator: Lynette Caulkins
Dencey Coffin: ShrimpPhish
Sammie Jetsam: Inkell
Lydia Coffin: Winnifred Assmann
Tom Coffyn: Jim Hedrick
Hopestill: Joy Dunne
Aunt Lovesta: Jenn Broda
Peggy: Grace Silvey
Jill Orkorwaw: MJ Franck
Bob Merrill: favorezeanuna
Bob Severance and Fragmenter Schoolboy 2: Petra Elphinstone
Elkanah Severance and Fragmenter Schoolboy 3: Mark Jacobi
Steve Severance: Zack Martin
Gideon Wippy and Coffin Schoolboy 3: Gary Polum
Liza Anne: Jessie Percival
Housewife: MamaPhish
Harbor Crier: ARodrigo
Martha White: Sonalie Ekka
Miss Debby: Rachel Whitehorn
Beppo: Waffle
Caleb Severance and Professor Snubshoe: Todd
Grandmother: Diane
Old Captain Parker: Robert Cherny
Mrs. Runnel: StaceyM
William Williams: David Purdy
Old Selah and Hedassah: Larry Wilson
Barna Severance: Munchie
Captain Worth, Yankee, Steven Grellet, Uncle, and Old Mr. Joy: Wayne Cooke
Old Mrs. Joy: Penny Carrington
Liakim Cole: Beeswaxcandle
Aunt Susanna: Agnes Robert Behr
Aunt Mitty and Portuguese Mother: Cyndajm
Dicky Dicks: Scott Caulkins
Ariel: Oliver

Audio edited by: Lynette and Scott Caulkins

Chapters

Preface and BOOK ONE: Chapter 1 - Dionis Throws the Stone 14:41 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 2 - The Consequence Begins 6:59 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 3 - The Upper Room 12:39 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 4 - Forgiveness for the Stone 8:59 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 5 - Out on the Commons 15:48 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 6 - The Price of Forgiveness 9:58 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
BOOK TWO: Chapter 7 - The Former Time 14:46 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 8 - "I Cannot Marry Out of Meeting" 9:09 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 9 - The Perpetual Frontier 13:21 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 10 - The Family on Fair Street 17:51 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 11 - A Wonderful Night 7:56 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 12 - Out of the Orient 5:52 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 13 - Father and Dencey 4:18 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
BOOK THREE: Chapter 14 - Meeting Jetsam 11:04 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 15 - Brown's Barn 8:11 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 16 - The Beloved Aunt Lovesta 5:06 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 17 - The Adventure of the Coat 6:12 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 18 - More Adventure of the Coat 7:35 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 19 - The Adventure of the Book 10:04 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 20 - Injun Jill Knows 4:38 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 21 - The Adventure of Dencey 6:50 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 22 - Injun Jill Pursues 9:58 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 23 - The Promise 13:22 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 24 - The Unspeakable Jetsam 6:09 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 25 - The Prisoner 6:19 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 26 - The Shearing 13:21 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 27 - Pure Magic 7:20 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 28 - Jetsam in the Lane 5:46 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 29 - Sparks That Fly Upward 8:37 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 30 - The Horrible Professor Snubshoe 12:01 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 31 - Dencey Makes Up Her Mind 10:01 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 32 - Dencey Under Concern 11:48 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 33 - In the Storm 19:18 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 34 - Sammie Jetsam in Limbo 7:10 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 35 - Jetsam Discovers the Coffyns 8:49 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 36 - Hunger of the Mind 8:37 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 37 - The Committee on Sufferings 7:06 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 38 - Going Before Her Guide 6:42 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 39 - Someone Is Hungry 15:12 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 40 - A Royal School 9:52 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 41 - Beaux! 10:13 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 42 - The Husking 5:53 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 43 - The Half-Breed 8:00 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 44 - A Stranger in the House 7:17 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 45 - The Friendly Dicky Dicks 5:35 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 46 - The Springtide of the Spirit 13:01 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 47 - Jetsam Finds the Clue 7:14 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 48 - The Chinese Bird Cage 7:49 Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Chapter 49 - Off to Sea 11:49 Read by LibriVox Volunteers