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Selected excerpts by Elizabeth Stevenson Gaskell

In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 15

Read by Natalie Contino


Various


The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…

The Three Strings

Read by Natalie Fortier


Natalie Sumner Lincoln


"The Three Strings" is a suspenseful mystery in the Inspector Mitchell series of books by Natalie Sumner Lincoln. It begins with …

The Blowing Away of Mr. Bushy Tail

Read by Natalie Fortier


Edith B. Davidson


A tale of the adventures and misadventures of Mr. Bushy Tale on his quest to find food for his family to last the winter. - Summary by Nata…

04 - Chapter 3

In The Italian

Read by Natalie


Ann Radcliffe


The love story between a nobleman and a beautiful lady whom he meets in church leads both of them to unexpected places, as many people would…

01 - Mrs. Silvia Tebrick is all of a sudden a fox.

In Lady Into Fox

Read by Natalie


David Garnett


When Sylvia Tebrick, the 24-year-old wife of Richard Tebrick, suddenly turns into a fox while they are out walking in the woods, Mr. Tebrick…

In which Cassandra goes to Queensderry and takes a Drive in a Pony Carriage

In The Mountain Girl

Read by Natalie


Payne Erskine


A delightful love-story, genuinely American in feeling and treatment. The story is stirring, the heroine is ideal. (Summary by the Chicago T…

10 - Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine

In The Green Fairy Book

Read by Natalie


Andrew Lang


Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books constitute a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Altho…

The Future of Journalism - Natalie Nougayrède (Le Monde)

In Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

Read by Natalie Nougayrède


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Chapter 10 - Annie Sees the Court Goblin

In Zauberlinda, the Wise Witch

Read by Natalie Paula


Eva Katherine Gibson


Annie Elfrida McLane lives in a little brown house of the South Dakota prairie, within sight of the Black Hills. Her father is a widower and…

Polly's Big Bundle

In Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (Version 2)

Read by Natalie Sullivan


Margaret Sidney


The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew tells the story of how the Peppers live, learn, and play in their little brown house. They are poo…

York House

In The Armourer's Prentices

Read by Natalie Paula


Charlotte Mary Yonge


Set in the sixteenth century, two young boys are left orphans and are turned out of their home by their older brother, or, more particularly…

Chapter I

In The Courage of Marge O'Doone

Read by Natalie Paula


James Oliver Curwood


David Raine is travelling, trying to escape his own memories. On the train he meets Father Rolland, who invites him North, to a world of &qu…

Vol. 1 chapter 6 The New Baby

In The Seaboard Parish

Read by Natalie Paula


George MacDonald


This is Second book of Three series. All the same characters from the first book, just with a few new friends and family members. The Pastor…

Pooley Defends His Name

In The Knights of the Square Table

Read by Natalie Rule


Seckatary Hawkins


Here is a mystery story for boys of all ages - from nine to ninety. It is a typical Seckatary Hawkins tale, told by the young scribe who tak…