The Strange Story Book


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A collection of stories compiled by the widow of the renowned children's short-story collector, Andrew Lang. She describes this as the final installment of his series of fairy stories and includes some of those stories he had not included in other collections. In the preface, she pays tribute to her husband, saying he liked old things more than new, he loved all beasts' because they were beasts', fairies, cricket and dancing. He longed to visit far away places, but hated to travel. But most of all he befriended children wherever he went and they shared stories with him. Only his own children mocked him. - Summary by Lynne Thompson (9 hr 54 min)

Chapters

Preface by Mrs. Andrew Lang 12:11 Read by Kalyn Heminger
The Drowned Buccaneer 36:18 Read by Aaron M. Lebowitz
The Perplexity of Zadig 6:49 Read by Sheri Elizabeth
The Return of the Dead Wife 8:08 Read by aishah143
Young Amazon Snell 22:40 Read by NoelBadrian
The Good Sir James 10:37 Read by Ulrike Denis
Rip van Winkle 26:05 Read by Diane Neigebauer
The Wonderful Basket 10:43 Read by NoelBadrian
The Escape of the Galley-Slaves 10:26 Read by Kalynda
The Beaver and the Porcupine 10:31 Read by EmmaS
An Old-World Ghost 8:22 Read by Lynne T
The Gentleman Highwayman 17:03 Read by drwebber
The Vision of the Pope 3:55 Read by Christine Lehman
Growing-up-like-one-who-has-a-grandmother 18:16 Read by Aaron M. Lebowitz
The Handless Brigade 8:47 Read by Kathleen Moore
The Son of the Wolf Chief 11:10 Read by Susan Bell
Blind Jack of Knaresborough 28:11 Read by Susan Bell
Blind Jack Again 16:16 Read by Susan Bell
The Story of Djun 15:06 Read by Matthew Datcher
What Became of Owen Parfitt? 11:09 Read by Teresa McPeat
Blackskin 15:27 Read by JoeBlu
The Pets of Aurore Dupin 15:36 Read by JoeBlu
The Trials of M. Deschartres 17:08 Read by Ulrike Denis
Aurore at Play 36:02 Read by Deon Gines
How Aurore Learned to Ride 13:41 Read by Ulrike Denis
Land-Otter the Indian 7:42 Read by Kathleen Moore
The Disinheriting of a Son 10:10 Read by Kathleen Moore
The Siege of Rhodes 21:42 Read by DebK
The Princess of Babylon 39:37 Read by Kathrine Engan
The Adventures of Fire-Drill's Son 16:08 Read by Aaron M. Lebowitz
The Strange Story of Elizabeth Canning 23:45 Read by Kathleen Moore
Mrs. Veal's Ghost 18:43 Read by Kathleen Moore
The Chief's Daughter 13:36 Read by Omar H. Eldahan
The Boyhood of a Painter 19:07 Read by 3Dad
The Adventures of a Spanish Nun 33:46 Read by Christine Lehman