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Napoleon Emperor of Elba

In The Story of Napoleon

Read by Patrick Saville

Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall

This book gives an exciting account of Napoleon's rise to power. It opens with his humble beginning on the island of Corsica and ultimately …

The Pig Brother

In The Pig Brother and Other Fables and Stories

Read by Patrick Saville

Laura E. Richards and Laura E. Howe Richards

Here are some really amusing stories and fables told with delightful wit. Some poke fun at human foibles and some are there for the simple j…

The Two Princes

In Cossack Fairy Tales

Read by Patrick Saville

Robert Nisbet Bain

This is a volume of fairy tales and folk tales from the Cossack people, compiled and translated by Robert Nisbet Bain. The tales are special…

The Play's the Thing

In The Book of the Little Past

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Josephine Preston Peabody

This is a very cute little book of children's poetry. All poems are short and suitable for very young children to read or listen to. - Summa…

Fairer than a Fairy

In The Old Old Fairy Tales

Read by Patrick Saville

Laura Valentine

"Once upon a time a king had an extreme passion for silkworms..." So begins one story in this unusual collection. Here you may als…

The Snow Queen, part 1

In Faery Tales from Hans Christian Andersen

Read by Patrick Saville

Hans Christian Andersen

This is a 1910 edition of the Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen. This volume is nicely mixed, containing both the most famous tales as …

The Spook of Rotten Row

In The Spook Ballads

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William Theodore Parkes

This is a volume of ghost stories in verse by William Theodore Parkes. The poems in this volume are often humorous, and written in a parody …

Preface

In The Cloister and the Hearth (version 2)

Read by Patrick Saville

Charles Reade

Set in the 15th century, the Cloister and the Hearth is a story Gerald Eliassoen, a young scribe and illuminator, who travels through seven …

HOW LITTLE JOHN JOINED ROBIN HOOD

In The Story of Robin Hood

Read by Patrick Saville

Bertha Evangeline Bush

"He was brave and kind and merry always, and all the English people—except England's oppressors—loved him with all their hearts and del…

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