Christmas Comes but Once a Year
John Leighton
Read by Ruth Golding
A Christmas tale of John Brown's ghastly family (suburban snobs), Captain Bonaventure de Camp and his equally awful brood (a dubious crew), and poor Soavo Spohf, organist of St. Stiff the Martyr, gifted in musical ability but not blessed in looks or love.
No-one could call this a great work of literature, but it definitely raises a few chuckles and it also offers a fascinating glimpse into Christmas festivities and social mores in well-to-do households in the mid-19th century. (Introduction by Ruth Golding) (3 hr 9 min)
Chapters
| Section 1 | 29:24 | Read by Ruth Golding |
| Section 2 | 18:10 | Read by Ruth Golding |
| Section 3 | 16:58 | Read by Ruth Golding |
| Section 4 | 23:56 | Read by Ruth Golding |
| Section 5 | 25:14 | Read by Ruth Golding |
| Section 6 | 26:17 | Read by Ruth Golding |
| Section 7 | 29:19 | Read by Ruth Golding |
| Section 8 | 20:15 | Read by Ruth Golding |
Reviews
Send-up of Victorian Xmas Parties
Kerrigan
It’s pretty funny, fairly clever and an antidote to Dickens’ Christmas worship. Irreverent humor, much wordplay and a much more realistic view of the Victorian Xmas than you usually are exposed to, complete with drunken arguments, wanton flirting, and disappointing feasts. Very arch. I fear the author may be just a tad too impressed with his own cleverness. Still, it’s fun.
diary of a wimpy kid
marissa
diary of a wimpy kid