The Mermaid


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"'What a fool I was not to go where she beckoned!' mused Caius. 'Where? Anywhere into the heart of the ocean, out of this dull, sordid life into the land of dreams.'
For it must all have been a dream—a sweet, fantastic dream, imposed upon his senses by some influence, outward or inward; but it seemed to him that at the hour when he seemed to see the maid it might have been given him to enter the world of dreams, and go on in some existence which was a truer reality than the one in which he now was. In a deliberate way he thought that perhaps, if the truth were known, he, Dr. Caius Simpson, was going a little mad; but as he sat by the softly lapping sea he did not regret this madness: what he did regret was that he must go home… " (Summary by L. Dougall, excerpt from the text)

Book Coordinators for this project: ElleyKat and Lucretia B.

Proof Listeners for this project: ElleyKat and Lucretia B. (7 hr 49 min)

Chapters

01 - Book 1, Chapter 1 - The Bent Twig 3:54 Read by Barry Eads
02 - Book 1, Chapter 2 - The Sad-Eyed Child 10:33 Read by Barry Eads
03 - Book 1, Chapter 3 - Lost in the Sea 12:35 Read by Barry Eads
04 - Book 1, Chapter 4 - A Quiet Life 11:11 Read by Lucretia B.
05 - Book 1, Chapter 5 - Seen Through Blear Eyes 15:58 Read by SeanReads
06 - Book 1, Chapter 6 - From Hour to Hour We Ripe 10:32 Read by nsiner
07 - Book 1, Chapter 7 - A Sea Change 12:40 Read by nsiner
08 - Book 1, Chapter 8 - Belief in the Impossible 11:41 Read by Lynne T
09 - Book 1, Chapter 9 - The Sea-Maid's Music 15:22 Read by Lynne T
10 - Book 1, Chapter 10 - Towed by the Beard 10:34 Read by Lynne T
11 - Book 1, Chapter 11 - Years of Discretion 6:04 Read by Arnie Horton
12 - Book 2, Chapter 1 - The Hand That Beckoned 17:22 Read by Rick Spangler
13 - Book 2, Chapter 2 - The Isles of St. Magdalen 8:29 Read by Bill Boerst
14 - Book 2, Chapter 3 - Between the Surf and the Sand 17:51 Read by Arianna
15 - Book 2, Chapter 4 - Where the Devil Lived 13:15 Read by Bill Boerst
16 - Book 2, Chapter 5 - Devilry 14:52 Read by Bill Boerst
17 - Book 2, Chapter 6 - The Sea-Maid 7:17 Read by Lynne T
18 - Book 2, Chapter 7 - The Grave Lady 7:23 Read by Rick Spangler
19 - Book 2, Chapter 8 - How They Lived on the Cloud 19:42 Read by Christine Stevens
20 - Book 2, Chapter 9 - The Sick and the Dead 10:06 Read by Jill Preston
21 - Book 2, Chapter 10 - A Light-Giving Word 11:17 Read by Tim Quinn
22 - Book 2, Chapter 11 - The Lady's Husband 9:27 Read by Lynne T
23 - Book 2, Chapter 12 - The Maiden Invented 17:55 Read by Pooja DSr
24 - Book 2, Chapter 13 - White Birds; White Snow; White Thoughts 11:11 Read by Bill Boerst
25 - Book 2, Chapter 14 - The Marriage Scene 17:14 Read by Bill Boerst
26 - Book 3, Chapter 1 - How We Hunted the Seals 8:29 Read by Bill Boerst
27 - Book 3, Chapter 2 - Once More the Vision 8:47 Read by Bill Boerst
28 - Book 3, Chapter 3 - Love, I Speak to Thy Face 13:55 Read by Lynne T
29 - Book 3, Chapter 4 - Hope Born of Spring 9:19 Read by Jeremy Robertson
30 - Book 3, Chapter 5 - To the Higher Court 9:22 Read by Jeremy Robertson
31 - Book 3, Chapter 6 - The Night is Dark 13:51 Read by Jeremy Robertson
32 - Book 3, Chapter 7 - The Wild Waves Whist 15:30 Read by Bill Boerst
33 - Book 3, Chapter 8 - God's in His Heaven 22:43 Read by Bill Boerst
34 - Book 3, Chapter 9 - God's Puppets, Best and Worst 7:20 Read by Bill Boerst
35 - Book 3, Chapter 10 - Death Shrive Thy Soul! 14:30 Read by Bill Boerst
36 - Book 3, Chapter 11 - The Riddle of Life 11:34 Read by nsiner
37 - Book 3, Chapter 12 - To Call A Spirit from the Vasty Deep 19:04 Read by nsiner
38 - Book 3, Chapter 13 - The Evening and the Morning 10:52 Read by nsiner