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This is the audio version of YouTube channel "David Reads Stories", in which David Johns reads aloud out-of-copyright, public domain stories. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/david-reads-stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    • Dec 11, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 19m AVG DURATION
    • 13 EPISODES


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    A Visit to Santa Claus Land

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2022 15:43


    "A Visit to Santa Claus Land" by Georgene Faulkner; a story, read aloudSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/david-reads-stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    The Nutcrackers of Nutcracker Lodge

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2022 9:05


    "The Nutcrackers of Nutcracker Lodge" by Harriet Beecher Stowe (adapted). See https://www.gutenberg.org/files/51734/51734-h/51734-h.htm#Page_234Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/david-reads-stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    The Three Golden Apples

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2022 29:21


    The Three Golden Apples by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Taken from "THE TOPAZ STORY BOOK", see https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51734Enjoy the stories? If you like - and there's absolutely no requirement to do so whatsoever - you can chuck me a tip at https://www.patreon.com/CruisingTheCut or via https://www.paypal.me/CruisingTheCutSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/david-reads-stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    The Christmas Masquerade

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2021 24:38


    A story reading of "The Christmas Masquerade" by Mary E. Wilkins FreemanSee https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/5061/pg5061-images.html#link2H_4_0004Images from the Creative Commons image library, public domain, marked as no attribution required.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/david-reads-stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Winter's Herald

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2021 7:54


    "Winter's Herald" by Jane Andrews, From The Topaz Story Book on the Gutenberg Project.See https://www.gutenberg.org/Enjoy the stories? If you like - and there's absolutely no requirement to do so whatsoever - you can chuck me a tip at https://www.patreon.com/CruisingTheCut or via https://www.paypal.me/CruisingTheCutSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/david-reads-stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    The Traveller's Story of a Terribly Strange Bed

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2021 43:13


    The creepy tale of a man threatened with death when he gambles and gets drunk in Paris. Story by Wilkie Collins, from the Gutenberg Project; see https://www.gutenberg.org/Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/david-reads-stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    "Our Square and the People In It" (Part 4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2021 15:17


    With huge apologies for the atrocious (but mercifully brief) attempt at a Scottish accent - I kept wanting to say "the dilithium warp crystals'll nae take it, Cap'n"! - this is the fourth and final excerpt from the story "Our Square and the People in it" by Samuel Hopkins Adams, originally published 1917.Story downloaded from Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44328Enjoy the stories? If you like - and there's absolutely no requirement to do so whatsoever - you can chuck me a tip at https://www.patreon.com/CruisingTheCut or via https://www.paypal.me/CruisingTheCutSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/david-reads-stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    "Our Square and the People In It" (Part 3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2021 21:01


    This is part 3 of 4 of the story "Our Square and the People in it" by Samuel Hopkins Adams, originally published 1917.Story downloaded from Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44328Enjoy the stories? If you like - and there's absolutely no requirement to do so whatsoever - you can chuck me a tip at https://www.patreon.com/CruisingTheCut or via https://www.paypal.me/CruisingTheCuSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/david-reads-stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    "Our Square and the People In It" (Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2021 22:51


    This is part 2 of 4 of the story "Our Square and the People in it" by Samuel Hopkins Adams, originally published 1917.Story downloaded from Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44328Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/david-reads-stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    "Our Square and the People in it" by Samuel Hopkins Adams

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2021 30:56


    This is part 1 of 4 of the story "Our Square and the People in it" by Samuel Hopkins Adams, originally published 1917.Story downloaded from Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44328Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/david-reads-stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    "The New Year's Bargain" by Susan Coolidge

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2020 14:23


    First published in 1871, this is Chapter 1 of "The New Year's Bargain" by Susan Coolidge.Text from Project Gutenberg https://www.gutenberg.orgStory is at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58762Viewers kindly note the text is as written in 1871, using language of that era.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/david-reads-stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Little Girl's Christmas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2020 13:20


    Reading "Little Girl's Christmas" by Winnifred E. Lincoln, a copyright-free public domain story.Story found at Project Gutenberg:https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/Direct story link:https://www.gutenberg.org/files/5061/5061-h/5061-h.htm#link2H_4_0007Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/david-reads-stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    The Rescue at Sea

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2020 11:37


    Taken from "True Ghost Stories by Hereward Carrington, published in 1915, this is "The Rescue at Sea". Story read from Project Gutenberg, see https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44625Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/david-reads-stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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