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The Wind in the Willows, Conclusion

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2022 33:46


Mary reads the last chapter of the Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. 

The Wind in the Willows, Chapter 11

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2022 40:46


Mary reads Chapter 11 of the Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. More trouble is brewing in the tranquil English countryside (can you believe it?). 

The Wind in the Willows, Chapter 10

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2022 41:50


Mary reads Chapter 10 of the Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. She also sincerely apologizes for the number of plosives in the episode. 

The Wind in the Willows, Chapter 9

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2022 43:46


Mary continues the reading of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.

The Wind in the Willows, Chapter 8

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2022 25:37


Ally reads a chapter of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.

The Wind in the Willows, Chapter 7

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2022 22:14


Ally reads a chapter of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.

The Wind in the Willows, Chapter 6

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2022 25:21


Ally reads a chapter of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.

The Wind in the Willows, Chapter 5 part 2 (Corrected Audio)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2022 18:00


Ally finishes the fifth chapter of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.

The Wind in the Willows, Chapter 5 part 2

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2022 18:00


Ally reads a chapter a day of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.

The Wind in the Willows, Chapter 5 part 1

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2022 12:33


Ally reads a chapter a day of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.

The Wind in the Willows, Chapter 4 part 2

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2022 13:54


Ally reads a chapter a day of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.

The Wind in the Willows, Chapter 4 part 1

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2022 12:16


Ally reads a chapter a day of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.

The Wind in the Willows, Chapter 3

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2022 24:28


Ally reads a chapter a day of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.

The Wind in the Willows, Chapter 2

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2022 24:09


Ally reads a chapter a day of the Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.

The Wind in the Willows, Chapter 1

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2022 27:18


Ally reads a chapter a day of The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame (1908).

Discussion of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde / The Metamorphosis

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2022 47:59


Ally & Mary discuss January's novellas, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson and The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka.

The Metamorphosis, Part 6 (Conclusion)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2022 27:56


Mary concludes the reading of The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (1915).    Read along here.

The Metamorphosis, Part 5

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2022 20:02


Mary reads The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (1915).    Read along here. 

The Metamorphosis, Part 4

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2022 23:33


Mary reads The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (1915). It's really so much better than you would think!   Read along here. 

The Metamorphosis, Part 3

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2022 26:50


Mary reads The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (1915).    Read along here.

The Metamorphosis, Part 2

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2022 16:39


Mary reads The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (1915).  Read along here. 

The Metamorphosis, Part 1

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2022 31:09


Mary reads The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (1915). We hope it will transform you!   Read along here. 

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Conclusion

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2022 41:00


Ally reads the last chapter of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Chapter 9

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2022 15:17


Ally reads a chapter a day of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Chapter 8

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2022 23:46


Ally reads a chapter a day of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Chapter 7

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2022 2:58


Ally reads a chapter a day of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.   This one is short and intriguing.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Chapters 5 and 6

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2022 16:48


Ally reads a chapter (or two) a day of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Chapters 3 and 4

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2022 13:14


Ally reads a chapter (or two) a day of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Chapter 2

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2022 16:49


Ally reads a chapter a day of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Chapter 1

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2022 13:01


Ally reads a chapter a day of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Christmas Short Story #9: Papa Panov‘s Special Christmas by Leo Tolstoy

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2021 11:09


Mary reads the short story Papa Panov's Special Christmas by Leo Tolstoy.   And with that, Mary is signing off for 2021! We hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas. 

Christmas Short Story #8: The Oval Portrait by Edgar Allan Poe

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2021 9:23


Mary reads The Oval Portrait by Edgar Allan Poe (1850). Though Poe did not write any stories specifically set around Christmas (that I could find - please send us the name if he did!), this semi-ghost story is in keeping with the relatively unintentional Christmas Eve ghost story theme we have going. I also chose it because I thought it might fit into the type of ghost story Jerome K. Jerome had so much fun satirizing in Told After Supper.    Read along here. 

Christmas Short Story #7: A Scot‘s Christmas Story by George MacDonald

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2021 42:58


Mary reads the short story A Scot's Christmas Story by George MacDonald.   Read along here. 

Christmas Short Story #6: The Burglar‘s Christmas by Willa Cather

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2021 28:26


Mary reads the short story The Burglar's Christmas by Willa Cather (1896). This short story was published by Cather in The Home Monthly under the pseudonym Elizabeth L. Seymour.     Read along here.

Christmas Short Story #5: Christmas Eve by Washington Irving

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2021 26:00


Ally reads the short story "Christmas Eve" by Washington Irving, which appeared in The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, along with Rip Van Winkle and Sleep Hollow. Irving's portrayal of Christmas in England was very influential in the development of American Christmas traditions.   This is Ally signing off for the year. Mary will pick up next week with a few more Christmas short stories and then we will begin a new novel in January. Merry Christmas!

Christmas Short Story #4: Christmas by Washington Irving

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2021 12:54


Ally reads the essay "Christmas" by Washington Irving, which appeared in The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, along with Rip Van Winkle and Sleep Hollow. Irving's portrayal of Christmas in England was very influential in the development of American Christmas traditions. We'll have another one of his Christmas stories tomorrow.

Christmas Short Story #3: Told After Supper, Part 3

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2021 16:47


Ally reads the novella Told After Supper by Jerome K. Jerome, which was published in 1891.   Part 3 of 3.   This is a funny one.

Christmas Short Story #3: Told After Supper, Part 2

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2021 21:27


Ally reads the novella Told After Supper by Jerome K. Jerome, which was published in 1891.   Part 2 of 3.   This is a funny one.

Christmas Short Story #3: Told After Supper, Part 1

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2021 17:17


Ally reads the novella Told After Supper by Jerome K. Jerome, which was published in 1891.   Part 1 of 3.   This is a funny one.

Christmas Short Story #2: The Red Room by HG Wells

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2021 23:07


Ally reads The Red Room, a short story by HG Wells, which was published in 1896.   This isn't technically a Christmas story, but Wells didn't write any Christmas-themed stories (that we could find), so we are substituting a ghost story. Apparently telling ghost stories around the fire was a British Christmas Eve tradition. 

Christmas Short Story #1: Christmas Storms and Sunshine

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2021 24:45


Ally reads Christmas Storms and Sunshine by Elizabeth Gaskell, a Christmas short story which was published in 1848.

Discussion of O Pioneers!

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2021 38:34


Ally and Mary stay up late to share their thoughts on O Pioneers! by Willa Cather.    

O Pioneers!, Part V (Conclusion)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2021 46:04


Mary reads the concluding chapters of O Pioneers! by Willa Cather (1913).    Read along here.

O Pioneers!, Part IV Chapters 4 - 8

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2021 41:51


Mary reads a few chapters a day of O Pioneers! by Willa Cather (1913).    Read along here.

O Pioneers!, Part IV Chapters 1 - 3

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2021 38:09


Mary reads a few chapters a day of O Pioneers! by Willa Cather (1913).    Read along here.

O Pioneers!, Part III

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2021 25:32


Mary reads a few chapters a day of O Pioneers! by Willa Cather (1913).    Read along here.

O Pioneers!, Part II Chapters 8 - 12

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2021 41:31


Mary reads a few chapters a day of O Pioneers! by Willa Cather (1913).  Read along here. 

O Pioneers! Part II Chapters 5, 6 and 7

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2021 26:04


Mary reads a few chapters a day of O Pioneers! by Willa Cather (1913).   Read along here.

O Pioneers!, Part II Chapters 3 and 4

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2021 34:16


Mary reads a few chapters a day of O Pioneers! by Willa Cather (1913).   Read along here.

O Pioneers!, Part II Chapters 1 and 2

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2021 26:54


Mary reads a few chapters a day of O Pioneers! by Willa Cather (1913).    Read along here.

O Pioneers!, Part I Chapters 4 and 5

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2021 29:31


Mary reads a few chapters a day of O Pioneers! by Willa Cather (1913). 

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