Stories Out Loud

This is a recording of “Big Boy Leaves Home” by Richard Wright and is intended for students who understand literature more deeply when they both read and listen to the story. This recording is intended for educational purposes only.

Audio version read by instructor

Geoff Haden of Swansea, Wales is both owner and curator of the Dylan Thomas Birthplace and Home, a private museum. Geoff Haden provides background information about Dylan Thomas and context for enjoying this short story that reveals the nature of genuine friendship between two women, Patricia and Edith, and the mutual affection between a young boy and his nursemaid. Note how the little boy makes a conscious effort to conceal an observation of Arnold that the boy perceives might be painful for heartbroken Patricia.

Read by Geoff Haden of Swansea, Wales

Poems that pay tribute to casualties of war: “An Irish Airman Foresees His Death” and “February 18, 1943”

Read by Siobhan Wright for the benefit of students who are reading along in the text.

This is a recording for my students.

Part 1