My First Book (Version 2)


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Have you ever wondered how your favorite author started on his or her writing career? Did they launch themselves wholeheartedly into literature? Did they slave away every evening after a hard day at the office? Did they devote their golden years to reflect on a life well-spent? Some faced rejection while others found almost instant success. In this volume, we learn from the authors themselves what launched their literary careers... Bret Harte, Arthur Conan Doyle, R.M. Ballantyne, H. Rider Haggard and many other favorites contributed their stories. - Summary by Lynne Thompson (8 hr 4 min)

Chapters

Introduction by Jerome K. Jerome 13:01 Read by Jim Gallagher
Ready-Money Mortiboy by Walter Besant 18:04 Read by Lynne T
The Family Scapegrace by James Payn 17:09 Read by jenno
The Wreck of the 'Grosvenor' by W. Clark 20:04 Read by John
Phisiological Aesthetics and Philistia by Grant Allen 17:53 Read by Lynne T
The Shadow of a Crime by Hall Caine 32:57 Read by jenno
The Social Kaleidoscope by George R. Sims 20:43 Read by Lynne T
Departmental Ditties by Rudyard Kipling 10:02 Read by Phil Schempf
Juvenilia by A. Conan Doyle 16:27 Read by jenno
The Trail of the Serpent by M.E. Braddon 21:44 Read by Kathleen Moore
The House of Elmore by F.W. Robinson 14:07 Read by Kathleen Moore
Dawn by H. Rider Haggard 26:56 Read by Kathleen Moore
Hudson's Bay by R.M. Ballantyne 15:10 Read by Phil Schempf
The Premier and the Painter by I. Zangwill 25:31 Read by Availle
The Western Avernus by Morley Robinson 18:58 Read by jenno
A Life's Atonement by David Christie Murray 20:57 Read by jenno
A Romance of Two Worlds by Marie Corelli 25:29 Read by Lynne Handler
On the Stage and Off by Jerome K. Jerome 30:48 Read by KevinS
Cavalry Life by 'John Strange Winter' (Mrs. Arthur Stannard) 28:14 Read by Kathrine Engan
Californian Verse by Bret Harte 17:55 Read by Scotty Smith
Dead Man's Rock by 'Q' 20:11 Read by Chad Jackson
Undertones and Idylls and Legends of Inverburn by Robert Buchanan 26:25 Read by Kathrine Engan
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson 26:11 Read by Elijah Fisher