Happy Days
A. A. Milne
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Although best known for his Winnie the Pooh stories, A.A. Milne spent years as an editor at the English humor magazine Punch. These sprightly essays were chosen from the hundreds he wrote during that period. As usual, they are funny, wry, and poke fun at almost all of our human foibles. There are 6 short one act plays that he wrote to demonstrate the 6 allowable plots for amateur playwrights and they are absolutely hilarious. The other topics run the gamut from dogs to dates. (Summary by Phil Chenevert) (8 hr 15 min)
Chapters
| MARGERY: Her Sock | 8:47 | Read by Phil Chenevert |
| MARGERY: How We Play the Pianola | 9:51 | Read by Phil Chenevert |
| MARGERY: The Knight of the Chimney-Piece | 6:35 | Read by Phil Chenevert |
| MARGERY: The Art of Conversation | 7:44 | Read by Phil Chenevert |
| MARGERY: Afternoon Sleep | 7:01 | Read by Phil Chenevert |
| MARGERY: A Twice Told Tale | 7:10 | Read by Phil Chenevert |
| MARGERY: The Literary Art | 7:27 | Read by Phil Chenevert |
| MARGERY: My Secretary | 7:38 | Read by Phil Chenevert |
| MARGERY: The Truth About Home Rails | 7:45 | Read by Phil Chenevert |
| A Crown of Sorrows | 5:54 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| The Lucky Month | 7:50 | Read by Michele Fry |
| The Rescue | 8:55 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| The Portuguese Cigar | 7:36 | Read by Anastasiia Solokha |
| A Cold World | 6:51 | Read by Xiph |
| A Breath of Life | 10:51 | Read by Patrick Wells |
| The Doctor | 6:59 | Read by Patrick Wells |
| The Financier | 6:46 | Read by Patrick Wells |
| The Things That Matter | 7:08 | Read by Michele Fry |
| The Making of a Christmas Story | 19:33 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| A Matter-of-Fact Fairy Tale | 17:28 | Read by ElleyKat |
| The Seaside Novelette | 15:25 | Read by Michele Fry |
| The First of Spring | 9:12 | Read by Sharon Kilmer |
| The Coming of the Crocus | 7:38 | Read by Sharon Kilmer |
| The Landscape Gardener | 8:50 | Read by Anastasiia Solokha |
| Pat-Ball | 7:18 | Read by Jennifer Dorr |
| Ten and Eight | 5:58 | Read by Jeremy Robertson |
| An Inland Voyage | 6:01 | Read by Jeremy Robertson |
| One of Our Sufferers | 8:57 | Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022) |
| Chum | 7:29 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| "Under Entirely New Management" | 8:36 | Read by Sam Naishtat |
| A Farewell Tour | 7:48 | Read by Denise Nordell |
| Physical Culture | 11:33 | Read by JamesMcAndrew |
| An Insurance Act | 9:14 | Read by Anastasiia Solokha |
| Getting the Needle | 7:35 | Read by Anastasiia Solokha |
| Dressing Up | 9:56 | Read by JamesMcAndrew |
| The Complete Kitchen | 8:54 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| An Informal Evening | 7:48 | Read by Daryl Wor |
| A Billiard Lesson | 10:17 | Read by JamesMcAndrew |
| Bachelor Relics | 8:09 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| "Fair Mistress Dorothy" | 8:31 | Read by Anastasiia Solokha |
| "A Slight Misunderstanding" | 8:11 | Read by Marty |
| "Miss Prendergast" | 10:07 | Read by Anastasiia Solokha |
| "At Dead of Night" | 9:49 | Read by Phil Chenevert |
| "The Lost Heiress" | 10:38 | Read by Marty |
| "The Literary Life" | 8:49 | Read by Anastasiia Solokha |
| The Solicitor | 8:18 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| The Painter | 7:54 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| The Barrister | 8:21 | Read by Jennifer Dorr |
| The Civil Servant | 8:19 | Read by asterix |
| The Actor | 8:37 | Read by asterix |
| The Collector | 8:36 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| The Statesman | 11:27 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| The Magnate | 9:24 | Read by Lynne T |
| The Adventurer | 8:34 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| The Explorer | 8:17 | Read by Jennifer Dorr |
| The Newspaper Proprietor | 9:11 | Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022) |
Reviews
Very soothing book.
Karen Bromberg
Love the book.
A LibriVox Listener
Enjoyment of Milne's elegant & witty language was marred by the lady who cannot pronounce English words like "said" or "bowed" basic stuff and she recorded so many chapters - I can't listen, its too torturous to unscramble what is being said. Such a shame, the other readers are all very good. I wish Librivox would exert greater editorial control & standards, it seems to happen a lot in joint efforts that at least one reader is unintelligible/ hard listening.
Francie
the material is too sappy and sacharine sweet