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The World that Never Was

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Olive, age seven and a half, and her brother Tony, who is one year younger, live in London. Because their mother has been sent away ill, they are being raised by their beautiful but unpleasant Aunt Prue, their dad, who is a businessman too busy to see them, and their loving but homely nurse Becky. One night, a mysterious appearance by their mother leads them to a great adventure. Even though Becky has warned them not to, they decide to go out at night to see what the city is like when everyone else is home sleeping. At the stroke of midnight, magical things happen. - Summary by Verla Viera (3 hr 59 min)

Chapters

Chapter I Olive and Tony at Home

10:40

Read by John

Chapter II The People of the Night

12:02

Read by Elijah Fisher

Chapter III Olive Starts on Her Adventures

12:15

Read by Elijah Fisher

Chapter IV The Troubles of P.C. 1 and a 1/2

17:13

Read by John Leloup

Chapter V The Romance of Bluebeard and the Princess Pearl

10:08

Read by John Leloup

Chapter VI The Two Mr. P's and Some Others

11:54

Read by João Senna

Chapter VII Olive and Tony Try to Befriend Bluebeard

14:48

Read by Shelly Weingart

Chapter VIII The Conspiracy Succeeds

5:39

Read by John Leloup

Chapter IX In Trafalgar Square

7:34

Read by John Leloup

Chapter X How Tony Was Lost and the Strand Was Cleared to Find Him

9:44

Read by John Leloup

Chapter XI Of the Charm that Gog and Magog Gave to Olive

12:02

Read by John Leloup

Chapter XII Of the Shocking Fate of Gog and Magog

15:18

Read by John Leloup

Chapter XIII The Idols Who Winked

7:48

Read by John Leloup

Chapter XIV The Riddle of the Sphinx

10:34

Read by John Leloup

Chapter XV Olive Helps Gog, but Can Do Nothing for Magog

11:07

Read by John Leloup

Chapter XVI Father Christmas Answers the Riddle

20:02

Read by Noelle Merritt

Chapter XVII How the Snuff-Box Was Stolen

6:54

Read by Elijah Fisher

Chapter XIX Magog is Cured, and Bluebeard and Becky Made Happy

14:08

Read by Elijah Fisher

Chapter XVIII At the Court of the Fairy Queen

15:17

Read by Elijah Fisher

Chapter XX Tells How Tony Was Found

7:04

Read by Elijah Fisher

Chapter XXI At Home Again

6:58

Read by Elijah Fisher

Bewertungen

Lightweight entertainment

(3 Sterne)

Nothing exciting here. It's an odd story which has some funny bits