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Watercress-selling in Farringdon Market by Henry Mayhew (1812-1887)

In Coffee Break Collection 015 - World of Work

Read by Patrick Wallace

Henry Mayhew

This is the fifteenth collection of our "coffee break" series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in …

Fairer than a Fairy

In The Old Old Fairy Tales

Read by Patrick Saville

Laura Valentine

"Once upon a time a king had an extreme passion for silkworms..." So begins one story in this unusual collection. Here you may als…

The Snow Queen, part 1

In Faery Tales from Hans Christian Andersen

Read by Patrick Saville

Hans Christian Andersen

This is a 1910 edition of the Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen. This volume is nicely mixed, containing both the most famous tales as …

Xenocrates

In The Lives of the Ancient Philosophers

Read by Patrick Saville

François Fénelon

François Fénelon became a priest in 1675, Archbishop of Paris in 1679, was spiritual advisor to Madame Guyon, and was appointe…

The Two Princes

In Cossack Fairy Tales

Read by Patrick Saville

Robert Nisbet Bain

This is a volume of fairy tales and folk tales from the Cossack people, compiled and translated by Robert Nisbet Bain. The tales are special…

Chapter 1 Peter Breaks Through

In Peter Pan (version 4)

Read by Patrick Saville

J. M. Barrie

Peter Pan, the boy who wouldn't grow up, steals Wendy and her brothers away to a magical world called the Neverland. They come face to face …

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