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Audiobooks Narrated by Catharine Eastman
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"Experience the chilling brilliance of Edgar Allan Poe with 'Two Poe Tales.' This audiobook brings together two of Poe's most captivating and haunting tales, immersing listeners in a world of suspense, mystery, and the macabre. From the atmospheric terror of 'The Pit and the Pendulum' to the psychological depths of 'The Cask of Amontillado,' each story will keep you on the edge of your seat, eager to unravel the dark secrets that unfold. With Poe's evocative prose, vivid imagery, and exploration of the human psyche, this audiobook invites you into a realm where the line between reality and nightmare becomes blurred. Prepare for an immersive journey into the eerie and mesmerizing worlds crafted by one of literature's greatest masters of suspense."
"Dream Days is a collection of children's fiction and reminiscences of childhood written by Kenneth Grahame. A sequel to Grahame's 1895 collection The Golden Age (some of its selections feature the same family of five children), Dream Days was first published in 1898 under the imprint John Lane: The Bodley Head. (The first six selections in the book had been previously published in periodicals of the day—in the Yellow Book, the New Review, and in Scribner's Magazine in the United States.) The book is best known for its inclusion of Grahame's classic story The Reluctant Dragon.
Like its precursor volume, Dream Days received strong approval from the literary critics of the day. In the decades since, the book has perhaps suffered a reputation as a thinner and weaker sequel to The Golden Age—except for its single hit story. In one modern estimation, both books "paint a convincingly unsentimental picture of childhood, with the adults in these sketches totally out of touch with the real concerns of the young people around them, including their griefs and rages." Its concern is chiefly with the lands of imagination, ranging from a reconnaisance of men of solitude, a disastrous introduction of a girl to the narrator's private castle in the clouds, derring-do on the high seas, and, of course, an encounter with a dragon. Its concluding bittersweet story bids a reluctant farewell to the dream days of childhood. (Summary by Wikipedia and Catharine Eastman)"
"Edgar Allan Poe is best known for his famous short horror stories; however, horror is not the only genre in which he wrote. How To Write a Blackwood Article and its companion piece A Predicament are satirical works exploring the pieces of the formula generally seen in short horror stories ("articles") found in the Scottish periodical "Blackwood's Magazine" and the successful misapplication of said formula by - horrors! - a woman author! - respectively. (Summary by Catharine Eastman and Wikipedia)"
"'Dream Days' is a whimsical collection of Kenneth Grahame’s nostalgic childhood reminiscences and joyful children’s stories. Told from the point of view of a boy and his siblings, this 1898 collection explores the blooming, magical imagination of childhood. Contains the popular story 'The Reluctant Dragon', the basis for the famous 1941 Disney movie of the same name.
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Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932) is a Scottish writer. His major works include 'The Wind in the Willows' (1908) and the short story 'The Reluctant Dragon' from his collection of childhood stories and reminiscences 'Dream Days' (1898). Both 'The Wind in the Willows' and 'The Reluctant Dragon' have been adapted many times, most notably by Disney in 'The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad' and 'The Reluctant Dragon'."
"Struwwelpeter (Slovenly Peter) is an illustrated collection of humorous children's poems describing ludicrous and usually violent punishments for naughty behavior. Hoffmann, a Frankfurt physician, wanted to buy a picture book for his son for Christmas in 1844. Not impressed by what the stores had to offer, he instead bought a notebook and wrote his own stories and pictures. While Struwwelpeter is somewhat notorious for its perceived brutal treatment of the erring children, it has been influential on many later children's books, most notably Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. (Summary by Catharine and wikipedia.org)"
"George MacDonald (December 10, 1824 - September 18, 1905) was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. Though no longer well known, his works (particularly his fairy tales and fantasy novels) have inspired admiration in such notables as W. H. Auden, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Madeleine L'Engle. The Shadows is one such fairy tale. The strange Shadows spend their existence casting themselves upon the walls and forming pictures of various sorts: mimicking evil actions of those who have done wrong in the hopes of causing their repentance, playing a comic dumb-show to inspire a playwright and dancing to inspire a musician, nudging a little girl to comfort her grandfather, and playing with a sick little boy as he waits for his mother to return home. The king privately pities the Shadows, for they cannot generally remember their deeds, acquaintances, or loves past a single night. (Summary by Wikipedia and Catharine Eastman)"
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