David Reads Stories

A Visit to Santa Claus Land

Sun, 11 Dec 2022 10:39:42 GMT

"A Visit to Santa Claus Land" by Georgene Faulkner; a story, read aloud

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The Nutcrackers of Nutcracker Lodge

Wed, 20 Apr 2022 14:14:04 GMT

"The Nutcrackers of Nutcracker Lodge" by Harriet Beecher Stowe (adapted). See https://www.gutenberg.org/files/51734/51734-h/51734-h.htm#Page_234

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The Three Golden Apples

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 14:04:02 GMT

The Three Golden Apples by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Taken from "THE TOPAZ STORY BOOK", see https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51734

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The Christmas Masquerade

Mon, 20 Dec 2021 15:47:41 GMT

A story reading of "The Christmas Masquerade" by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

See https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/5061/pg5061-images.html#link2H_4_0004

Images from the Creative Commons image library, public domain, marked as no attribution required.

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Winter's Herald

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 18:36:48 GMT

"Winter's Herald" by Jane Andrews, From The Topaz Story Book on the Gutenberg Project.

See https://www.gutenberg.org/

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The Traveller's Story of a Terribly Strange Bed

Tue, 18 May 2021 10:44:35 GMT

The creepy tale of a man threatened with death when he gambles and gets drunk in Paris. Story by Wilkie Collins, from the Gutenberg Project; see https://www.gutenberg.org/

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"Our Square and the People In It" (Part 4)

Sun, 21 Feb 2021 15:10:04 GMT

With huge apologies for the atrocious (but mercifully brief) attempt at a Scottish accent - I kept wanting to say "the dilithium warp crystals'll nae take it, Cap'n"! - this is the fourth and final excerpt from the story "Our Square and the People in it" by Samuel Hopkins Adams, originally published 1917.

Story downloaded from Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44328

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"Our Square and the People In It" (Part 3)

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 14:14:51 GMT

This is part 3 of 4 of the story "Our Square and the People in it" by Samuel Hopkins Adams, originally published 1917.

Story downloaded from Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44328

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"Our Square and the People In It" (Part 2)

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 17:34:52 GMT

This is part 2 of 4 of the story "Our Square and the People in it" by Samuel Hopkins Adams, originally published 1917.

Story downloaded from Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44328

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"Our Square and the People in it" by Samuel Hopkins Adams

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 00:04:02 GMT

This is part 1 of 4 of the story "Our Square and the People in it" by Samuel Hopkins Adams, originally published 1917.

Story downloaded from Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44328

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"The New Year's Bargain" by Susan Coolidge

Thu, 31 Dec 2020 17:04:36 GMT

First published in 1871, this is Chapter 1 of "The New Year's Bargain" by Susan Coolidge.

Text from Project Gutenberg https://www.gutenberg.org

Story is at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58762

Viewers kindly note the text is as written in 1871, using language of that era.

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Little Girl's Christmas

Wed, 30 Dec 2020 19:52:56 GMT

Reading "Little Girl's Christmas" by Winnifred E. Lincoln, a copyright-free public domain story.

Story found at Project Gutenberg:

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/

Direct story link:

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/5061/5061-h/5061-h.htm#link2H_4_0007

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The Rescue at Sea

Wed, 30 Dec 2020 19:33:46 GMT

Taken from "True Ghost Stories by Hereward Carrington, published in 1915, this is "The Rescue at Sea". Story read from Project Gutenberg, see https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44625

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