Kisington Town: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
Kisington Town by Abbie Farwell Brown: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 23 original MP3 tracks, 5:08:08 running time and a link to listen.
Kisington Town, credited to Abbie Farwell Brown, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of Kisington Town by Abbie Farwell Brown. Read in English by Winnifred Assmann. "Once upon a time there was a peaceful Kingdom .… In one corner of the Kingdom …. was the pretty little Town of Kisington, where a great many strange things had happened in the past, the chronicles of which filled the town library …. On the High Street of Kisington lived a boy named Harold, …. the son of a poor widow… [who] was determined that her son should be a scholar, because he liked books …. though Harold liked to read to himself, he liked quite as well to read aloud …. his voice was agreeable and he read simply and naturally, without any gestures or tremulous tones, without pulling queer faces such as make listeners want to sink through the floor with embarrassment …. there was nobody in Kisington, not even the Librarian himself, who was so good a reader as Harold." One day, Kissington is invaded by Red Rex, the bloodthirsty king of a neighbouring kingdom. The citizens send for help from their own King, but that will take several days to reach them. To buy time, the Librarian and Mayor send their best reader to distract Red Rex, Scheherazade-like, with stories about Kissington. This is the story of how young Harold rescued his kingdom. (Summary by Abbie Farwell Brown and Winnifred Assmann)
Recording facts
- Recording title: Kisington Town
- Author credits: Abbie Farwell Brown
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 23
- Listed recording duration: 5:08:08
Catalogue topics
- adventure
- Scheherazade
- Children's Stories
- storytelling
- the arabian nights
Track guide
- 00 - Preface — 1:12
- 01 - Harold — 7:02
- 02 - The Siege Of Kisington — 8:15
- 03 - Red Rex — 5:36
- 04 - The Dragon Of Hushby, Part I — 14:24
- 05 - The Dragon Of Hushby, Part II — 13:51
- 06 - The Dragon Of Hushby, Part III — 10:17
- 07 - The Bargain — 10:16
- 08 - The Wonder-Garden — 29:26
- 09 - The King's Coat Of Arms — 6:19
- 10 - The Lion Passant — 25:18
- 11 - Hope — 8:20
- 12 - The Hermit Gnome — 25:19
- 13 - Harold's Luncheon — 5:44
- 14 - The Robber — 8:12
- 15 - The Bandaged Hand — 3:29
- 16 - The King's Pie — 30:49
- 17 - The Mystery Of The Pie — 19:22
- 18 - Little Bear: An Ojibway Legend — 16:04
- 19 - The Red King's Visit — 12:28
- 20 - The Bear's Daughter — 15:01
- 21 - Red Rex And King Victor — 11:34
- 22 - The Books Conquer — 19:50
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