The Fairchild Family: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Fairchild Family, credited to Mary Martha Sherwood, 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 The Fairchild Family by Mary Martha Sherwood. Read in English by flutterby93; Beth Thomas; SeekWisdom; Joshua M.C.; Lynne Thompson; Kimberly Collins; ArchaDl; Peter O'Malley; Kathleen Moore; Audrey Giger; Roohi; Rosie Roberts; Lydia; Rachel; Geza Hrazdina; BettyB; Larry Wilson The adventures of Lucy, Emily and Henry are described in this short novel, written and set in Regency England. Their naughtiness, their activities and their interactions with the children next door; Miss Augusta and Charles Trueman, are all delightfully described. Their daily lives are an insight into childhood and the family and religious values at the time - each chapter has a moral lesson, and the good end happily, while the bad get what they deserve. (Summary by Beth Thomas.)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Fairchild Family
• Author credits: Mary Martha Sherwood
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 44
• Listed recording duration: 12:38:42

Opening tracks: first 24 of 44

1. 00 - Editor's Introduction — 43:35
2. 01 - The Birthday Walk — 7:02
3. 02 - Mrs Fairchild's Story — 11:28
4. 03 - On Envy — 7:06
5. 04 - Story of the Apples — 11:14
6. 05 - Story of an Unhappy Day — 15:13
7. 06 - Story of Ambition — 15:46
8. 07 - The All-Seeing God — 8:40
9. 08 - The Old Story of Mrs Howard — 16:39
10. 09 - Sad Story of a Disobedient Child — 4:57
11. 10 - Two Books — 6:26
12. 11 - The History of the Orphan Boy — 20:19
13. 12 - The History of Little Henri, Part 1 — 16:44
14. 13 - The History of Little Henri, Part 2 — 24:42
15. 14 - A Story of Besetting Sins — 18:06
16. 15 - A Visit to Mary Bush — 7:42
17. 16 - Story of Miss Crosbie's Presents — 14:28
18. 17 - A Visit to Mrs Goodriche — 3:50
19. 18 - Story of the Last Days of Mrs Howard — 29:30
20. 19 - The Fair Little Lady — 4:01
21. 20 - Story of a Holiday — 9:54
22. 21 - Little Edwy and the Echo — 18:20
23. 22 - Further Story of a Holiday — 18:32
24. 23 - The Happy Evening — 8:55

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