The Gate of the Giant Scissors: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Gate of the Giant Scissors, credited to Annie Fellows Johnston, 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 Gate of the Giant Scissors, by Annie Fellows Johnston. This is the story of Joyce, an American girl who has been sent abroad to France to study, and of her adventures in France, - the wonderful house with the gate of The Giant Scissors, Jules, her little playmate, Sister Denis, the cruel Brossard, and her dear Aunt Kate. (Summary from an original 1898 copy of book.)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Gate of the Giant Scissors
• Author credits: Annie Fellows Johnston
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 10
• Listed recording duration: 3:00:50

Catalogue topics

• fiction
• children
• johnston

Track guide

1. 01 - In the Pear-Tree — 13:14
2. 02 - A New Fairy Tale — 20:56
3. 03 - Behind the Great Gate — 18:14
4. 04 - A Letter and A Meeting — 14:06
5. 05 - A Thanksgiving Barbecue — 18:12
6. 06 - Joyce Plays Ghost — 23:41
7. 07 - Old — 21:21
8. 08 - Christmas Plans and An Accident — 17:26
9. 09 - A Great Discovery — 17:27
10. 10 - Christmas — 16:18

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