The Strange Story Book (version 2): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Strange Story Book (version 2), credited to Leonora Blanche Lang, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of The Strange Story Book (version 2) by Leonora Blanche Lang. Read in English by Linda Andrus This is the last book in the The Andrew Lang "Color" Fairy Books series published after his death by his wife. She wrote the stories and he had edited them before his demise. It is a collection of stories that are a bit different than the Fairy Books: still colorful and well written but telling tales about decidedly odd topics. A word of Caution: please read the stories before your children do, some of them contain some violent imagery. - Summary by Linda Andrus

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Strange Story Book (version 2)
• Author credits: Leonora Blanche Lang
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 34
• Listed recording duration: 11:05:00

Catalogue topics

• history
• adventure
• myths and legends

Opening tracks: first 24 of 34

1. 01 - The Drowned Buccaneer — 44:36
2. 02 - ''The Perplexity of Zadig'' — 8:56
3. 03 - The Return of the Dead Wife — 8:38
4. 04 - Young Amazon Snell — 22:15
5. 05 - The Good Sir James — 11:18
6. 06 - Rip van Winkle — 27:59
7. 07 - The Wonderful Basket — 10:25
8. 08 - The Escape of the Galley-slaves — 13:30
9. 09 - The Beaver and the Porcupine — 10:54
10. 10 - An Old-world Ghost — 9:14
11. 11 - The Gentleman Highwayman — 19:22
12. 12 - The Vision of the Pope — 3:59
13. 13 - Growing-up-like-one-who-has-a-grandmother — 22:06
14. 14 - The Handless Brigade — 10:06
15. 15 - The Son of the Wolf Chief — 13:00
16. 16 - Blind Jack of Knaresborough — 32:15
17. 17 - Blind Jack Again — 18:50
18. 18 - The Story of Djun — 16:04
19. 19 - What Became of Owen Parfitt? — 11:28
20. 20 - Blackskin — 16:35
21. 21 - The Pets of Aurore Dupin — 18:58
22. 22 - The Trials of M. Deschartres — 19:51
23. 23 - Aurore at Play — 39:03
24. 24 - How Aurore learned to Ride — 14:46

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