Arts Podcasts
![Librivox: Christmas Carol Collection 2006 by Various show](https://d3dthqtvwic6y7.cloudfront.net/podcast-covers/000/022/534/small/audiobook-christmas-carol-collection-2006-by-various.jpg)
Librivox: Christmas Carol Collection 2006 by VariousJoin Now to Follow
The LibriVox community wants to bring you a special treat for the 2006 Holiday Season. Here is a collection of traditional Christmas carols recorded by our wonderful voluteers. Enjoy! (Summary by Linda)
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![Librivox: Green Odyssey, The by Farmer, Philip José show](https://d3dthqtvwic6y7.cloudfront.net/podcast-covers/000/022/536/small/audiobook-green-odyssey-the-by-farmer-philip-jose.jpg)
Librivox: Green Odyssey, The by Farmer, Philip JoséJoin Now to Follow
Alan Green is a space traveler stranded on a barbaric planet who has been taken slave and made a consort to an insipid and smelly queen. His slave-wife, though beautiful and smart, nags him constantly. He's given up hope of ever returning to Earth when he hears of two astronauts who have been captured in a kingdom on the other side of the planet, and sets out on an action-packed journey on a ship sailing across vast grasslands on rolling pin-like wheels in a desparate scheme to save them and return home. Due to the non-renewal of its copyright, this book is in the public domain. (Summary by Mark Nelson)
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![Librivox: Anne of Green Gables (version 2) by Montgomery, Lucy Maud show](https://d3dthqtvwic6y7.cloudfront.net/podcast-covers/000/022/532/small/audiobook-anne-of-green-gables-version-2-by-montgomery-lucy-maud.jpg)
Librivox: Anne of Green Gables (version 2) by Montgomery, Lucy MaudJoin Now to Follow
Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic children's novel, Anne of Green Gables tells the story of a red headed orphan girl with a personality you can't help but love. Despite her "tragical" past, Anne's optimism and imagination have helped her to always see the best in things. Anne's life changes considerably when she is accidentally adopted by the Cuthberts, a brother and sister who thought they were getting a boy to help out on the farm. The Cuthberts decide Anne will have to be sent back to the orphange but before they know it, she has begun to work her way into their hearts. (Summary by Annie Coleman)
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![Librivox: Prisoner of Zenda, The by Hope, Anthony show](https://d3dthqtvwic6y7.cloudfront.net/podcast-covers/000/022/537/small/audiobook-prisoner-of-zenda-the-by-hope-anthony.jpg)
Librivox: Prisoner of Zenda, The by Hope, AnthonyJoin Now to Follow
The Prisoner of Zenda tells the story of Rudolf Rassendyll, an English gentleman on holiday in Ruritania, a country not a thousand miles from Bavaria. There, by reason of his resemblance to the King of Ruritania he becomes involved in saving the King’s Life and his Throne from the King’s dastardly brother and his allies. Woods, moated castles, pomp, swordplay, gallantry, villainy and a beautiful princess. What story could ask for more? Sir Anthony Hope-Hawkins, A moderately successful barrister and novelist, published 'The Prisoner of Zenda' in 1894. Since then it has never been out of print and has spawned plays, operettas, musicals, several films and TV series. He subsequently wrote other novels, but none achieved similar success except perhaps ‘Rupert of Hentzau’, a sequel to the ‘Prisoner’. (Summary by Andy Minter)
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![Librivox: Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The by Baum, L. Frank show](https://d3dthqtvwic6y7.cloudfront.net/podcast-covers/000/022/538/small/audiobook-life-and-adventures-of-santa-claus-the-by-baum-l-frank.jpg)
Librivox: Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The by Baum, L. FrankJoin Now to Follow
This story of Santa Claus veers away slightly from the traditional stories of his beginnings. L. Frank Baum creates a world of fantasy that surrounds Santa Claus's life. Orphaned at an infant he is found by the nymph Necile, who convinces the great Ak to allow her to raise Claus for her own. As he grows older he meets his fellow humans, and sees the neglect of children. This sets him on the path to making toys and becoming the beloved Saint Nicholas we are familiar with today. (summary by Kri)
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![Librivox: Peterchens Mondfahrt by Bassewitz, Gerdt von show](https://d3dthqtvwic6y7.cloudfront.net/podcast-covers/000/022/539/small/audiobook-peterchens-mondfahrt-by-bassewitz-gerdt-von.jpg)
Librivox: Peterchens Mondfahrt by Bassewitz, Gerdt vonJoin Now to Follow
Peterchens Mondfahrt ist ein Märchen für Kinder von Gerdt von Bassewitz. Es handelt von den Abenteuern des Maikäfers Herr Sumsemann, der zusammen mit den Menschenkindern Peter und Anneliese zum Mond fliegt, um von dort sein verlorengegangenes sechstes Beinchen zu holen. 1911 erschien die Geschichte zuerst als Theaterstück, 1915 dann als Buch mit Illustrationen von Hans Baluschek. Die Geschichte gilt heute als ein Klassiker der deutschen Kinder- und Jugendliteratur. - Zusammenfassung aus Wikipedia
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![Librivox: Selected Poems of Robert Frost by Frost, Robert show](https://d3dthqtvwic6y7.cloudfront.net/podcast-covers/000/022/457/small/audiobook-selected-poems-of-robert-frost-by-frost-robert.jpg)
Librivox: Selected Poems of Robert Frost by Frost, RobertJoin Now to Follow
Robert Frost, who lived from March 26, 1874 to January 29, 1963, was a winner of 4 Pulitzer prizes and one of America’s best loved poets. This selection of his poems is a short walk through the variety of his simplistic natural themes and complex social understandings. (Summary by Becky Miller, Canal Winchester, Ohio)
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![Librivox: Selected Lullabies of Eugene Field by Field, Eugene show](https://d3dthqtvwic6y7.cloudfront.net/podcast-covers/000/022/454/small/audiobook-selected-lullabies-of-eugene-field-by-field-eugene.jpg)
Librivox: Selected Lullabies of Eugene Field by Field, EugeneJoin Now to Follow
The sweetest songs the world has ever heard are the lullabies that have been crooned above its cradles. The music of Beethoven and Mozart, of Mendelssohn and Schumann may perish, but so long as mothers sing their babies to sleep the melody of cradle lullabies will remain. Of all English and American writers the one who sang most often and most exquisitely these cradle songs was Eugene Field, the children's poet. His verses not only have charm as poetry, but a distinct song quality and a naive fancy that is both childlike and appealing. That they were written out of Eugene Field's deep and genuine love of children and out of his sympathetic understanding of their wondering minds is evident from the fact that his lullabies have taken a high and what seems to be a permanent place in the world's classic literature of childhood. (Excerpted by Becky Miller from the Introduction by Edwin Osgood Grover to “Cradle Lullabies” by Eugene Field, published in 1909)
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![Librivox: Mystery, The (LibriVox NaNoWriMo novel 2006) by LibriVox volunteers show](https://d3dthqtvwic6y7.cloudfront.net/podcast-covers/000/022/456/small/audiobook-mystery-the-librivox-nanowrimo-novel-2006-by-librivox-volunteers.jpg)
Librivox: Mystery, The (LibriVox NaNoWriMo novel 2006) by LibriVox volunteersJoin Now to Follow
The idea was to write a whole novel in the month of November, based on the guidelines of the National Novel Writing Month . The twist is that there are up to 30 people writing together, instead of one toiling alone. Each writer signed up to do one section of 1,700+ words, in English. Plot and particulars were agreed before the start. Each writer also recorded his/her own chapter, which can be downloaded here. The resulting novel is in the public domain. (Summary by Gesine)
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![Librivox: Short Story Collection Vol. 010 by Various show](https://d3dthqtvwic6y7.cloudfront.net/podcast-covers/000/022/461/small/audiobook-short-story-collection-vol-010-by-various.jpg)
Librivox: Short Story Collection Vol. 010 by VariousJoin Now to Follow
Librivox’s Short Story Collection 010: a collection of 10 short essays and fiction in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members.
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