Jessica's First Prayer and Jessica's Mother (Dramatic reading)
Hesba Stretton
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Jessica is a little girl who used to be an actress till she grew too big. Now she lives on the streets, mostly starving until she meets Mr. Dan'el. Mr. Dan'el gives Jessica his cast-off crusts and warmed-over coffee. Jessica follows Mr. Dan'el to a building where a bunch of people sing and then listen to a man tell them about someone named God. Jessica wants to know who God is so she sneaks into listen every Sunday, hoping she won't be found out. (Summary by Adele de Pignerolles) .
Cast List:
Narrator: Adele de Pignerolles
Jessica: Esther ben Simonides
Mr. Daniel Standring: Glenn O'Brien
The Minister: K. Adrian Stroet
Winny: Rosalynn
Jane: Beth Thomas
Jessica's Mother: Rachel
Physician: Eddy Sherman
Brookes: Rupert Holliday
Daniel's Conscience, God: David Purdy
Audio Edited by: Esther ben Simonides (2 hr 10 min)
Chapters
The Coffee-Stall and Its Keeper | 7:22 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Jessica's Temptation | 5:17 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
An Old Friend in a New Dress | 7:49 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Peeps into Fairy Land | 6:28 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
A New World Opens | 4:13 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
The First Prayer | 2:35 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Hard Questions | 3:46 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
An Unexpected Visitor | 6:01 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Jessica's First Prayer Answered | 8:21 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
The Shadow of Death | 7:23 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Great Plans | 9:06 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
It's Only a Stroke | 6:58 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Jessica's Mother | 11:39 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Jessica's Choice | 6:12 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
How a Christian Ought to Act | 6:45 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Daniel's Prayer | 5:30 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
A Busy Day for Daniel | 7:02 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Hopes of Recovery | 4:34 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
The Gate of Death | 6:53 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Speak of His Love | 6:43 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Reviews
tellmeatale
Very nicely done I really enjoyed this great story!
Good wholesome story, audio is poor
EmJ
the reader of one of the main characters, "Daniel" is very hard to understand and he stumbles over words and has poor cadence.
Way too fast
jen
It may be a good story if all words can be understood. Thats a shame.
great story
Jon
Very emotional tale with great lessons for us all.
A great story of salvation, redemption and Christian love.
A LibriVox Listener
Too fast and some voices difficult to understand.
Val Brown-Beckford