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The Crow and the Snake

In Aesop's Fables, Volume 10 (Fables 226-250)

Read by Corey LeMoine

Aesop

Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…

Heart of Darkness

Read by Kristin LeMoine

Joseph Conrad

Set in a time of oppressive colonisation, when large areas of the world were still unknown to Europe, and Africa was literally on maps and m…

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Read by Kristin LeMoine

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

For killing an albatross, the mariner and his crew are punished with drought and death. Amidst a series of supernatural events, the mariner'…

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus

Read by Kristin LeMoine

L. Frank Baum

This story of Santa Claus veers away slightly from the traditional stories of his beginnings. L. Frank Baum creates a world of fantasy that …

Chapter 15

In War and Peace, Book 01: 1805

Read by Kristin LeMoine

Leo Tolstoy

War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir; in original orthography: Война и миръ, Voyna i mir") is an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy,…

Chapter 05

In At the Back of the North Wind

Read by Kristin LeMoine

George MacDonald

Diamond the little boy sleeps in the hayloft above the stall of Diamond the horse. The loft is snug but drafty, and after plugging a hole in…

Apollo's Lyre

In The Phantom of the Opera

Read by Kristin LeMoine

Gaston Leroux

An old theatre under new management; a diva who thinks she can sing; a young ingenue who really can; a masked man who wreaks havoc if he doe…

Chapter 6

In The Getting of Wisdom

Read by Kristin LeMoine

Henry Handel Richardson

The Getting of Wisdom tells the story of Laura Rambotham, a 12-year-old girl who is just starting at her boarding school. This is based on H…

Huntsman the Unlucky

In The Junior Classics Volume 1: Fairy and Wonder Tales

Read by Kristin LeMoine

William Patten

The purpose of The Junior Classics is to provide, in ten volumes containing about five thousand pages, a classified collection of tales, sto…