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Tonight, we’ll read “The Mirror of Matsuyama” a story found in “Japanese Fairy Tales” by Yei Theodora Ozaki in 1908.

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Tonight, we’ll read the next chapter of “Little Women” by American author Louisa May Alcott, titled “Laurie Makes Mischief, and Jo Makes Peace.”

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In the last episode, Mrs. March returns home and Jo asks her mother to stop the budding romance of Mr. Brook with her sister Meg.

— read by V —

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Tonight, we’ll read another story from our King Arthur series. This one, “Merlin Fortells the Birth of Arthur” comes from a book edited by Rupert S. Holland and published in 1919.

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Merlin is a mythical figure prominently featured in the legend of King Arthur and best known as a wizard. He became one of the most important figures in the imagination and literature of the Middle Ages.

Most notable among his superpowers being that of prophecy and shapeshifting, Merlin engineers the birth of Arthur through magic and intrigue.

— read by V —

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Tonight, we’ll read the opening to “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea” a classic science fiction adventure novel by French writer Jules Verne.

The book is regarded as one of the premier adventure novels and one of Verne's greatest works. Its depiction of Captain Nemo's underwater ship, the Nautilus, is regarded as ahead of its time, since it accurately describes many features of today's submarines, which in the 1860s were comparatively primitive vessels.

— read by N —

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Tonight, we shall read the next part of “Pride and Prejudice”, written by Jane Austen.

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In the last episode, Elizabeth, along with her friend Charlotte’s father and sister, visits the parsonage home of Mr. Collins and Charlotte. There Mr. Collins is as pompous as ever, but Charlotte seems content. They are all invited to dinner at Rosings from Lady Catherine de Bourgh. Elizabeth notices that Lady Catherine’s daughter, Miss de Bourgh, who is expected to marry Darcy, is sickly, dull and uncommunicative.

We will pick up at the beginning of their visit to Rosings.

— read by V —

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Tonight, we’ll read selections about baking breads and cakes from “The Charlotte Sunshine Cook Book” published in 1906.

This episode starts with a long-form poem about baking bread, then into bread recipes. If you stay awake for the second half, you will hear cake recipes including several using hickory nuts.

A relative of walnuts and pecans, there are many varieties of hickory tree nuts, and not all of them are edible or palatable to humans. But if you forage for wild hickory nuts of the right type, they are supposed to be one of the most delicious nuts, and can be eaten raw.

— read by N —

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Tonight, we’ll read the complete story of “East of the Sun, West of the Moon”, a Norwegian fairy tale, collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe.

In this story, a talking bear approaches a poor peasant and asks if he will give him his daughter as a wife in return for making the family rich.

Many listeners have asked us to complete this story, as when it originally aired on March 11th, 2019, we didn’t include the ending. So here it is, rerecorded. Enjoy!

— read by V —

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Tonight, we’ll read the next part to “The Princess and the Goblin”, a children’s fantasy novel by George MacDonald.

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When we left off, the old lady came to Curdie in his feverish dreams and restores him to health. He awakens knowing that the goblins have invaded the royal house. He rushes to the rescue, sings rhymes, stomps on goblin feet and frees the gentlemen-at-arms. Together, they rout the goblins in their midst along with their goblin queen.

— read by V —

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Tonight, we’ll read about the etiquette of throwing balls from “Manners and Rules of Good Society” by “A Member of the Aristocracy” published in London in 1916.

A ball is a formal dance party characterized by a banquet followed by social dance that includes ballroom dancing.

— read by N —

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Tonight, we’ll read the fantasy story “Celephaïs” written by H.P. Lovecraft and written in 1920. In it, Kuranes, the child of landed English gentry, travels to the magical city of his childhood dreams after finding himself dispossessed in the contemporary city of London.

Like many of Lovecraft's stories, "Celephaïs" was inspired by a dream.

— read by V —

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