Pericles The Children's Shakespeare by Edith Nesbit Free Audiobook Kids Club.

chapter 10 of the children's shakespeare this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer visit librivox.org read by dennis sayers the children's shakespeare by edith nesbit chapter 10 pericles pericles the prince of tyre was unfortunate enough to make an enemy of antiochus the powerful and wicked king of antioch and so great was the danger in which he stood that on the advice of his trusty counselor lord hellekenis he determined to travel about the world for a time he came to this decision despite the fact that by the death of his father he was now king of tyre so he set sail for tarsus appointing helicanus regent during his absence that he did wisely and thus leaving his kingdom was soon made clear hardly had he sailed on his voyage when lord thaliart arrived from antioch with instructions from his royal master to kill pericles the faithful helichemist soon discovered the deadly purpose of this wicked lord and at once sent messengers to tarsus to warn the king of the danger which threatened him the people of tarsus were in such poverty and distress that pericles feeling that he could find no safe refuge there put to sea again but a dreadful storm overtook the ship in which he was and the good vessel was wrecked and split to pieces while of all on board only pericles was saved and he and sorry plight indeed bruised and wet and faint he was flung upon the cruel rocks on the coast of pentapolis the country of the good king simonides worn out as he was he looked for nothing but death and that speedily but some fisherman coming down the beach found him there and gave him clothes and bade him be of good cheer thou shalt come home with me said one of them and we will have flesh for holidays fish for fasting days and more puddings and flapjacks and thou shalt be welcome pericles touched by their kindness took heart of grace and the love of life came back to him they told him that on tomorrow many princes and knights were going to the king's court there to joust and tourney for the love of his daughter the beautiful princess theisa did but my fortunes equal my desires said pericles i'd wish to make one there as he spoke some of the fishermen came by drawing their net and it dragged heavily resisting all their efforts but at last they hauled it in to find that it contained a suit of rusty armor and looking at it he blessed fortune for her kindness and he saw that it was his own which had been given to him by his dead father he begged the fisherman to let him have it that he might go to court and take part in the tournament promising that if ever his ill fortunes bettered he would reward them well the fisherman readily consented and being thus fully equipped pericles set off in his rusty armor to the king's court the device on his shield was a withered branch that was only green on the top and the motto in jacques spevivo in this hope i live a pretty moral said simonides to his daughter from the dejected state wherein he is he hopes by you his fortunes yet may flourish in the tournament none bore himself so well as pericles and he won the wreath of victory which the fair princess herself placed on his brows then at her father's command she asked him who he was and whence he came and he answered that he was a knight of tyre by name pericles but he did not tell her that he was the king of that country for he knew that if once his whereabouts became known to antiochus his life would not be worth a pen's purchase nevertheless daisa loved him dearly and the king was so pleased with his courage and graceful bearing that he gladly permitted his daughter to have her own way when she told him she would marry the stranger night or die thus fortune was kind and gracious to pericles and he became the husband of the fair lady for whose sake he had striven with the knights who came in all...

Pericles The Children's Shakespeare by Edith Nesbit Free Audiobook Kids Club.

chapter 10 of the children's shakespeare this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer visit librivox.org read by dennis sayers the children's shakespeare by edith nesbit chapter 10 pericles pericles the prince of tyre was unfortunate enough to make an enemy of antiochus the powerful and wicked king of antioch and so great was the danger in which he stood that on the advice of his trusty counselor lord hellekenis he determined to travel about the world for a time he came to this decision despite the fact that by the death of his father he was now king of tyre so he set sail for tarsus appointing helicanus regent during his absence that he did wisely and thus leaving his kingdom was soon made clear hardly had he sailed on his voyage when lord thaliart arrived from antioch with instructions from his royal master to kill pericles the faithful helichemist soon discovered the deadly purpose of this wicked lord and at once sent messengers to tarsus to warn the king of the danger which threatened him the people of tarsus were in such poverty and distress that pericles feeling that he could find no safe refuge there put to sea again but a dreadful storm overtook the ship in which he was and the good vessel was wrecked and split to pieces while of all on board only pericles was saved and he and sorry plight indeed bruised and wet and faint he was flung upon the cruel rocks on the coast of pentapolis the country of the good king simonides worn out as he was he looked for nothing but death and that speedily but some fisherman coming down the beach found him there and gave him clothes and bade him be of good cheer thou shalt come home with me said one of them and we will have flesh for holidays fish for fasting days and more puddings and flapjacks and thou shalt be welcome pericles touched by their kindness took heart of grace and the love of life came back to him they told him that on tomorrow many princes and knights were going to the king's court there to joust and tourney for the love of his daughter the beautiful princess theisa did but my fortunes equal my desires said pericles i'd wish to make one there as he spoke some of the fishermen came by drawing their net and it dragged heavily resisting all their efforts but at last they hauled it in to find that it contained a suit of rusty armor and looking at it he blessed fortune for her kindness and he saw that it was his own which had been given to him by his dead father he begged the fisherman to let him have it that he might go to court and take part in the tournament promising that if ever his ill fortunes bettered he would reward them well the fisherman readily consented and being thus fully equipped pericles set off in his rusty armor to the king's court the device on his shield was a withered branch that was only green on the top and the motto in jacques spevivo in this hope i live a pretty moral said simonides to his daughter from the dejected state wherein he is he hopes by you his fortunes yet may flourish in the tournament none bore himself so well as pericles and he won the wreath of victory which the fair princess herself placed on his brows then at her father's command she asked him who he was and whence he came and he answered that he was a knight of tyre by name pericles but he did not tell her that he was the king of that country for he knew that if once his whereabouts became known to antiochus his life would not be worth a pen's purchase nevertheless daisa loved him dearly and the king was so pleased with his courage and graceful bearing that he gladly permitted his daughter to have her own way when she told him she would marry the stranger night or die thus fortune was kind and gracious to pericles and he became the husband of the fair lady for whose sake he had striven with the knights who came in all...

As You Like It The Children's Shakespeare by Edith Nesbit Free Audiobook Kids Club.

chapter 9 of the children's shakespeare this is a librivox recording or librivox recordings or in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org recording by maria therese the children shakespeare by edith nesbit chapter 9 as you like it there was once a wicked duke named frederick who took the dukedom that should have belonged to his brother and kept it for himself sending his brother into exile his brother went into the forest of arden where he lived the life of a bold forester as robin hood did in sherwood forest in our england the banished duke's daughter rosalind remained with celia frederick's daughter and the two loved each other more than most sisters one day there was a wrestling match at court and rosalind and celia went to see it charles a celebrated wrestler was there who killed many men in contests of this kind the young man he was to wrestle with was so slender and youthful that rosalind and celia thought he would surely be killed as others had been so they spoke to him and asked him not to attempt so dangerous in adventure but the only effect of their words was to make him wish to come off well in the encounter so as to win praise from such sweet ladies orlando like rosalind's father was being kept out of his inheritance by his brother and was so sad at his brothers and kindness that until he saw rosalind he did not care much whether he lived or died but now the sight of the fair rosalind gave him strength and courage so that he did marvelously and at last threw charles to such a tune that the wrestler had to be carried off the ground duke frederick was pleased with his courage and asked his name my name is orlando and i am the youngest son of sir roland the boys said the young man now sir roland the boys when he was alive had been a good friend to the banished duke so that frederick heard with regret whose son orlando was and would not befriend him and went away in a very bad temper but rosalind was delighted to hear that this handsome young stranger was the son of her father's old friend and as they were going away she turned back more than once to say another kind word to the brave young man gentlemen she said giving him a chain from her neck wear this for me i could give more but that my hand lacks means then when she was going orlando could not speak so much was he overcome by the magic of her beauty but when she was gone he said i wrestled with charles and overthrew him and now i myself am conquered oh heavenly roseland rosalind and celia when they were alone began to talk about the handsome wrestler and rosalind confessed that she loved him at first sight come come cecilia wrestle with thy affections oh answered rosalind they take the part of a better wrestler than myself look here comes the duke with his eyes full of anger cecilia you must leave the court at once he said the rosalind why she asked never mind why answer the duke you are banished pronounce that sentence then on me my lord cecilia i cannot live out of her company you are a foolish girl answered her father you rosalind if within 10 days you are found within 20 miles of my court you die so rosalind set out to seek her father the banished duke in the forest of arden celia loved her too much to let her go alone and as it was rather a dangerous journey rosalind being the taller dressed up as a young countryman and her cousin is a country girl and rosalind said that she would be called ganymede and celia alina they were very tired when at last they came to the forest of arden and as they were sitting on the grass almost dying with fatigue a countryman passed that way and ganymede asked him if he could get them food he did so and told them that a shepherd's flocks and house were to be sold they bought these with the money they had brought with them and settled down as shepherd and shepherdess in the forest in the...

As You Like It The Children's Shakespeare by Edith Nesbit Free Audiobook Kids Club.

chapter 9 of the children's shakespeare this is a librivox recording or librivox recordings or in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org recording by maria therese the children shakespeare by edith nesbit chapter 9 as you like it there was once a wicked duke named frederick who took the dukedom that should have belonged to his brother and kept it for himself sending his brother into exile his brother went into the forest of arden where he lived the life of a bold forester as robin hood did in sherwood forest in our england the banished duke's daughter rosalind remained with celia frederick's daughter and the two loved each other more than most sisters one day there was a wrestling match at court and rosalind and celia went to see it charles a celebrated wrestler was there who killed many men in contests of this kind the young man he was to wrestle with was so slender and youthful that rosalind and celia thought he would surely be killed as others had been so they spoke to him and asked him not to attempt so dangerous in adventure but the only effect of their words was to make him wish to come off well in the encounter so as to win praise from such sweet ladies orlando like rosalind's father was being kept out of his inheritance by his brother and was so sad at his brothers and kindness that until he saw rosalind he did not care much whether he lived or died but now the sight of the fair rosalind gave him strength and courage so that he did marvelously and at last threw charles to such a tune that the wrestler had to be carried off the ground duke frederick was pleased with his courage and asked his name my name is orlando and i am the youngest son of sir roland the boys said the young man now sir roland the boys when he was alive had been a good friend to the banished duke so that frederick heard with regret whose son orlando was and would not befriend him and went away in a very bad temper but rosalind was delighted to hear that this handsome young stranger was the son of her father's old friend and as they were going away she turned back more than once to say another kind word to the brave young man gentlemen she said giving him a chain from her neck wear this for me i could give more but that my hand lacks means then when she was going orlando could not speak so much was he overcome by the magic of her beauty but when she was gone he said i wrestled with charles and overthrew him and now i myself am conquered oh heavenly roseland rosalind and celia when they were alone began to talk about the handsome wrestler and rosalind confessed that she loved him at first sight come come cecilia wrestle with thy affections oh answered rosalind they take the part of a better wrestler than myself look here comes the duke with his eyes full of anger cecilia you must leave the court at once he said the rosalind why she asked never mind why answer the duke you are banished pronounce that sentence then on me my lord cecilia i cannot live out of her company you are a foolish girl answered her father you rosalind if within 10 days you are found within 20 miles of my court you die so rosalind set out to seek her father the banished duke in the forest of arden celia loved her too much to let her go alone and as it was rather a dangerous journey rosalind being the taller dressed up as a young countryman and her cousin is a country girl and rosalind said that she would be called ganymede and celia alina they were very tired when at last they came to the forest of arden and as they were sitting on the grass almost dying with fatigue a countryman passed that way and ganymede asked him if he could get them food he did so and told them that a shepherd's flocks and house were to be sold they bought these with the money they had brought with them and settled down as shepherd and shepherdess in the forest in the...

Twelfth Night The Children's Shakespeare by Edith Nesbit Free Audiobook Kids Club.

chapter 8 of the children shakespeare this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org recording by elizabeth clutt the children shakespeare by edith nesbit chapter eight twelfth night orsino the duke of elyria was deeply in love with a beautiful countess named olivia yet was all his love in vain for she disdained his suit and when her brother died she sent back a messenger from the duke bidding him tell his master that for seven years she would not let the very air behold her face but that like a nun she would walk veiled and all this for the sake of a dead brother's love which she would keep fresh and lasting in her sad remembrance the duke longed for someone to whom he could tell his sorrow and repeat over and over again the story of his love and chance brought him such a companion for about this time a goodly ship was wrecked on the illyrian coast and among those who reached land and safety were the captain and a fair young maid named viola but she was little grateful for being rescued from the perils of the sea since she feared that her twin brother was drowned sebastian as dear to her as the heart in her bosom and so like her that but for the difference in their manner of dress one could hardly be told from the other the captain for her comfort told her that he had seen her brother bind himself to a strong mast that lived upon the sea and that thus there was hope that he might be saved viola now asked in whose country she was and learning that the young duke or cena ruled there and was as noble in his nature as in his name she decided to disguise herself in male attire and seek for employment with him as a page in this she succeeded and now from day to day she had to listen to the story of orsino's love at first she sympathized very truly with him but soon her sympathy grew to love at last it occurred to orsino that his hopeless love suit might prosper better if he sent this pretty lad to wu olivia for him viola unwillingly went on this errand but when she came to the house malvolio olivia steward a vain officious man sick as his mistress told him of self-love forbade the messenger admittance viola however who was now called cesario refused to take any denial and vowed to have speech with the countess olivia hearing how her instructions were defied and curious to see this daring youth said will once more hear or orsino's embassy when viola was admitted to her presence and the servants had been sent away she listened patiently to the reproaches which this bold messenger from the duke poured upon her and listening she fell in love with the supposed cesario and when cesario had gone olivia longed to send some love token after him so calling malvolio she made him follow the boy he left this ring behind him she said taking one from her finger tell him i will none of it malvolio did as he was bid and then viola who of course knew perfectly well that she had left no ring behind her saw with a woman's quickness that olivia loved her then she went back to the duke very sad at heart for her lover and for olivia and for herself it was but cold comfort she could give orsino who now sought to ease the pangs of despised love by listening to sweet music while cesario stood by his side ah said the duke to his page that night you too have been in love a little answered viola what kind of woman is it he asked of your complexion she answered what years of faith was his next question to this came the pretty answer about your years my lord too old by heaven cried the duke let still the woman take an elder than herself and viola very meekly said i think it well my lord by and by orsino begged cesario once more to visit olivia and to plead his love suit but she thinking to dissuade him said if some lady loved you as you love olivia ah that cannot be said...

Twelfth Night The Children's Shakespeare by Edith Nesbit Free Audiobook Kids Club.

chapter 8 of the children shakespeare this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org recording by elizabeth clutt the children shakespeare by edith nesbit chapter eight twelfth night orsino the duke of elyria was deeply in love with a beautiful countess named olivia yet was all his love in vain for she disdained his suit and when her brother died she sent back a messenger from the duke bidding him tell his master that for seven years she would not let the very air behold her face but that like a nun she would walk veiled and all this for the sake of a dead brother's love which she would keep fresh and lasting in her sad remembrance the duke longed for someone to whom he could tell his sorrow and repeat over and over again the story of his love and chance brought him such a companion for about this time a goodly ship was wrecked on the illyrian coast and among those who reached land and safety were the captain and a fair young maid named viola but she was little grateful for being rescued from the perils of the sea since she feared that her twin brother was drowned sebastian as dear to her as the heart in her bosom and so like her that but for the difference in their manner of dress one could hardly be told from the other the captain for her comfort told her that he had seen her brother bind himself to a strong mast that lived upon the sea and that thus there was hope that he might be saved viola now asked in whose country she was and learning that the young duke or cena ruled there and was as noble in his nature as in his name she decided to disguise herself in male attire and seek for employment with him as a page in this she succeeded and now from day to day she had to listen to the story of orsino's love at first she sympathized very truly with him but soon her sympathy grew to love at last it occurred to orsino that his hopeless love suit might prosper better if he sent this pretty lad to wu olivia for him viola unwillingly went on this errand but when she came to the house malvolio olivia steward a vain officious man sick as his mistress told him of self-love forbade the messenger admittance viola however who was now called cesario refused to take any denial and vowed to have speech with the countess olivia hearing how her instructions were defied and curious to see this daring youth said will once more hear or orsino's embassy when viola was admitted to her presence and the servants had been sent away she listened patiently to the reproaches which this bold messenger from the duke poured upon her and listening she fell in love with the supposed cesario and when cesario had gone olivia longed to send some love token after him so calling malvolio she made him follow the boy he left this ring behind him she said taking one from her finger tell him i will none of it malvolio did as he was bid and then viola who of course knew perfectly well that she had left no ring behind her saw with a woman's quickness that olivia loved her then she went back to the duke very sad at heart for her lover and for olivia and for herself it was but cold comfort she could give orsino who now sought to ease the pangs of despised love by listening to sweet music while cesario stood by his side ah said the duke to his page that night you too have been in love a little answered viola what kind of woman is it he asked of your complexion she answered what years of faith was his next question to this came the pretty answer about your years my lord too old by heaven cried the duke let still the woman take an elder than herself and viola very meekly said i think it well my lord by and by orsino begged cesario once more to visit olivia and to plead his love suit but she thinking to dissuade him said if some lady loved you as you love olivia ah that cannot be said...

Hamlet The Children's Shakespeare by Edith Nesbit Free Audiobook Kids Club.
chapter 7 of the children shakespeare this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org recording by elizabeth clatt the children shakespeare by edith nesbit chapter 7 hamlet hamlet was the only son of the king of denmark he loved his father and mother dearly and was happy in the love of a sweet lady named ophelia her father polonius was the king's chamberlain while hamlet was away studying at wittenberg his father died young hamlet hastened home in great grief to hear that a serpent had stung the king and that he was dead the young prince had loved his father tenderly so you may judge what he felt when he found that the queen before yet the king had been laid in the ground a month had determined to marry again and to marry the dead king's brother hamlet refused to put off his morning for the wedding it is not only the black i wear on my body he said that proves my loss i wear mourning in my heart for my dead father his son at least remembers him and grieves still then said claudius the king's brother this grief is unreasonable of course you must sorrow at the loss of your father but ah said hamlet bitterly i cannot in one little month forget those that i love with that the queen and claudius left him to make merry over their wedding forgetting the poor good king who had been so kind to them both and hamlet left alone began to wonder and to question as to what he ought to do for he could not believe the story about the snake bite it seemed to him all too plain that the wicked claudius had killed the king so as to get the crown and marry the queen yet he had no proof and could not accuse claudius and while he was thus thinking came horatio a fellow student of his from wittenberg what brought you here asked hamlet after he had greeted his friend kindly i came my lord to see your father's funeral i think it was to see my mother's wedding said hamlet bitterly my father we shall not look upon his like again my lord answered horatio i think i saw him yesterday then while hamlet listened in surprise horatio told how he with two gentlemen of the guard had seen the king's ghost on the battlements hamlet went that night and true enough at midnight the ghost of the king in the armor he had been won't to wear appeared on the battlements in the chill moonlight hamlet was a brave youth instead of running away from the ghost he spoke to it and when it beckoned him he followed it to a quiet place and there the ghost told him that what he had suspected was true the wicked claudius had indeed killed his good brother the king by dropping poison into his ear as he slept in his orchard in the afternoon and you said the ghost must avenge this cruel murder on my wicked brother but do nothing against the queen for i have loved her and she is thy mother remember me then seeing the morning approach the ghost vanished now said hamlet there is nothing left but revenge remember thee i'll remember nothing else books pleasure youth let all go and your commands alone live on my brain so when his friends came back he made them swear to keep the secret of the ghost and then went in from the battlements now gray with mingled dawn and moonlight to think how he might best avenge his murdered father the shock of seeing and hearing his father's ghost made him feel almost mad and for fear that his uncle might notice that he was not himself he determined to hide his mad longing for revenge under a pretended madness in other matters and when he met ophelia who loved him and to whom he had given gifts and letters and many loving words he behaved so wildly to her that she could not but think him mad for she loved him so that she could not quite believe he would be so cruel as this unless he were quite mad so she told her father and showed him a pretty letter from hamlet and in the letter was much...

Hamlet The Children's Shakespeare by Edith Nesbit Free Audiobook Kids Club.
chapter 7 of the children shakespeare this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org recording by elizabeth clatt the children shakespeare by edith nesbit chapter 7 hamlet hamlet was the only son of the king of denmark he loved his father and mother dearly and was happy in the love of a sweet lady named ophelia her father polonius was the king's chamberlain while hamlet was away studying at wittenberg his father died young hamlet hastened home in great grief to hear that a serpent had stung the king and that he was dead the young prince had loved his father tenderly so you may judge what he felt when he found that the queen before yet the king had been laid in the ground a month had determined to marry again and to marry the dead king's brother hamlet refused to put off his morning for the wedding it is not only the black i wear on my body he said that proves my loss i wear mourning in my heart for my dead father his son at least remembers him and grieves still then said claudius the king's brother this grief is unreasonable of course you must sorrow at the loss of your father but ah said hamlet bitterly i cannot in one little month forget those that i love with that the queen and claudius left him to make merry over their wedding forgetting the poor good king who had been so kind to them both and hamlet left alone began to wonder and to question as to what he ought to do for he could not believe the story about the snake bite it seemed to him all too plain that the wicked claudius had killed the king so as to get the crown and marry the queen yet he had no proof and could not accuse claudius and while he was thus thinking came horatio a fellow student of his from wittenberg what brought you here asked hamlet after he had greeted his friend kindly i came my lord to see your father's funeral i think it was to see my mother's wedding said hamlet bitterly my father we shall not look upon his like again my lord answered horatio i think i saw him yesterday then while hamlet listened in surprise horatio told how he with two gentlemen of the guard had seen the king's ghost on the battlements hamlet went that night and true enough at midnight the ghost of the king in the armor he had been won't to wear appeared on the battlements in the chill moonlight hamlet was a brave youth instead of running away from the ghost he spoke to it and when it beckoned him he followed it to a quiet place and there the ghost told him that what he had suspected was true the wicked claudius had indeed killed his good brother the king by dropping poison into his ear as he slept in his orchard in the afternoon and you said the ghost must avenge this cruel murder on my wicked brother but do nothing against the queen for i have loved her and she is thy mother remember me then seeing the morning approach the ghost vanished now said hamlet there is nothing left but revenge remember thee i'll remember nothing else books pleasure youth let all go and your commands alone live on my brain so when his friends came back he made them swear to keep the secret of the ghost and then went in from the battlements now gray with mingled dawn and moonlight to think how he might best avenge his murdered father the shock of seeing and hearing his father's ghost made him feel almost mad and for fear that his uncle might notice that he was not himself he determined to hide his mad longing for revenge under a pretended madness in other matters and when he met ophelia who loved him and to whom he had given gifts and letters and many loving words he behaved so wildly to her that she could not but think him mad for she loved him so that she could not quite believe he would be so cruel as this unless he were quite mad so she told her father and showed him a pretty letter from hamlet and in the letter was much...

The Taming of the Shrew The Children's Shakespeare by Edith Nesbit Free Audiobook Kids.

chapter 6 of the children's shakespeare this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org the children's shakespeare by edith nesbit chapter 6 the taming of the shrew there lived in padua a gentleman named baptista who had two fair daughters the eldest catherine was so very cross and ill-tempered and unmannerly that no one ever dreamed of marrying her while her sister bianca was so sweet and pretty and pleasant spoken that more than one suitor asked her father for her hand but baptista said the elder daughter must marry first so bianca's suitors decided among themselves to try and get someone to marry catherine and then the father could at least begot to listen to their suit for bianca a gentleman from verona named petruccio was the one they thought of and half in jest they asked him if he would marry catherine the disagreeable scold much to their surprise he said yes that was just the sort of wife for him and if catherine were handsome and rich he himself would undertake soon to make her good tempered petruccio began by asking baptista's permission to pay court to his gentle daughter catherine and baptista was obliged to own that she was anything but gentle and just then her music master rushed in complaining that the naughty girl had broken her loot over his head because he told her she was not playing correctly never mind said petruccio i love her better than ever and longed to have some chat with her when catherine came he said good morrow kate for that i hear is your name you've only heard half said catherine rudely oh no said petruccio they call you plain kate and bonnie kate and sometimes kate the shrew and so hearing your mildness praised in every town and your beauty too i ask you for my wife your wife cried kate never she said some extremely disagreeable things to him and i am sorry to say ended by boxing his ears if you do that again i'll cuff you he said quietly and still protested with many compliments that he would marry none but her when baptista came back he asked it once how speed you with my daughter how should i speed but well replied petruccio how but well how now daughter catherine the father went on i don't think said catherine angrily you are acting a father's part in wishing me to marry this madcap ruffian ah said petruccio you and all the world would talk amiss of her you should see how kind she is to me when we are alone in short i will go off to venice to buy fine things for our wedding for kiss me kate we will be married on sunday and with that catherine flounced out of the room by one door in a violent temper and he laughing went out by the other but whether she fell in love with petruccio or whether she was only glad to meet a man who was not afraid of her or whether she was flattered that in spite of her rough words and spiteful usage he still desired her for his wife she did indeed marry him on sunday as he had sworn she should to vex and humble catherine's naughty proud spirit he was laid at the wedding and when he came came wearing such shabby clothes that she was ashamed to be seen with him his servant was dressed in the same shabby way and the horses they rode were the sport of everyone they passed and after the marriage when should have been the wedding breakfast petruccio carried his wife away not allowing her to eat or drink saying that she was his now and he could do as he liked with her and his manner was so violent and he behaved all through his wedding in so mad and dreadful a manner that catherine trembled and went with him he mounted her on a stumbling lean old horse and they journeyed by rough muddy ways to petruchio's house he's scolding and snarling all the way she was terribly tired when she reached her new home but petruccio was determined that she should neither eat nor sleep that night...

The Taming of the Shrew The Children's Shakespeare by Edith Nesbit Free Audiobook Kids.

chapter 6 of the children's shakespeare this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org the children's shakespeare by edith nesbit chapter 6 the taming of the shrew there lived in padua a gentleman named baptista who had two fair daughters the eldest catherine was so very cross and ill-tempered and unmannerly that no one ever dreamed of marrying her while her sister bianca was so sweet and pretty and pleasant spoken that more than one suitor asked her father for her hand but baptista said the elder daughter must marry first so bianca's suitors decided among themselves to try and get someone to marry catherine and then the father could at least begot to listen to their suit for bianca a gentleman from verona named petruccio was the one they thought of and half in jest they asked him if he would marry catherine the disagreeable scold much to their surprise he said yes that was just the sort of wife for him and if catherine were handsome and rich he himself would undertake soon to make her good tempered petruccio began by asking baptista's permission to pay court to his gentle daughter catherine and baptista was obliged to own that she was anything but gentle and just then her music master rushed in complaining that the naughty girl had broken her loot over his head because he told her she was not playing correctly never mind said petruccio i love her better than ever and longed to have some chat with her when catherine came he said good morrow kate for that i hear is your name you've only heard half said catherine rudely oh no said petruccio they call you plain kate and bonnie kate and sometimes kate the shrew and so hearing your mildness praised in every town and your beauty too i ask you for my wife your wife cried kate never she said some extremely disagreeable things to him and i am sorry to say ended by boxing his ears if you do that again i'll cuff you he said quietly and still protested with many compliments that he would marry none but her when baptista came back he asked it once how speed you with my daughter how should i speed but well replied petruccio how but well how now daughter catherine the father went on i don't think said catherine angrily you are acting a father's part in wishing me to marry this madcap ruffian ah said petruccio you and all the world would talk amiss of her you should see how kind she is to me when we are alone in short i will go off to venice to buy fine things for our wedding for kiss me kate we will be married on sunday and with that catherine flounced out of the room by one door in a violent temper and he laughing went out by the other but whether she fell in love with petruccio or whether she was only glad to meet a man who was not afraid of her or whether she was flattered that in spite of her rough words and spiteful usage he still desired her for his wife she did indeed marry him on sunday as he had sworn she should to vex and humble catherine's naughty proud spirit he was laid at the wedding and when he came came wearing such shabby clothes that she was ashamed to be seen with him his servant was dressed in the same shabby way and the horses they rode were the sport of everyone they passed and after the marriage when should have been the wedding breakfast petruccio carried his wife away not allowing her to eat or drink saying that she was his now and he could do as he liked with her and his manner was so violent and he behaved all through his wedding in so mad and dreadful a manner that catherine trembled and went with him he mounted her on a stumbling lean old horse and they journeyed by rough muddy ways to petruchio's house he's scolding and snarling all the way she was terribly tired when she reached her new home but petruccio was determined that she should neither eat nor sleep that night...