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Freaks on the Fells: Three Months' Rustication, Story 1

Action & Adventure Fiction

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R. M. Ballantyne - Freaks on the Fells: Three Months' Rustication, Story 1

In this first story in Freaks on the Fells, Mr Sudberry, a successful London merchant takes his family on a Scottish highlands vacation. Over the course of the summer the family has lots of exciting adventures near...

AnnaLisa Bodtker and 7 more 5 hours 43 minutes

Island Queen

Action & Adventure Fiction

726

R. M. Ballantyne - Island Queen

The story of Dominic, Otto and Pauline Rigonda, three siblings who are blown onto an island after being shipwrecked, and are later joined by the immigrant passengers and crew of a ship that is wrecked on the same...

Rachel and 3 more 5 hours 19 minutes

Madman and The Pirate

Action & Adventure Fiction

891

R. M. Ballantyne - Madman and The Pirate

R. M. Ballantyne (April 24, 1825 – February 8, 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer. Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of...

Anita Roy Dobbs and 5 more 5 hours 14 minutes

My Doggie and I

Animals & Nature

790

R. M. Ballantyne - My Doggie and I

This story surrounds a child waif, a young woman, a young gentleman doctor, and an elderly lady. This tale unfolds the story of a bond that brings these unlikely friends together and merges their separate paths of...

Allyson Hester 4 hours 25 minutes

Fast in the Ice

Exploration

755

R. M. Ballantyne - Fast in the Ice

At the age of 16 Ballantyne went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. His rule in writing, being in every case, was to write as far as possible from personal knowledge of the scenes...

Esther 2 hours 52 minutes

Jarwin and Cuffy

Action & Adventure

761

R. M. Ballantyne - Jarwin and Cuffy

Jarwin is an English sailor who has been shipwrecked. He is stranded on a raft with only his dog Cuffy, and land is nowhere in sight. Their food and water is running out. What can Jarwin do to save his dog's (and his...

Esther ben Simonides 2 hours 40 minutes

Fighting the Whales

Nautical & Marine Fiction

771

R. M. Ballantyne - Fighting the Whales

A fatherless boy joins the crew of a whaling ship in order to earn a living for himself and his mother. Beyond being a fascinating depiction of a now-alien time, occupation, and culture, it's also a rousing adventure...

Lee Elliott 2 hours 9 minutes

Freaks on the Fells: Three Months' Rustication, Story 2 (Dramatic Reading)

Dramatic Readings

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R. M. Ballantyne - Freaks on the Fells: Three Months' Rustication, Story 2 (Dramatic Reading)

Join us in a journey of two young men in search of adventure as they discover more than they bargained for. — Summary by Linette Geisel (Note: The first two files were discovered in an archaeological dig of the...

Foon 1 hour 47 minutes

Freaks on the Fells: Three Months' Rustication, Story 3

Action & Adventure Fiction

762

R. M. Ballantyne - Freaks on the Fells: Three Months' Rustication, Story 3

In this, our last short story, we join a fishing expedition in Norway.

Foon 26 minutes

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Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2)

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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