Kisington Town by Abbie Farwell Brown read by Winnifred Assmann | Full Audio Book

Kisington Town by Abbie Farwell Brown (1871 - 1927)
Genre(s): Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

Read by: Winnifred Assmann in English

Chapters:
00:00:00 - 00 - Preface
00:01:12 - 01 - Harold
00:08:15 - 02 - The Siege Of Kisington
00:16:30 - 03 - Red Rex
00:22:06 - 04 - The Dragon Of Hushby, Part I
00:36:31 - 05 - The Dragon Of Hushby, Part II
00:50:23 - 06 - The Dragon Of Hushby, Part III
01:00:40 - 07 - The Bargain
01:10:56 - 08 - The Wonder-Garden
01:40:23 - 09 - The King's Coat Of Arms
01:46:42 - 10 - The Lion Passant
02:12:01 - 11 - Hope
02:20:22 - 12 - The Hermit Gnome
02:45:42 - 13 - Harold's Luncheon
02:51:28 - 14 - The Robber
02:59:41 - 15 - The Bandaged Hand
03:03:11 - 16 - The King's Pie
03:34:01 - 17 - The Mystery Of The Pie
03:53:25 - 18 - Little Bear: An Ojibway Legend
04:09:29 - 19 - The Red King's Visit
04:21:57 - 20 - The Bear's Daughter
04:36:59 - 21 - Red Rex And King Victor
04:48:34 - 22 - The Books Conquer

'Once upon a time there was a peaceful Kingdom .… In one corner of the Kingdom …. was the pretty little Town of Kisington, where a great many strange things had happened in the past, the chronicles of which filled the town library …. On the High Street of Kisington lived a boy named Harold, …. the son of a poor widow… [who] was determined that her son should be a scholar, because he liked books …. though Harold liked to read to himself, he liked quite as well to read aloud …. his voice was agreeable and he read simply and naturally, without any gestures or tremulous tones, without pulling queer faces such as make listeners want to sink through the floor with embarrassment …. there was nobody in Kisington, not even the Librarian himself, who was so good a reader as Harold.'One day, Kissington is invaded by Red Rex, the bloodthirsty king of a neighbouring kingdom. The citizens send for help from their own King, but that will take several days to reach them. To buy time, the Librarian and Mayor send their best reader to distract Red Rex, Scheherazade-like, with stories about Kissington. This is the story of how young Harold rescued his kingdom. (Summary by Abbie Farwell Brown and Winnifred Assmann)