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06 Baskerverilles: Baskerville Hall - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
06 Baskerverilles: Baskerville Hall - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
A railway journey through the rugged Dartmoor in the South West of England sets the scene for Baskervilel Hall where we meet the butler Barrymore. Do you suspect him as the murder and master criminal? Listen to the first encounter with him. Read by...
05 Baskervilles : Three Broken Threads - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
05 Baskervilles : Three Broken Threads - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are led a merry dance around London by a cunning foe. Read for Storynory by Richard Scott Sherlock Holmes had, in a very remarkable degree, the power of detaching his mind at will. For two hours the strange business in...
08 Baskervilles: First Report of Dr. Watson - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
08 Baskervilles: First Report of Dr. Watson - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Dr Watson writes to Sherlock Holmes with his impressions of the various characters in and around Baskerville Hall. He mentions some suspicious behaviour on the part of the Butler. Read by Richard Scott Chapter 8. First Report of Dr. Watson From this...
07 Baskervilles: The Stapletons of Merripit House - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
07 Baskervilles: The Stapletons of Merripit House - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
We meet a botanist who lives on the moor. Eerie and haunting noises emerge from the lonliest parts of the treacherous mire. Read by Richard Scott Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House The fresh beauty of the following morning did something to...
Baskervilles 10: Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Baskervilles 10: Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Read by Richard Scott Chapter 10. Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson So far I have been able to quote from the reports which I have forwarded during these early days to Sherlock Holmes. Now, however, I have arrived at a point in my narrative where...
09 Baskervilles : The Light upon the Moor - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
09 Baskervilles : The Light upon the Moor - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Doctor Watson continues his report. The Butler Barrymore is behaving extremely suspiciously. Read by Richard Scott. Chapter 9. The Light upon the Moor [Second Report of Dr. Watson] Baskerville Hall, Oct. 15th. MY DEAR HOLMES: If I was compelled to...
Baskervilles 12: Death on the Moor - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Baskervilles 12: Death on the Moor - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Watson has discovered the answer to one mystery - who is the mysterious man watching the moor? But a terrible howling and a new victim of the Hound show that all is far from solved. Read by Richard Scott Photo from the 1939 movie Chapter 12. Death...
Baskervilles 11: The Man on the Tor - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Baskervilles 11: The Man on the Tor - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Doctor Watson continues the investigation at Baskerville Hall while Holmes remains in London. Watson interviews a young woman who had arranged to meet Charles Baskerville on the night that he died. Will she provide any more clues? And who is the...
Baskervilles 14, The Hound - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Baskervilles 14, The Hound - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
One of Sherlock Holmes's defects — if, indeed, one may call it a defect — was that he was exceedingly loath to communicate his full plans to any other person until the instant of their fulfilment. Partly it came no doubt from his own masterful...
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
A Christmas mystery for Sherlock Holmes arrives in the shape of a goose. In the old days, you might be lucky enough to find a threepenny coin in your Christmas Pudding. But you would be exceptionally fortune to find a priceless gem - the Blue...
Baskervilles 13, Fixing the Nets - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Baskervilles 13, Fixing the Nets - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Read by Richard Scott Chapter 13. Fixing the Nets "We're at close grips at last," said Holmes as we walked together across the moor. "What a nerve the fellow has! How he pulled himself together in the face of what must have been a paralyzing shock...
The Secret Garden Chapter 3 - The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden Chapter 3 - The Secret Garden
- Author: The Secret Garden
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Heather which grows on the Yorkshire Moors Mistress Mary travels across the black Yorkshire Moors to an uncertain future. Read by Natasha. CHAPTER III ACROSS THE MOOR She slept a long time, and when she awakened Mrs. Medlock had bought a lunch...
The Secret Garden Chapter 2 - The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden Chapter 2 - The Secret Garden
- Author: The Secret Garden
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Marigold, from the nursery rhyme about Mary Quite Contrary. The second chapter of The Secret Garden takes Mary from India, to the grey skies of England. Before she leaves, she acquires a nickname that discribes her character, Mistress Mary, Quite...
The Secret Garden Chapter 1 - The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden Chapter 1 - The Secret Garden
- Author: The Secret Garden
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Hibiscus Flower - which grew in Mary's Indian Garden Our new series is the Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It's in 27 Chapters - and you will be pleased to know that we have recorded all of them before we embark on publishing the novel. As...
The Secret Garden Chapter 5 - The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden Chapter 5 - The Secret Garden
- Author: The Secret Garden
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Misselthwaite Manor holds more than one mystery. The Secret Garden has no door. There are strange sounds inside the house. Is Mary just hearing the wind "wuthering" on the Yorkshire Moor? Or is it a cry in the corridor that she hears? Natasha...
The Secret Garden Chapter 4 - The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden Chapter 4 - The Secret Garden
- Author: The Secret Garden
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Mary Lennox wakes up in Misselthwaite Manor and meets Martha, a serving girl who is not all like any of the servants she has known in India. She speaks her mind to Mary. Out in the grounds, she meets another native of Yorkshire, Ben Weatherstaff,...
The Secret Garden Chapter 8 - The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden Chapter 8 - The Secret Garden
- Author: The Secret Garden
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Mary is holding a key - could it be the key to the Secret Garden? And if so, where is the door? Maybe her friend the garden robin can help. Read by Natasha. THE ROBIN WHO SHOWED THE WAY She looked at the key quite a long time. She turned it over and...
The Secret Garden Chapter 7 - The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden Chapter 7 - The Secret Garden
- Author: The Secret Garden
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Mary is changing. She is not used to liking people, but she is starting to like Martha and Ben and the garden robin (whom she counts as person). She even likes Martha's family, although she hasn't met them yet. But does she like herself? It's not...
The Secret Garden Chapter 6 - The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden Chapter 6 - The Secret Garden
- Author: The Secret Garden
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
The story becomes yet more mysterious. Mary's curiosity gets her into trouble when she begins to explore the house. She meets a mouse, and hears a strange sound again. Natasha continues her enchanting reading of this classic novel . CHAPTER VI...
The Secret Garden Chapter 11 - The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden Chapter 11 - The Secret Garden
- Author: The Secret Garden
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Dickon reveals how Mary is like a Missel Thrush, and how the Secret garden of Missel Thrush Mannor is like a nest. Read by Natasha. THE NEST OF THE MISSEL THRUSH For two or three minutes he stood looking round him, while Mary watched him, and then...
The Secret Garden Chapter 10 - The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden Chapter 10 - The Secret Garden
- Author: The Secret Garden
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Mary has already told Martha how much she would like to meet Dickon. He is due to bring some seeds to her. When they finally meet up, will she like him enough to share her special secret with him? Read by Natasha. DICKON The sun shone down for...
The Secret Garden Chapter 9 - The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden Chapter 9 - The Secret Garden
- Author: The Secret Garden
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Mary has found her way into the secret garden. She finds that it is tangled and untidy, and begins to wish that she could do something about it. Read by Natasha. THE STRANGEST HOUSE ANY ONE EVER LIVED IN It was the sweetest, most mysterious-looking...
The Secret Garden Chapter 13 - The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden Chapter 13 - The Secret Garden
- Author: The Secret Garden
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Several times already, Mary has heard crying in the corridor. Who could it be who is crying? In this chapter she discovers another child who is, in some ways, rather like herself. "I AM COLIN" Mary took the picture back to the house when she went to...
The Secret Garden Chapter 12 - The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden Chapter 12 - The Secret Garden
- Author: The Secret Garden
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Oliver Twist famously asked "Please sir, can I have some more?" and received a stern reply. In the Secret Garden, Martha asks for a "bit of earth." Will Mr. Craven be angry? "MIGHT I HAVE A BIT OF EARTH?" Mary ran so fast that she was rather out of...
The Secret Garden Chapter 16 - The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden Chapter 16 - The Secret Garden
- Author: The Secret Garden
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Get all the chapters of The Secret Garden in iTunes. Our very special reading of The Secret Garden continues. Read by Natasha. "I WON'T!" SAID MARY They found a great deal to do that morning and Mary was late in returning to the house and was also...
The Secret Garden Chapter 15 - The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden Chapter 15 - The Secret Garden
- Author: The Secret Garden
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Mary and Dickon meet up in the garden and watch the robin build his nest. You can now get the episodes of the Secret Garden in an iTunes podcast. Read by Natasha. NEST BUILDING After another week of rain the high arch of blue sky appeared again and...
The Secret Garden Chapter 14 - The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden Chapter 14 - The Secret Garden
- Author: The Secret Garden
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Mary's new friend Colin has the airs and graces of an Indian Prince, a Young Rajah, but he surprises everyone by liking Mary. A YOUNG RAJAH The moor was hidden in mist when the morning came, and the rain had not stopped pouring down. There could be...
The Secret Garden Chapter 18 - The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden Chapter 18 - The Secret Garden
- Author: The Secret Garden
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Natasha continues her reading of the classic serial. "THA' MUNNOT WASTE NO TIME" Of course Mary did not waken early the next morning. She slept late because she was tired, and when Martha brought her breakfast she told her that though. Colin was...
The Secret Garden Chapter 17 - The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden Chapter 17 - The Secret Garden
- Author: The Secret Garden
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Mary might not be the most soft-hearted of girls, but she is a good person to sooth a tantrum. If you use iTunes, you can download all our Secret Garden Chapters here. Read by Natasha. A TANTRUM She had got up very early in the morning and had...
The Secret Garden Chapter 21 - The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden Chapter 21 - The Secret Garden
- Author: The Secret Garden
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
A lyrical and powerful chapter in which Colin has a surprise for Ben Weatherstaff. Read by Natasha. BEN WEATHERSTAFF One of the strange things about living in the world is that it is only now and then one is quite sure one is going to live forever...
The Secret Garden Chapter 20 - The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden Chapter 20 - The Secret Garden
- Author: The Secret Garden
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
"I SHALL LIVE FOREVER--AND EVER--AND EVER!" Read by Natasha. But they were obliged to wait more than a week because first there came some very windy days and then Colin was threatened with a cold, which two things happening one after the other would...
The Secret Garden Chapter 19 - The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden Chapter 19 - The Secret Garden
- Author: The Secret Garden
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Read by Storynory's one and only Natasha. "IT HAS COME!" Of course Dr. Craven had been sent for the morning after Colin had had his tantrum. He was always sent for at once when such a thing occurred and he always found, when he arrived, a white...
The Secret Garden Chapter 23 - The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden Chapter 23 - The Secret Garden
- Author: The Secret Garden
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Read by Natasha. MAGIC Dr. Craven had been waiting some time at the house when they returned to it. He had indeed begun to wonder if it might not be wise to send some one out to explore the garden paths. When Colin was brought back to his room the...
The Secret Garden Chapter 22 - The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden Chapter 22 - The Secret Garden
- Author: The Secret Garden
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Ben Weatherstaff reveals that he too has been keeping a secret. Read by Natasha. WHEN THE SUN WENT DOWN When his head was out of sight Colin turned to Mary. "Go and meet him," he said; and Mary flew across the grass to the door under the ivy. Dickon...
Secret Garden Chapter 25 - The Secret Garden
Secret Garden Chapter 25 - The Secret Garden
- Author: The Secret Garden
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Read by Natasha And the secret garden bloomed and bloomed and every morning revealed new miracles. In the robin's nest there were Eggs and the robin's mate sat upon them keeping them warm with her feathery little breast and careful wings. At first...
The Secret Garden Chapter 24 - The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden Chapter 24 - The Secret Garden
- Author: The Secret Garden
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
"LET THEM LAUGH" The secret garden was not the only one Dickon worked in. Round the cottage on the moor there was a piece of ground enclosed by a low wall of rough stones. Early in the morning and late in the fading twilight and on all the days...
The Secret Garden, Chapter 27 - The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden, Chapter 27 - The Secret Garden
- Author: The Secret Garden
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
The final chapter of our classic series is read by Natasha. CHAPTER XXVII IN THE GARDEN In each century since the beginning of the world wonderful things have been discovered. In the last century more amazing things were found out than in any...
The Secret Garden Chapter 26 - The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden Chapter 26 - The Secret Garden
- Author: The Secret Garden
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Read by Natasha. "IT'S MOTHER!" Their belief in the Magic was an abiding thing. After the morning's incantations Colin sometimes gave them Magic lectures. "I like to do it," he explained, "because when I grow up and make great scientific discoveries...
Pinocchio Chapter 2: Geppetto and Master Cherry Fight - Pinocchio
Pinocchio Chapter 2: Geppetto and Master Cherry Fight - Pinocchio
- Author: Pinocchio
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Two old men have a very childish argument and a block of wood interrupts them. Read by Natasha. Illustrated by Chiara Civati. CHAPTER 2 In that very instant, a loud knock sounded on the door. "Come in," said the carpenter, not having an atom of...
Pinocchio Chapter 1: How it Happened - Pinocchio
Pinocchio Chapter 1: How it Happened - Pinocchio
- Author: Pinocchio
- Genre: Legends & Fairy Tales
Pinocchio comes to Storynory! The Italian children's novel by the Italian writer, Carlo Collodi, was first published in 1883. If you have seen the Disney film of Pinocchio, that does not mean to say you know the story. The original tale is much more...
