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LITURAEObservations from my latest shadow workTW: I don’t speak upon my trauma but if you are easily triggered skip this~ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit boudicasquest.substack.com2025-07-0700 min
LITURAEOF HONOR AND VENGEANCE: Mateo Falcone | PROSPER MÉRIMÉE#ClassicLiterature #PodcastForSleepExplore more on my website: boudicasquest.carrd.coVisit my online store: ablissattire.comIf it soothes you, share it.If it stirs you, say so.Follow where you listen. Subscribe where you watch.Let the quiet carry the story forward.Classic tales. Calming tones. Crafted for quiet.Enter the chamber of LITURAE.For LITURAE, I read classic short stories aloud, paired with healing frequencies and soft music to calm the mind and soothe the soul. Tonight’s tale: a fierce and tragic parable from the hills of Corsica.• SUMMARY •In the...2025-06-0237 min
LITURAEA JOURNEY OF KINDNESS: Alyosha the Pot | LEO TOLSTOY#ClassicLiterature #PodcastForSleep #soundhealing Explore more on my website: boudicasquest.carrd.coVisit my online store: ablissattire.comIf it soothes you, share it.If it stirs you, say so.Follow where you listen. Subscribe where you watch.Let the quiet carry the story forward.Classic tales. Calming tones. Crafted for quiet.Enter the chamber of LITURAE.For LITURAE, I read classic short stories aloud, paired with healing frequencies and soft music to calm the mind and soothe the soul. Tonight’s tale: a quiet, powerful story of humility and grace.• SUMMARY •Alyosha, called...2025-05-1916 min
LITURAEtestingjust a quick test to make sure my connections are...connected This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit boudicasquest.substack.com2025-05-1800 min
LITURAEVIRTUE AND HYPOCRISY: Boule de Suif | GUY DE MAUPASSANT#SOOTHESAYS #ClassicLiterature #PodcastForSleep Explore more on my website: [Buddug's Circle](https://buddugscircle.com/) Visit my online store [Abliss Attire](https://ablissattire.com/)For The Love of Literature with Buddug Brenhines is your retreat for relaxation and peaceful sleep. Here, I read classic literature in a gentle, soothing manner, accompanied by background frequencies designed to promote DNA repair. Each episode is crafted from the bottom of my heart to bring love and healing to all who listen, comment, like, and subscribe.2025-01-151h 59
LITURAELIFE AND TRANSCENDENCE: Gusev | ANTON CHEKHOV#SleepStories #ClassicLiterature #PodcastForSleepExplore more on my website: Buddug's CircleVisit my online store Abliss AttireFor The Love of Literature with Buddug Brenhines is your retreat for relaxation and peaceful sleep. Here, I read classic literature in a gentle, soothing manner, accompanied by background frequencies designed to promote DNA repair. Each episode is crafted from the bottom of my heart to bring love and healing to all who listen, comment, like, and subscribe.Tonight's journey takes us through Gusev, by Anton Chekhov, offering a moment...2024-12-2046 min
LITURAEREALITY AND ILLUSION: The Real Thing | HENRY JAMES#SleepStories #ClassicLiterature #PodcastForSleep Explore more on my website: [Buddug's Circle](https://buddugscircle.com/) Visit my online store [Abliss Attire](https://ablissattire.com/)For The Love of Literature with Buddug Brenhines is your retreat for relaxation and peaceful sleep. Here, I read classic literature in a gentle, soothing manner, accompanied by background frequencies designed to promote DNA repair. Each episode is crafted from the bottom of my heart to bring love and healing to all who listen, comment, like, and subscribe.2024-08-311h 25
LITURAEDESPAIR AND SOLACE: A Clean, Well-Lighted Place, by Ernest Hemingway#SleepStories #ClassicLiterature #PodcastForSleepExplore more on my website: [Buddug's Circle](https://buddugscircle.com/)Visit my online shop: [Abliss Attire](https://ablissattire-shop.fourthwall.com/)For The Love of Literature with Buddug Brenhines is your retreat for relaxation and peaceful sleep. Here, I read classic literature in a gentle, soothing manner, accompanied by background frequencies designed to promote DNA repair. Each episode is crafted from the bottom of my heart to bring love and healing to all who listen, comment, like, and subscribe.Tonight's journey takes us through A Clean, Well-Lighted Place, by Ernest Hemingway, offering...2024-08-1712 min
LITURAEREBELLION AND YOUTH: A & P, by John Updike#SleepStories #ClassicLiterature #PodcastForSleepExplore more on my website: Buddug's CircleVisit my online shop: Abliss AttireFor The Love of Literature with Buddug Brenhines is your retreat for relaxation and peaceful sleep. Here, I read classic literature in a gentle, soothing manner, accompanied by background frequencies designed to promote DNA repair. Each episode is crafted from the bottom of my heart to bring love and healing to all who listen, comment, like, and subscribe.Tonight's journey takes us through A and P, by John Updike, offering a moment of calm an...2024-08-1324 min
LITURAEThe Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket by Yasunari Kawabata"The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket" is a short story by Japanese author Yasunari Kawabata. Kawabata, born in 1899 and died in 1972, is one of Japan's most renowned writers. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968, becoming the first Japanese author to receive this honor. His works are known for their poetic and delicate prose, often exploring themes of beauty, loss, and the transience of life.The story "The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket" is part of his collection *Palm-of-the-Hand Stories*, which consists of very short stories that capture fleeting moments and profound emotions in concise...2024-06-0812 min
LITURAEThe Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield"The Garden Party" a short story first published in 1922. The story centers on Laura Sheridan, a young girl from an affluent family, who experiences a range of emotions and revelations when a garden party coincides with the death of a working-class neighbor. Mansfield's narrative explores themes of class consciousness, innocence, and the complexities of human empathy. Katherine Mansfield was a prominent modernist writer from New Zealand, known for her short stories that often explore complex emotional and psychological states. "The Garden Party," published in 1922, is one of her most famous works. Mansfield's...2024-06-0148 min
LITURAEA Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka"A Hunger Artist" (German: "Ein Hungerkünstler") is a short story by Franz Kafka first published in Die neue Rundschau in 1922. The story was also included in the collection A Hunger Artist (Ein Hungerkünstler), the last book Kafka prepared for publication, which was printed by Verlag Die Schmiedeshortly after his death. The protagonist, a hunger artist who experiences the decline in appreciation of his craft, is typically Kafkaesque: an individual marginalized and victimized by society at large. "A Hunger Artist" explores themes such as death, art, isolation, asceticism, spiritual poverty, futility, personal failure and the corruption of human relationships. T...2024-05-1134 min
LITURAEMrs Frola and Mr Ponza her Son-in-Law by Luigi Pirandello#bedtimestories #shortstories #grownups • BACKGROUND •Luigi Pirandello; Agrigento (28 June 1867 – Rome 10 December 1936) was an Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer whose greatest contributions were his plays.He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature for "his almost magical power to turn psychological analysis into good theatre.Pirandello's works include novels, hundreds of short stories, and about 40 plays, some of which are written in Sicilian. Pirandello's tragic farces are often seen as forerunners of the Theatre of the Absurd.• BEDTIME STORIES FOR ADULTS • Step into the enchanting world of Buddug's literary g...2024-04-0632 min
LITURAEAraby by James Joyce"Araby" is a short story by James Joyce published in his 1914 collection Dubliners. The story traces a young boy's infatuation with his friend's sister.Through first-person narration, the reader is immersed at the start of the story in the drab life that people live on North Richmond Street, which seems to be illuminated only by the verve and imagination of the children who, despite the growing darkness that comes during the winter months, insist on playing "until [their] bodies glowed". Even though the conditions of this neighbourhood leave much to be desired, the children's play is inf...2024-03-3021 min
LITURAEMrs Frola and Mr Ponza, Her Son-in-Law by Luigi Pirandello | Incl. 10kHz for HealingLuigi Pirandello; Agrigento (28 June 1867 – Rome 10 December 1936) was an Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer whose greatest contributions were his plays. He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature for "his almost magical power to turn psychological analysis into good theatre."Pirandello's works include novels, hundreds of short stories, and about 40 plays, some of which are written in Sicilian. Pirandello's tragic farces are often seen as forerunners of the Theatre of the Absurd.-------------I hope you enjoy this reading. The frequencies in the bac...2024-03-2332 min
LITURAEThe Prussian Officer, by DH LawrenceThe Prussian Officer and Other Stories is a collection of early short stories by D. H. Lawrence. It was published by Duckworth in London on 26 November 1914, and in America by B. W. Huebsch in 1916.The first narrative in the collection is "The Prussian Officer", which tells of a captain and his orderly. Having wasted his youth gambling, the captain has been left with only his military career, and though he has taken on mistresses throughout his life, he remains single. His young orderly is involved in a relationship with a young woman, and the captain, feeling sexual t...2024-02-101h 15
LITURAEThe Path to The Cemetary by Thomas Mann"The Road to the Churchyard" (German: Der Weg zum Friedhof) is a short story by Thomas Mann. It initially appeared in 1900 in Simplicissimus and then in 1903 in an anthology of Mann's six short stories, entitled Six Novellen. It was published in 1922 as "The Way to the Churchyard" in Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter's translation of Mann's Stories of Three Decades, and in 1988 in Death in Venice and Other Stories, translated by David Luke. It has also been translated as "The Path to the Cemetery".This work parodies Naturalism (e.g. the alcoholism) and Mann's own Nietzschean influences. The recurrent pro...2024-01-2034 min
LITURAEThe Egg by Sherwood AndersonThe Triumph of the Egg (full title: The Triumph of the Egg: A Book of Impressions from American Life in Tales and Poems) is a 1921 short story collection by the American author Sherwood Anderson. It was Anderson's third book to be published by B.W. Huebsch and his second collection after the successful short story cycle Winesburg, Ohio. The book contains 15 stories preceded by photographs of seven clay sculptures by Anderson's wife at the time, sculptor Tennessee Mitchell, that were inspired by characters in the book. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss t...2024-01-0635 min
LITURAEA Pair of Silk Stockings by Kate Chopin"A Pair of Silk Stockings" is an 1897 short story written by Kate Chopin. The story follows Mrs. Sommers who prefers spending a windfall on herself, rather than on her children.Mrs. Sommers comes into the small fortune of $15. After a few days of reflection, she decides to use the money to purchase clothing for her children so they may look "fresh and dainty and new for once in their lives." That narrative suggests that Mrs. Sommers had been before her marriage a wealthy woman, but now "needs of the present absorbed her every faculty."2023-12-3122 min
LITURAEBerneice Bobs Her Hair by F. Scott Fitzgerald"Bernice Bobs Her Hair" is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It was first published in May 1920 in the Saturday Evening Post. The original publication was illustrated by May Wilson Preston. The work later appeared in the September 1920 short story collection Flappers and Philosophers.Fitzgerald's story follows the plight of a mixed-race Native American girl named Bernice from rural Eau Claire, Wisconsin, who visits her beautiful and sophisticated white cousin Marjorie in the city. In an attempt to be popular, Bernice announces she will bob her hair, but this announcement leads to unforeseen consequences.Decades aft...2023-12-231h 10
LITURAEPAUL'S CASE by Willa Cather#bedtime #bedtimestories #spiritualalchemy "Paul's Case" is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in McClure's Magazine in 1905 under the title "Paul's Case: A Study in Temperament", which was later shortened. It also appeared in a collection of Cather's stories, The Troll Garden (1905). For many years "Paul's Case" was the only one of her stories that Cather allowed to be anthologized.New York City was historically known as a destination for those seeking adventure and new opportunities, and often described as a center of fine living and society. It was considered at the...2023-12-161h 04
LITURAEThe Lost Phoebe by Theodore Dreiser#bedtime #bedtimestories #spiritualalchemyHenry Reifsneider was born on a rural farm in the American Midwest where the population is steadily decreasing. His family lived on it for generations, but his children either have moved away or have died. Henry’s farm, which he and his wife, Phoebe, now maintain, is in decline. The buildings and even the furniture inside the house are in decay. The fields produce poorly; the animals decrease in number each year; and the apple orchard, full of gnarled old trees, is decomposing.The story opens with this dismal setting, but the ch...2023-12-021h 03
LITURAEAn Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, by Ambrose Bierce"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" (1890) is a short story by the American writer and Civil War veteran Ambrose Bierce. Described as "one of the most famous and frequently anthologized stories in American literature", it was originally published by The San Francisco Examiner on July 13, 1890, and was first collected in Bierce's book Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (1891). The story, which is set during the American Civil War, is known for its irregular time sequence and twist ending. Bierce's abandonment of strict linear narration in favor of the internal mind of the protagonist is an early example of the stream of consci...2023-10-2831 min
LITURAETO BUILD A FIRE by Jack London"To Build a Fire" is a short story by American author Jack London. There are two versions of this story. The first one was published in 1902, and the other was published in 1908. The story written in 1908 has become an often anthologized classic, while the 1902 story is less well known.The 1908 version is about an unnamed male protagonist who ventures out in the subzero boreal forest of the Yukon Territory. He is followed by a native dog and is en route to visit his friends—ignoring warnings from an older man from Sulphur Creek ab...2023-10-2158 min
LITURAEThe Lady with the Toy Dog, by Anton ChekovTwo lovers find difficulty as they discover themselves ~ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit boudicasquest.substack.com2023-08-0757 min
LITURAEA New England Nun by Mary E. Wilkins FreemanTwo lovers must make a choice for their hearts ~ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit boudicasquest.substack.com2023-06-2147 min
LITURAEA White Heron, by Sara Orne Jewetta shy girl discovers the world ~ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit boudicasquest.substack.com2023-05-3140 min
LITURAEThe Private History Of A Campaign That Failed, by Mark Twaini'm a few days late with this one, but i hope you'll be forgiving. i read this in my relaxed, narrative style—but this doesn't do much for the humor in this story This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit boudicasquest.substack.com2023-05-121h 05
LITURAEThe Bride Comes to Yellow Sky, by Stephen CraneA newly-married couple come home to a worrying situation This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit boudicasquest.substack.com2023-04-2937 min
LITURAEYoung Goodman Brown, by Nathaniel HawthorneA tale of mystery and danger, as a man seeks to find a pure and noble heart This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit boudicasquest.substack.com2023-04-2341 min
LITURAEHow Old Timofei Died With A Song, by Rainer Maria Rilkea story about telling stories This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit boudicasquest.substack.com2023-04-0818 min
LITURAEThe Lady With The Toy Dog, by Anton ChekhovA story of love and secrets ~ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit boudicasquest.substack.com2023-04-0151 min
LITURAEThe Fortune-Teller, by Joaquim Maria Machado de AssisI made a few mistakes in this reading, which I hope you'll forgive. I never practice these readings, due to my energy. If I add too many steps I'll stop doing these entirely. Leave me a note if you find these mistakes too distracting This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit boudicasquest.substack.com2023-03-1832 min
LITURAEThe Yellow Wallpaper, by Charlotte Perkins GilmanA woman goes through interesting changes while sleeping under a strange wallpaper This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit boudicasquest.substack.com2023-03-1154 min
LITURAEThe Man Who Would Be King, by Rudyard KiplingParents, I leave it up to your discretion as to whether your child should hear this. There is casual racism and misogyny in this tale, but I am intentionally reading from famous authors of days past—you get to hear from different cultures and viewpoints to get a sense of how the world used to be versus how it is nowI hope you enjoy this reading. Since I am a spoonie, I don't rehearse my readings. I open the book and hit "record". Therefore, you'll hear me botch some of the names and words in th...2023-03-041h 55
LITURAEThe Death Of Ivan Ilych, by Leo Tolstoy—Final ChaptersDid not realize this "short story" would be so long! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit boudicasquest.substack.com2023-02-2524 min
LITURAEThe Death of Ivan Ilych, by Leo Tolstoy: parts 7–9Ivan's poor health continues to decline, and he begins to feel disconnected from everyone. As his suffering continues, he begins to ask why this has happened to him, and if he brought this onto himself This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit boudicasquest.substack.com2023-02-2042 min
LITURAEThe Death of Ivan Ilych, by Leo Tolstoy–4-6 PGIvan Ilych finds that he is changing, and not for the better This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit boudicasquest.substack.com2023-02-1147 min
LITURAEThe Death of Ivan Illych, by Leo Tolstoy, parts 1–3Apologies for the late upload. I am not familiar with this powerful story, and didn't realize it would result in *over four hours* in reading length, total. Here are parts 1–3, with a running time of approximately 2 hours. I will upload the remaining sections subsequent to this in the next few weeks' episodes, so you can learn the full tale This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit boudicasquest.substack.com2023-02-051h 11
LITURAEThe Necklace, by Guy de MaupassantA tale of one woman’s happiness turning to misery with a surprise ending This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit boudicasquest.substack.com2023-01-2822 min
LITURAEBartleby the Scrivener, by Herman MelvilleA short story of a lawyer in NYC and his strange employee. The setting is mid-1800’s
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LITURAEThe Black Cat, by Edgar Allen Poei’m a big lover of poe, and have his complete works. tonight, i read a horror story about a man and his relationship with his cat. hint—the cat wins This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit boudicasquest.substack.com2023-01-1436 min
LITURAEThe College Essay Is Deadan article from The Atlantic, written by Stephen Marche This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit boudicasquest.substack.com2023-01-0720 min
LITURAE27 Ways to Stop OverthinkingTonight I read you an article from Medium to help you stop overthinking This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit boudicasquest.substack.com2023-01-0440 min
LITURAEA Wikipedia Article About the Malay PeninsulaHappy New Year! This reading is from a random Wikipedia article regarding the Malay Peninsula This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit boudicasquest.substack.com2023-01-0412 min
LITURAEThe Flying TrunkThis story comes to you from The Pink Fairy Book, translated from the German of Hans AndersonHear a tale of a wise merchant who leaves his son his fortune, before the son receives a truly amazing gift This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit boudicasquest.substack.com2022-12-1713 min
LITURAEThe Slaying of The TanukiI’ve returned! I’ve been forced to abandon “Illusion, by Paula Volsky” for the time being, pending your feedback. Please read it, it’s fantastic and I wasn’t even at the really great parts yet. This reading comes from, “The Pink Fairy Book”, one of a series of (mostly cautionary) fairy tales from around the world. This particular story was translated from Japanese into German, and then to English. Please subscribe and visit my other online channels found in my profile This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to...2022-12-1014 min
LITURAEIllusion, by Paula Volsky: Chapter 11Eliste finally succumbs to Feronte's summons, and their assignation takes a shocking turn. Meanwhile, the defenses of the Beviere itself are crushed, while the Exalted within attempt to escape the teeming hoard that is determined to speak with King Dunulas. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit boudicasquest.substack.com2020-06-291h 03
LITURAEIllusion, by Paula Volsky: Chapter TenWhat starts as the narrow escape of Shorvi Nirienne in the Eighth District, turns into a demonstration and then a full march of the people of Shereen upon the gates of the Beviaire, and we see The Crowd Queller use his terrifying device. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit boudicasquest.substack.com2020-06-1457 min
LITURAEIllusion by Paula Volsky: Chapter NineThe People’s Reparation Party has grown in power, and the Cavalier vo Meureille tries valiantly to convince Eliste and Zeralenn to leave Shereen. Meanwhile, Feronte sends a peculiar gift to Eliste that seems she can finally accept. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit boudicasquest.substack.com2020-06-0647 min
LITURAEIllusion, by Paula Volsky: Chapter EightWe finally meet Whiss v'Aleur, the firebrand philosopher and editor of Neighbor Jumalle's Complaint, which has caused such a stir among the lower classes in the streets of Shereen. We are also treated to a shocking display of magic from a surprising source; and we see the darker side of magical use. As tensions rise in the capital city, there are both perpetrators and victims; as lines are drawn and motives are made clearer. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...2020-05-161h 06
LITURAEIllusion by Paula Volsky: Chapter SevenEliste gets to meet her fellow Maids of Honor and attends her first levee for Queen Lallazay, wherein she learns of the distressing news that is spreading around Shereen. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit boudicasquest.substack.com2020-05-0559 min
LITURAEIllusion by Paula Volsky, Chapter FiveWherein Eliste finally meets her indomitable grandmother, and sees the shocking reality of non-Exalted Shereenian life. (Please forgive my delay and the recording quality, I’m trying to find my rhythm and the right equipment.) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit boudicasquest.substack.com2020-04-3028 min
LITURAEIllusion by Paula Volsky: Chapter SixEliste is finally presented at Court, where she meets the imperious Duke Feronte, and witnesses a display of magic that leaves her wondering. Meanwhile, Shorvi Nerienne makes a hasty escape. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit boudicasquest.substack.com2020-04-3041 min
LITURAEIllusion, by Paula Volsky: Chapter FourWhere Dref Zeenoson’s flight from the Derrivale Estate is curiously questioned, then accepted, while Eliste must find another ladies’ maid and finish preparing, and then travel in excitement to her new post in the wondrous city of Sherreen. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit boudicasquest.substack.com2020-04-0453 min
LITURAEIllusion by Paula Volsky: Chapter ThreeWhere Eliste solicits the help of her curious Uncle Quinz to aid in the release of Dref Zeenoson This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit boudicasquest.substack.com2020-03-221h 01
LITURAEIllusion by Paula Volsky: Chapter TwoWherein Dref Zeenoson tries to intercede on behalf of Zhen Suboson to the Marquis vo Derrivale to belay Zhen’s punishment for reading forbidden and inflammatory pamphlets, and ends up being punished himself. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit boudicasquest.substack.com2020-03-0555 min
LITURAEIllusion by Paula Volsky: Chapter OneIn Chapter One, we meet Eliste vo Derrivale, the daughter of the Marquise vo Derrivale, and member of the Exalted of Vohnar, as she prepares for her upcoming ascension as ladies maid to The Queen next week. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit boudicasquest.substack.com2020-03-041h 00
LITURAEHow The Dragon Was TrickedJust sit back and relax while I tell you a tale of a very clever young man This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit boudicasquest.substack.com2020-02-1608 min
LITURAEThe Cat’s ElopementTwo kitties seek to find happiness together. Read from The Pink Fairy Book, which attributes this tale to Japan This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit boudicasquest.substack.com2020-02-0908 min
LITURAEThe Sprig of RosemaryThis tale comes from The Pink Fairy Book, which states its origin as Spain, 1885 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit boudicasquest.substack.com2020-02-0614 min
LITURAELittle House on The Prairie, Ch. 7: The Wolf-PackPa makes a visit to other settlers in the area while the family enjoys their newly-built home. That evening, they have a frightening encounter with the local wildlife.This book was the basis for the popular television show by the same name.There are themes in the book that describe attitudes that would be considered backward and racist today. It is not the intention to either highlight or censor these, but to let them stand as they are in the book, as a record of historical interest.Little House on the Prairie (book) on...2014-05-2523 min
LITURAELittle House on The Prairie, Ch. 6: Moving InThe family moves in to their newly-built log cabin on the prairie before there's even a proper roof. Pa feels more strongly than ever that he'll always want to live on this land.Pa decides the Big Woods have become too crowded, and moves the family to the High Prairie of Kansas.This book was the basis for the popular television show by the same name.There are themes in the book that describe attitudes that would be considered backward and racist today. It is not the intention to either highlight or censor these...2014-05-2511 min
LITURAELittle House on the Prairie-Ch. 3 Camp on the High PrairieThe family has traveled far and long and Pa finally selects the perfect place to settle. They make camp one last time before building a house.This book was the basis for the popular television show by the same name.There are themes in the book that describe attitudes that would be considered backward and racist today. It is not the intention to either highlight or censor these, but to let them stand as they are in the book, as a record of historical interest.Little House on the Prairie (book) on Wikipedia: https...2014-04-0713 min
LITURAELittle House on the Prairie-Ch. 2 Crossing the CreekThe family encounters a surprise when crossing the creek.This book was the basis for the popular television show by the same name.There are themes in the book that describe attitudes that would be considered backward and racist today. It is not the intention to either highlight or censor these, but to let them stand as they are in the book, as a record of historical interest.Little House on the Prairie (book) on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_House_on_the_Prairie#Little_House_on_the_PrairieLaura...2014-03-2915 min
LITURAELittle House in the Big Wood: The Wonderful MachineThe harvest is a busy time, and Laura's father arranges to have a machine help with the work.This is one of the later chapters, as the earlier sound clips have been lost. With positive feedback, I'll consider re-recording them, so you can enjoy the whole book.Laura Ingalls Wilder on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Ingalls_WilderThe Little House Books on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Little_House_on_the_Prairie_booksMore about the American Homestead Act of 1862: http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons...2014-03-1420 min
LITURAELittle House in the Big Woods-HarvestIt's harvest time, and there's lots to do. But one child decides it's more fun to play than work, and finds a heap of trouble for doing so.This is one of the later chapters, as the earlier sound clips have been lost. With positive feedback, I'll consider re-recording them, so you can enjoy the whole book.Laura Ingalls Wilder on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Ingalls_WilderThe Little House Books on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Little_House_on_the_Prairie_booksMore about the...2014-03-0913 min