Princess Mary's Gift Book

About this film

LibriVox recording of Princess Mary's Gift Book by Various. Read in English by Greg Giordano; Gabriel Glenn; Pam Castille; Lynne Thompson; Steve C; Linda Jenner; Kara Shallenberg; ToddHW In 1914, Princess Mary, then 17 years of age, gave her name to this collection of short stories and essays from the most prominent authors of the time for the purpose of raising funds for the "Work For Women Fund". A few of the outstanding authors represented in this sparkling collection are J.M. Barrie with is essay on A Holiday in Bed; A. Conan Doyle; J.H. Fabre the naturalist with his well know description of The Ant-Lion; H. Ryder Haggard; Rudyard Kipling; Alfred Noyes ("A Spell for a Fairy"); Baroness Orczy (yes, that one); and Kate Douglas Wiggin . - Summary by Phil Chenevert For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B Audiobook (148MB)

Directors & creators

Various

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;

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