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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES by Robert Louis Stevenson - FULL AudioBook | GreatestAudioBooks.com V2 - A Child's Garden of Verses is a collection of poetry for children by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. The collection first appeared in 1885 under the title Penny Whistles, but has been reprinted many times, often in illustrated versions. It contains about 65 poems including the cherished classics "Foreign Children," "The Lamplighter," "The Land of Counterpane," "Bed in Summer," "My Shadow" and "The Swing."
About the Author:
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
A literary celebrity during his lifetime, Stevenson now ranks among the 26 most translated authors in the world. His works have been admired by many other writers, including Jorge Luis Borges, Bertolt Brecht, Marcel Proust, Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry James, Cesare Pavese, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling, Jack London, Vladimir Nabokov, J. M. Barrie, and G. K. Chesterton, who said of him that he "seemed to pick the right word up on the point of his pen, like a man playing spillikins." (Summary adapted from Wikipedia .org - Attribution: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Louis_Stevenson&action=history)
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Chapter listing and length:
00 DEDICATION -- To Alison Cunningham Willy - 00:01:27
01 Bed in Summer, A Thought, At the Sea-Side, Young Night-Thought, Whole Duty of Children, Rain, Pirate Story, Foreign Lands, Windy Nights, Travel - 00:06:29
02 Singing, Looking Forward, A Good Play, Where Go the Boats?, Auntie's Skirts - 00:02:26
03 The Land of Counterpane, The Land of Nod, My Shadow, System, A Good Boy - 00:04:12
04 Escape at Bedtime, Marching Song, The Cow, Happy Thought, The Wind - 00:03:34
05 Keepsake Mill, Good and Bad Children, Foreign Children, The Sun Travels, The Lamplighter - 00:05:24
06 My Bed is a Boat, The Moon, The Swing, Time to Rise, Looking-Glass River - 00:03:21
07 Fairy Bread, From a Railway Carriage, Winter-Time, The Hayloft, Farewell to the Farm - 00:03:51
08 North-West Passage Parts 1 - 3 (Good Night, Shadow March, In Port) - 00:02:19
09 THE CHILD ALONE --
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