The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse (dramatic reading) by Thornton W. BURGESS (1874 - 1965) Genre(s): Dramatic Readings, Animals & Nature Read by: linnyChris Marcellus, Patti CunninghamMarty Kris, Elizabeth KlettAmy Gramour, Barry EadsToddHW, ChyAnne DonnellScott A. Jackson in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - Cast and Chapters 1 - 4 00:17:00 - 02 - Chapters 5 - 9 00:39:22 - 03 - Chapters 10 - 14 01:01:10 - 04 - Chapters 15 - 19 01:23:25 - 05 - Chapters 20 - 24 Danny begins his tale regretting the length of his tail until he is corrected by Mr. Toad. Then he has a series of stalkings by Reddy and Granny Fox. He is captured by Hooty the Owl and escapes mid-flight to Peter Rabbit's briar patch. Peter goes to Farmer Brown's peach orchard and gets caught in a snare and barely escapes himself. Finally Danny gets trapped in a tin can and must use his wits to escape Reddy Fox again. (Summary from Wikipedia)Cast:Narrator..............................Linette Geisel Danny Meadow Mouse.......Marty Kris Striped Chipmunk...............Elizabeth Klett Johnny Chuck.....................Barry Eads Old Mr. Toad.......................Scott A. Jackson Reddy Fox..........................Chris Marcellus Granny Fox.........................Patti Cunningham Hooty the Owl......................Elizabeth Klett Tommy Tit the Chickadee....Amy Gramour Peter Rabbit........................ToddHW Farmer Brown.....................Barry Eads Farmer Brown's Boy............ChyAnne DonnellAudio Edited By: Linette GeiselThis project was proof listened by Linette Geisel and ToddHW. More information: http://librivox.org/the-adventures-of-danny-meadow-mouse-by-thornton-w-burgess/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Fitzgerald version) by Omar KHAYYÁM (1048 - 1131), translated by Edward FITZGERALD (1809 - 1883) Genre(s): Poetry Read by: Algy Pug in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, The (First Edition) 00:18:00 - 02 - Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, The (Second Edition) 00:44:08 - 03 - Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, The (Third Edition) 01:06:57 - 04 - Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, The (Fourth Edition) 01:29:59 - 05 - Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, The (Fifth Edition) 01:53:03 - 06 - Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, The (Introduction to Third Edition) The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Persian: رباعیات عمر خیام) is the title that Edward Fitz-Gerald gave to his translation of a selection of poems, originally written in Persian and of which there are about a thousand, attributed to Omar Khayyám (1048-1131), a Persian poet, mathematician and astronomer. A Persian ruba'i is a two-line stanza with two parts (or hemis-techs) per line, hence the word 'Rubáiyát' (derived from the Arabic root word for 'four'), meaning 'quatrains'.The translations that are best known in English are those of about a hundred of the verses by Edward FitzGerald (1809-1883). Of the five editions published, four were published under the authorial control of FitzGerald. The fifth edition, which contained only minor changes from the fourth, was edited after his death on the basis of manuscript revisions FitzGerald had left. FitzGerald also produced Latin translations of certain rubaiyat.As a work of English literature FitzGerald's version is a high point of the 19th century and has been greatly influential. Indeed, The term 'Rubaiyat' by itself has come to be used to describe the quatrain rhyme scheme that FitzGerald used in his translations: AABA. However, as a translation of Omar Khayyam's quatrains, it is not noted for its fidelity. Many of the verses are paraphrased, and some of them cannot be confidently traced to any one of Khayyam's quatrains at all. Some critics informally refer to the FitzGerald's English versions as 'The Rubaiyat of FitzOmar', a nickname that both recognizes the liberties FitzGerald inflicted on his purported source and also credits FitzGerald for the considerable portion of the 'translation' that is his own creation. In fact, FitzGerald himself referred to his work as 'transmogrification'. 'My translation will interest you from its form, and also in many respects in its detail: very unliteral as it is. Many quatrains are mashed together: and something lost, I doubt, of Omar's simplicity, which is so much a virtue in him' (letter to E. B. Cowell, 9/3/58). (Introduction from Wikipedia)This recording includes readings of all five editions by Edward Fitzgerald as well as the introduction to the third edition. (Note by Algy Pug) More information: http://librivox.org/the-rubaiyat-of-omar-khayyam-by-omar-khayyam-3/