Length4h 32m
About this audiobook
Thirty-three essays on childhood, including: On Pirates, The Folly of Education, On Nursery Cupboards, On Digging Holes, Oxford and Cambridge, Real Cricket, Street Organs, The Peril of the Fairies etc.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.7 (73)
Includes Goodreads
GenreGeneral Fiction, Horror
Length4 hrs 32 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 10, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1AN ENCHANTED PLACE
18CHILDREN AND THE SEA
2A RAILWAY JOURNEY
19ON GOING TO BED
3THE MAGIC POOL
20STREET-ORGANS
4THE STORY-TELLER
21A SECRET SOCIETY
5ADMIRALS ALL
22THE PRICE OF PEACE
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6A REPERTORY THEATRE
23ON CHILDREN’S GARDENS
7CHILDREN AND THE SPRING
24A DISTINGUISHED GUEST
8ON NURSERY CUPBOARDS
25ON PIRATES
9THE FAT MAN
26THE FLUTE-PLAYER
10CAROL SINGERS
27THE WOOL-GATHERER
11THE MAGIC CARPET
28THE PERIL OF THE FAIRIES
12STAGE CHILDREN
29DRURY LANE AND THE CHILDREN
13OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE
30CHILDREN’S DRAMA
14HAROLD
31CHILDHOOD IN RETROSPECT
15ON DIGGING HOLES
32THE FOLLY OF EDUCATION
16REAL CRICKET
33ON COMMON SENSE
17THE BOY IN THE GARDEN
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