David Reads Stories

13 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings

This is the audio version of YouTube channel "David Reads Stories", in which David Johns reads aloud out-of-copyright, public domain stories.

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Episodes

A Visit to Santa Claus Land

December 11, 2022 10:39 - 15 minutes - 36 MB

"A Visit to Santa Claus Land" by Georgene Faulkner; a story, read aloud Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/david-reads-stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Nutcrackers of Nutcracker Lodge

April 20, 2022 14:14 - 9 minutes - 20.8 MB

"The Nutcrackers of Nutcracker Lodge" by Harriet Beecher Stowe (adapted). See https://www.gutenberg.org/files/51734/51734-h/51734-h.htm#Page_234 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/david-reads-stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Three Golden Apples

January 19, 2022 14:04 - 29 minutes - 67.2 MB

The Three Golden Apples by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Taken from "THE TOPAZ STORY BOOK", see https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51734 Enjoy the stories? If you like - and there’s absolutely no requirement to do so whatsoever - you can chuck me a tip at https://www.patreon.com/CruisingTheCut or via https://www.paypal.me/CruisingTheCut Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/david-reads-stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Christmas Masquerade

December 20, 2021 15:47 - 24 minutes - 56.4 MB

A story reading of "The Christmas Masquerade" by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman See https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/5061/pg5061-images.html#link2H_4_0004 Images from the Creative Commons image library, public domain, marked as no attribution required. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/david-reads-stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Winter's Herald

November 09, 2021 18:36 - 7 minutes - 18.1 MB

"Winter's Herald" by Jane Andrews, From The Topaz Story Book on the Gutenberg Project. See https://www.gutenberg.org/ Enjoy the stories? If you like - and there’s absolutely no requirement to do so whatsoever - you can chuck me a tip at https://www.patreon.com/CruisingTheCut or via https://www.paypal.me/CruisingTheCut Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/david-reads-stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Traveller's Story of a Terribly Strange Bed

May 18, 2021 10:44 - 43 minutes - 98.9 MB

The creepy tale of a man threatened with death when he gambles and gets drunk in Paris. Story by Wilkie Collins, from the Gutenberg Project; see https://www.gutenberg.org/ Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/david-reads-stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Our Square and the People In It" (Part 4)

February 21, 2021 15:10 - 15 minutes - 35 MB

With huge apologies for the atrocious (but mercifully brief) attempt at a Scottish accent - I kept wanting to say "the dilithium warp crystals'll nae take it, Cap'n"! - this is the fourth and final excerpt from the story "Our Square and the People in it" by Samuel Hopkins Adams, originally published 1917. Story downloaded from Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44328 Enjoy the stories? If you like - and there’s absolutely no requirement to do so whatsoever - you can chuck...

"Our Square and the People In It" (Part 3)

February 14, 2021 14:14 - 21 minutes - 48.1 MB

This is part 3 of 4 of the story "Our Square and the People in it" by Samuel Hopkins Adams, originally published 1917. Story downloaded from Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44328 Enjoy the stories? If you like - and there’s absolutely no requirement to do so whatsoever - you can chuck me a tip at https://www.patreon.com/CruisingTheCut or via https://www.paypal.me/CruisingTheCu Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/david-reads-stories. Hosted on Acast. See acas...

"Our Square and the People In It" (Part 2)

February 08, 2021 17:34 - 22 minutes - 52.3 MB

This is part 2 of 4 of the story "Our Square and the People in it" by Samuel Hopkins Adams, originally published 1917. Story downloaded from Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44328 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/david-reads-stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Our Square and the People in it" by Samuel Hopkins Adams

February 01, 2021 00:04 - 30 minutes - 70.8 MB

This is part 1 of 4 of the story "Our Square and the People in it" by Samuel Hopkins Adams, originally published 1917. Story downloaded from Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44328 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/david-reads-stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"The New Year's Bargain" by Susan Coolidge

December 31, 2020 17:04 - 14 minutes - 32.9 MB

First published in 1871, this is Chapter 1 of "The New Year's Bargain" by Susan Coolidge. Text from Project Gutenberg https://www.gutenberg.org Story is at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58762 Viewers kindly note the text is as written in 1871, using language of that era. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/david-reads-stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Little Girl's Christmas

December 30, 2020 19:52 - 13 minutes - 30.5 MB

Reading "Little Girl's Christmas" by Winnifred E. Lincoln, a copyright-free public domain story. Story found at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/ Direct story link: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/5061/5061-h/5061-h.htm#link2H_4_0007 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/david-reads-stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Rescue at Sea

December 30, 2020 19:33 - 11 minutes - 26.6 MB

Taken from "True Ghost Stories by Hereward Carrington, published in 1915, this is "The Rescue at Sea". Story read from Project Gutenberg, see https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44625 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/david-reads-stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.