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    CraftLit

    CraftLit — Annotated Audiobooks for Busy People

    Love classic literature…or wish you did?

    CraftLit is a weekly podcast featuring classic audiobook chapters paired with entertaining literary commentary that makes great books easier—and more fun—to understand. Host Heather Ordover explains historical references, vocabulary, and cultural context before each chapter so listeners can fully enjoy the story.

    Think of it as a global book club for classic literature, perfect for listening while commuting, crafting, walking, or doing chores.

    CraftLit has been in continuous weekly production since 2006, making it one of the longest-running literature podcasts. Listeners also send in voicemail comments that keep the show feeling like a lively reading group.

    Authors featured include:

    • Jane Austen
    • Mark Twain
    • Elizabeth Gaskell
    • Mary Shelley
    • Wilkie Collins
    • Alexandre Dumas
    • Robert Louis Stevenson

    Recent and current readings include Mark Twain’s Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc and Elizabeth Gaskell’s Cranford.

    Classic audiobooks—because loving great books in a busy world is tough.

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    Copyright: © (c) 2006-2019 Heather Ordover

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    Eleventh Day of CraftLit (2017) Dec 24, 2020
    Show notes

    Originally released December 24, 2017 Eleventh Day…

    (Find all the days here)

    Thank you Librivox.org.

    Charles Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870)

    was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period. During his life, his works enjoyed unprecedented fame, and by the twentieth century his literary genius was broadly acknowledged by critics and scholars. His novels and short stories continue to be widely popular. Born in Portsmouth, England, Dickens left school to work in a factory after his father was thrown into debtors' prison. Although he had little formal education, his early impoverishment drove him to succeed. Over his career he edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, 5 novellas and hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer, and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, education, and other social reforms.

    What Christmas Is As We Grow OlderRead by: Bob Neufeld

    Horatio Alger, Jr. (January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899)

    was a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his many formulaic juvenile novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty.

    St. Nicholas 05:02 (fireside) http://www.archive.org/download/firesidechristmasstories_1312_librivox/firesidechristmas_09_stnicholas_algerjr_ccs_128kb.mp3Read by: Claudia Salto

    John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 – January 21, 1922)

    was an American author, editor and satirist.

    The House of the Seven Santas (1908)Read by: David Wales

    Robert Louis Stephenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894)

    was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

    Christmas SermonRead by: ACBowgus (17:18)

    The old Christmas Carol audio files that can be played on any computer or mp3 player are here: audio, and 190 audio, and 191 audio Read by Glen Halstrom for Librivox

    A Christmas Carol*in prose, being a ghost story of Christmas by Charles Dickens Staves 1-2, Stave 3, Staves 4-5Next Book: Anne of Green Gables January 2018

    Scotland June 2108 1-800-826-2266 Final payment 15th of March Put it on your gift list - Get for your favorite CraftLit Listener-trip to Scotland


    Tenth Day of CraftLit (2017) Dec 23, 2020
    Show notes

    Originally released December 23, 2017 Tenth Day…

    (Find all the days here)

    Thank you Librivox.org.

    Arnold Bennett (27 May 1867 – 27 March 1931)

    Enoch Arnold Bennett was an English writer. He is best known as a novelist, but he also worked in other fields such as journalism, propaganda, and film.

    The Christmas Eve Burglary (1906)Read by: Ruth Golding (31:20) Sir Jehosephat (Sir Jee), A Cresage (?) , Whoever Velasquez might be…HA!, Some part of Mr Smith introduction was funny or important, Nelson Column

    Ellis Parker Butler (December 5, 1869 – September 13, 1937)

    was an American author. He was the author of more than 30 books and more than 2,000 stories and essays and is most famous for his short story "Pigs Is Pigs", in which a bureaucratic stationmaster insists on levying the livestock rate for a shipment of two pet guinea pigs, which soon start proliferating exponentially.

    Thin Santa Claus (1908)Read by: GROUP: NAMES (27:23) - CUT HE SAID SHE SAIDs

    C. H. Grinling ( - )

    aside from several books on trains and the history of railways in Britain, evidently, Mr. Grinling didn't do much else of note.

    Christmas Present Assurance Company (1894)Read by: HEATHER or Maria Kasper http://www.archive.org/download/christmasshortworks_2015_1512_librivox/csw15_01_xmaspresentassuranceco_128kb.mp3 (12:09) From a weekly magazine edited by our very own Jerome K. Jerome!!!


    Ninth Day of CraftLit (2017) Dec 22, 2020
    Show notes

    Originally released December 22, 2017 Ninth Day…

    (Find all the days here)

    Thank you Librivox.org.

    Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898)

    better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English writer, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, as well as the poems "The Hunting of the Snark" and "Jabberwocky", all examples of the genre of literary nonsense. He is noted for his facility at word play, logic, and fantasy, and there are societies in many parts of the world (including the United Kingdom, Japan, the United States, and New Zealand) dedicated to the enjoyment and promotion of his works and the investigation of his life.

    Christmas Greetings (1867) (scroll to end of text)Read by: Lucy Perry (1:17)

    David Hartley Coleridge (19 September 1796 – 6 January 1849)

    was an English poet, biographer, essayist, and teacher. He was the eldest son of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

    Christmas Day (1908)Read by: ravenotation (1:17)

    Stella C Shetter (c. 1879 - 1937)

    was a short story writer who in 1933 won a national contest sponsored by the American Legion.

    Christmas Barring-OutRead by: BookAngel7 (6:37) A little insight into customs from other times

    Sir Walter Scott (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832)

    1st Baronet was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, popular throughout much of the world during his time. Scott was the first English-language author to have a truly international career in his lifetime, with many contemporary readers in Europe, Australia, and North America. His novels and poetry are still read, and many of his works remain classics of both English-language literature and of Scottish literature. Famous titles include Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, The Lady of the Lake, Waverley, The Heart of Midlothian, and The Bride of Lammermoor.

    Christmas in the Olden Time (1861)Read by: Lucy Perry (2:35)

    John Clare (13 July 1793 – 20 May 1864)

    was an English poet, the son of a farm labourer, who came to be known for his celebratory representations of the English countryside and his lamentation of its disruption.

    Christmas TimeRead by: Ruth Golding (6:03) Morris Dance, Harlequin + hunchback

    Mary Howitt (12 March 1799 – 30 January 1888)

    was an English poet, and author of the famous poem The Spider and the Fly. She was educated at home, and read widely; she commenced writing verses at a very early age. Together with her husband, William Howitt, she wrote over 180 books.

    Old ChristmasRead by: Lucy Perry (1:45)

    Anne Hollingsworth Wharton (December 15, 1845 – July 29, 1928)

    was an American writer and historian. She devoted herself chiefly to the study of the social history of the Colonial and Revolutionary periods of the United States, wrote a number of entertaining books and magazine articles in this field, and was chosen historian of the The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America.

    Children's Book of xmas stories: Christmas In 1776Read by: Alisa (12:07)

    The old Christmas Carol audio files that can be played on any computer or mp3 player are here: audio, and 190 audio, and 191 audio Read by Glen Halstrom for Librivox

    A Christmas Carol*in prose, being a ghost story of Christmas by Charles Dickens Staves 1-2, Stave 3, Staves 4-5Next Book: Anne of Green Gables January 2018

    Scotland June 2108 1-800-826-2266 Final payment 15th of March Put it on your gift list - Get for your favorite CraftLit Listener-trip to Scotland


    Eighth Day of CraftLit (2017) Dec 21, 2020
    Show notes

    Originally released December 21, 2017 Eighth Day…

    (Find all the days here)

    Thank you Librivox.org.

    Marion Clifford, Lady Dunboyne (c.1841 - 1919)

    daughter of Henry Morgan-Clifford, a British Liberal Party politician, and wife of the 15th/25th Baron Dunboyne, an Irish peer. She sometimes also wrote under her married name Marion Clifford-Butler.

    Bertie's Ride (p.98)Read by: BookAngel7 (23:49)

    Richard Harding Davis (1864 - 1916)

    was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first American war correspondent to cover the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the political career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine.

    A Recruit at Christmas (1892)Read by: Heather (15:10)

    The old Christmas Carol audio files that can be played on any computer or mp3 player are here: audio, and 190 audio, and 191 audio Read by Glen Halstrom for Librivox

    A Christmas Carol*in prose, being a ghost story of Christmas by Charles Dickens Staves 1-2, Stave 3, Staves 4-5Next Book: Anne of Green Gables January 2018

    Scotland June 2108 1-800-826-2266 Final payment 15th of March Put it on your gift list - Get for your favorite CraftLit Listener-trip to Scotland


    Seventh Day of CraftLit (2017) Dec 20, 2020
    Show notes

    Originally released December 20, 2017 Seventh Day…

    (Find all the days here)

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    Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson ()

    xmas short works 2015

    Santa ClausRead by: Son the Exiles (2:09)

    Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936)

    was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist chiefly remembered for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. He was born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old. Kipling is best known for his works of fiction, including The Jungle Book (a collection of stories which includes "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"), Just So Stories (1902), Kim (1901) (a tale of adventure), many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888); and his poems, including "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), and "If—" (1910).

    Christmas in India (1908)Read by: Bellona Times (3:16)

    Arthur Guy Empey (11 December 1883, Ogden, Utah –22 February 1963, Wadsworth, Kansas)

    was a soldier in both the British and American armies of World War I, and an author, screenwriter, actor and movie producer.

    Christmas in a DugoutRead by: Lucy Perry (14:18)

    Louis Becke (18 June 1855 – 18 February 1913)

    was an Australian short-story writer and novelist.

    A Christmas Eve in the Far South SeasRead by: David Wales (14:35)

    William Lawrence Chittenden (1862 - 1934)

    Nothing to see here, folks.

    Cowboy's Christmas Ball (p.12, 1893)Read by: Winston Tharp (5:18)

    The old Christmas Carol audio files that can be played on any computer or mp3 player are here: audio, and 190 audio, and 191 audio Read by Glen Halstrom for Librivox

    A Christmas Carol*in prose, being a ghost story of Christmas by Charles Dickens Staves 1-2, Stave 3, Staves 4-5Next Book: Anne of Green Gables January 2018

    Scotland June 2108 1-800-826-2266 Final payment 15th of March Put it on your gift list - Get for your favorite CraftLit Listener-trip to Scotland


    Sixth Day of CraftLit (2017) Dec 19, 2020
    Show notes

    Originally released December 19, 2017 Sixth Day…

    (Find all the days here)

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    Elizabeth AndersonAnd that's all she wrote!

    Goblin ChristmasRead by: Linda Ferguson 6:45

    Abbie Phillips Walker (1867 - 1951)

    And that's all we've got on her.

    Why Santa Claus was LateRead by: David Lawrence

    Elizabeth HarrisonThazit.

    Little Gretchen and the Wooden ShoeRead by: Alyssa McCaslan

    Rebecca Sophia Clarke (February 22, 1833-August 10, 1906)

    also known as Sophie May, was an American author of children's fiction. She also wrote under the pseudonym Ellis Towne.

    Lill's Travels in Santa Claus Land (1878)Read by: Jan MacGillvray Just a sweet little story of a child's Christmas dream - 19th Century fan fiction.

    Sara L. GuerinThat's it.

    How the Secretary of the Treasury Once Played Santa Claus (a true story) Read by: Heather

    Winnifred E. LincolnNada mas.

    Little Girl's ChristmasRead by: Alissa 13.37

    The old Christmas Carol audio files that can be played on any computer or mp3 player are here:

    • 189 audio
    • and 190 audio
    • and 191 audio

    Read by Glen Halstrom for Librivox

    A Christmas Carol * in prose, being a ghost story of Christmas by Charles Dickens

    Staves 1-2 Stave 3, Staves 4-5

    Next Book: Anne of Green Gables January 2018

    Scotland June 2108 1-800-826-2266 Final payment 15th of March Put it on your gift list - Get for your favorite CraftLit Listener-trip to Scotland


    Fifth Day of CraftLit (2017) Dec 18, 2020
    Show notes

    Originally released December 18, 2017

    Fifth Day of Craftlit (Find all the days here)

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    Elizabeth Harrison(September 1, 1849 – October 31, 1927)

    was an American educator. She was the founder and first president of what is today National Louis University.[1] Harrison was a pioneer in creating professional standards for early childhood teachers and in promoting early childhood education.

    How to Celebrate Christmas (p.41) Read by: Heather Ordover

    Charles Knight (15 March 1791–9 March 1873)

    was an English publisher, editor and author. The son of a bookseller and printer at Windsor, he was apprenticed to his father. On completion of his indentures he took up journalism and had an interest in several newspaper speculations, including the Windsor, Slough and Eton Express.

    A Christmas Pudding from Household Words > Volume II > Page 300 December 21, 1850 (to "turn the page", look in the upper right for the 'previous page' 'next page') Read by:

    The Recipe from the story: A Pound Christmas Pudding: * One pound raisins

    • one pound currants
    • one pound suet (what is it)
    • one pound bread-crumbs
    • quarter pound orange-peel
    • two ounces citron-peel
    • two ounces lemon-peel
    • one nutmeg
    • one teaspoonful powdered ginger
    • one teaspoonful powdered cinnamon
    • one wine-glassful brandy
    • seven eggs
    • one teaspoonful salt
    • quarter pound raw sugar
    • milk enough to liquefy the mass, if the eggs and brandy be not sufficient for this purpose."

    Alternate recipes and this with several historic sauce recipes, and a discussion of said puddings

    Travel writing

    A pudding cloth:

    By Malcolm Carruthers, CC BY-SA 2.0, Link

    Arabs and math - smart responses from readers of The Guardian.

    The politics of it in an image (a.k.a., Charles Knight wasn't alone):

    By Contributor(s): The Figaro - Copied and digitised from The Figaro, 20 December,1884., Public Domain, Link

    Abbie Phillips Walker (1867 - 1951)

    And that's pretty much all we've got on her.

    Ruth's Christmas (p.13) Read by: Ruth Golding

    The old Christmas Carol audio files that can be played on any computer or mp3 player are here: audio, and 190 audio, and 191 audio Read by Glen Halstrom for Librivox

    A Christmas Carol*in prose, being a ghost story of Christmas by Charles Dickens Staves 1-2, Stave 3, Staves 4-5Next Book: Anne of Green Gables January 2018

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    Fourth Day of CraftLit (2017) Dec 17, 2020
    Show notes

    Originally released December 17, 2017

    Fourth Day of Craftlit (Find all the days here)

    Thank you Librivox.org.

    CBS Radio Theater A Very Private Miracle— Howard DaSilva - always my Ben (and this, and this, and this)

    Music: Christmas Lullaby

    Scotland June 2108 1-800-826-2266 Final payment 15th of March Put it on your gift list - Get for your favorite CraftLit Listener-trip to Scotland

    The old Christmas Carol audio files that can be played on any computer or mp3 player are here: audio, and 190 audio, and 191 audio Read by Glen Halstrom for Librivox

    A Christmas Carol—in prose, being a ghost story of Christmas by Charles Dickens Staves 1-2

    Stave 3

    Staves 4-5

    Next Book: Anne of Green Gables January 2018


    Third Day of CraftLit (2017) Dec 16, 2020
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    Originally released December 16, 2017

    Third Day of Craftlit (Find all the days here)

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    William Dean Howellswas an American realist novelist, literary critic, and playwright, nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters". He was particularly known for his tenure as editor of The Atlantic Monthly, as well as for his own prolific writings, including the Christmas story "Christmas Every Day" and the novels The Rise of Silas Lapham and A Traveler from Altruria..

    Turkeys Turning the Tables— Apple Pandowdy - pie crust variety (and if your screen can't handle the graphics there, here is the PDF version-no pictures) and a Gluten-Free biscuit-style Pandowdy — Hard Sauce

    Christmas Every DayMusic: It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

    Scotland June 2108 1-800-826-2266 Final payment 15th of March Put it on your gift list - Get for your favorite CraftLit Listener-trip to Scotland

    The old Christmas Carol audio files that can be played on any computer or mp3 player are here: audio, and 190 audio, and 191 audio Read by Glen Halstrom for Librivox

    A Christmas Carol—in prose, being a ghost story of Christmas by Charles Dickens Staves 1-2

    Stave 3

    Staves 4-5

    Next Book: Anne of Green Gables January 2018


    Second Day of CraftLit (2017) Dec 15, 2020
    Show notes

    Originally released December 15, 2017

    Second Day of Craftlit (Find all the days here) "What Makes Christmas Christmas" and "The Chaparral Christmas"

    Thank you Librivox.org.

    Grace Latimer Jones (1879 - ?)

    American educator, graduate of Bryn Mawr, Suffragette, headmistress at the Columbus School for Girls in Ohio and wife of Charles F. W. McClure, who was a professor of biology at Princeton.

    What Makes Christmas Christmas - a -- Morality Play-- Plum Pudding Cast of What Makes Christmas Christmas: Narrator: Pamela Krantz Christmas Gifts: Charlotte Duckett Money: Ruth Golding Christmas Tree: Amanda Friday Christmas Stocking: Snapdragon Plum Pudding: Rapunzelina An Old Man: David Olson A Child: Evie Marie The King's Son: David Lawrence A Spirit: Lyn Silva Audio edited by David Lawrence Play co-ordinated by Annise

    O Henry (c.1841 - 1919)

    William Sydney Porter, known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American writer. O. Henry's short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings.

    Chaparral Christmas --

    --

    Music: O Holy Night, sung by Karen Savage

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    PLUS

    The old Christmas Carol audio files that can be played on any computer or mp3 player are here: audio, and 190 audio, and 191 audio Read by Glen Halstrom for Librivox

    A Christmas Carol—in prose, being a ghost story of Christmas by Charles Dickens Staves 1-2

    video: https://youtu.be/m4NE95Fms0g

    A Christmas Carol—in prose, being a ghost story of Christmas by Charles Dickens Stave 3

    video: https://youtu.be/g2k7DPcVsoc

    A Christmas Carol—in prose, being a ghost story of Christmas by Charles Dickens Staves 4-5

    video: https://youtu.be/kuHyZ9zqxYQ

    Next Book: Anne of Green Gables January 2018


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