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The Nibelungenlied, Verse Translated by George Henry Needler. Part V. Apr 01, 2024

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The only translation into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original of the epic German poem The Nibelungenlied. There was a 2013 Librivox recording of the Shumway prose translation, but none for the verse.

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The Nibelungenlied, Verse Translated by George Henry Needler. Part IV. Apr 01, 2024

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The Nibelungenlied, Verse Translated by George Henry Needler. Part III. Apr 01, 2024

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The Nibelungenlied, Verse Translated by George Henry Needler. Part II. Apr 01, 2024

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The Nibelungenlied, Verse Translated by George Henry Needler. Part I. Apr 01, 2024

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The only translation into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original of the epic German poem The Nibelungenlied.

There was a 2013 Librivox recording of the Shumway prose translation, but none for the verse.

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The Son of the Wolf, by Jack London. Part III. Mar 28, 2024

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The Son of the Wolf is Jack London's first published collection of stories and features tales chronicling the harsh realities of living in the frozen North during the Yukon Gold Rush. Included are stories of resilience in the face of adversity, struggles for survival against the elements and against fellow man.

Witness the genesis of a master storyteller honing his craft and showcasing why London is considered one of the finest writers of short stories in American literature.

Part I

The White Silence

The Son of the Wolf

The Men of Forty Mile

In A Far Country

Part II

To the Man on the Trail

The Priestly Prerogative

The Wisdom of the Trail

The Wife of a King

Part III

An Odyssey of the North

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The Son of the Wolf, by Jack London. Part II. Mar 28, 2024

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Witness the genesis of a master storyteller honing his craft and showcasing why London is considered one of the finest writers of short stories in American literature.

Part I

The White Silence

The Son of the Wolf

The Men of Forty Mile

In A Far Country

Part II

To the Man on the Trail

The Priestly Prerogative

The Wisdom of the Trail

The Wife of a King

Part III

An Odyssey of the North

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The Son of the Wolf, by Jack London. Part I. Mar 28, 2024

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Witness the genesis of a master storyteller honing his craft and showcasing why London is considered one of the finest writers of short stories in American literature.

Part I

The White Silence

The Son of the Wolf

The Men of Forty Mile

In A Far Country

Part II

To the Man on the Trail

The Priestly Prerogative

The Wisdom of the Trail

The Wife of a King

Part III

An Odyssey of the North

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Little Lord Fauntleroy, by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Part IV. Mar 28, 2024

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In mid-1880s Brooklyn, New York, Cedric Errol lives with his Mother (never named, known only as Mrs Errol or "dearest") in genteel poverty after his Father Captain Errol dies. They receive a visit from Havisham, an English lawyer with a message from Cedric's grandfather, Lord Dorincourt. Cedric is now Lord Fauntleroy and heir to the Earldom and a vast estate. The Earl wants Cedric to live with him and learn to be an English aristocrat. He offers Mrs Errol a house and income but refuses to meet or have anything to do with her.

The crusty Earl is impressed by the appearance and intelligence of his young American grandson, and charmed by his innocent nature. He admits that Cedric, who has befriended and cared for the poor and needy on the Earl's estate, will be a better Earl than he was.

A pretender to Cedric's inheritance appears, but the claim is investigated and disproved with the assistance of Cedric's loyal American friends. The Earl is reconciled to his son's American widow.

The Earl had intended to teach his grandson how to be an aristocrat; however, Cedric inadvertently teaches his grand-father that an aristocrat should practice compassion and social justice towards persons who are dependent on him. The Earl becomes the kind and good man Cedric always innocently believed him to be. Cedric is reunited with his mother, who comes to live in the ancestral castle with them. "Little Lord Fauntleroy" is the first children's novel written by English-American playwright and author Frances Hodgson Burnett. (From Wikipedia.)

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Little Lord Fauntleroy, by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Part III. Mar 28, 2024

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A pretender to Cedric's inheritance appears, but the claim is investigated and disproved with the assistance of Cedric's loyal American friends. The Earl is reconciled to his son's American widow.

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