Anyhow Stories: Moral and otherwise


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(4.5 stars; 5 reviews)

A collection of stories and poems for children by British novelist, journalist, and playwright Lucy Lane Clifford, better known during her lifetime as Mrs W.K. Clifford. She was famous with her mathematician husband for Sunday salons which attracted both scientists and literati. She was born in 1846 and died in 1929.
Summary by Val Grimm (3 hr 9 min)

Chapitres

The Cobbler's Children 9:28 Lu par Anna Simon
The New Mother 25:46 Lu par Charlie Blakemore
Round the Rabbit Holes 11:46 Lu par Cori Samuel
The Three Little Ragamuffins 5:24 Lu par Tammy Sanders
From Outside the World 20:32 Lu par Eliza Horne
The Paper Ship 2:38 Lu par Val Grimm
The Baby's Legs 9:33 Lu par Tammy Sanders
Imitation Fish 10:57 Lu par Tammy Sanders
Buttercup Queen 1:28 Lu par R. Robertson
The Beautiful Lady 10:27 Lu par R. Robertson
The Story of Willie and Fancy 32:52 Lu par Ashe Prescott
In the Porch 18:54 Lu par Ashe Prescott
Lullaby 1:15 Lu par Cori Samuel
Wooden Tony 28:52 Lu par Scott Sherris

Critiques

Mixed Assortment


(3 stars)

This collection is a mixed bag. Some stories, like "The New Mother" and "Wooden Tony" are really haunting. Others are rather bland or repetitive. But I did really like how the stories looped around on themselves, with characters and events from one story being referenced in others.