Pepper and Salt
Howard Pyle
Lu par LibriVox Volunteers
One must have a little pinch of seasoning in this dull, heavy life of ours; one should never look to have all the troubles, the labors, and the cares, with never a whit of innocent jollity and mirth. Yes, one must smile now and then, if for nothing else than to lift the corners of the lips in laughter that are only too often dragged down in sorrow. … Yet listen! One must not look to have nothing but pepper and salt in this life of ours—no, indeed! At that rate we would be worse off than we are now. I only mean that it is a good and pleasant thing to have something to lend the more solid part a little savor now and then! …
Are you ready? Very well; then I will tell you a story. - Summary from the Preface (3 hr 7 min)
Chapitres
| Preface | 2:50 | Lu par Maria Kasper |
| The Skillful Huntsman | 15:44 | Lu par Maria Kasper |
| Two Opinions | 2:49 | Lu par Ray Kasper (1938-2017) |
| Song of Ye Foolish old Woman | 1:42 | Lu par Ray Kasper (1938-2017) |
| A Newspaper Puff | 1:56 | Lu par Ray Kasper (1938-2017) |
| Claus and His Wonderful Staff | 18:29 | Lu par Maria Kasper |
| Three Fortunes | 1:52 | Lu par Ray Kasper (1938-2017) |
| Venturesome Boldness | 1:30 | Lu par Ray Kasper (1938-2017) |
| Superficial Culture | 1:36 | Lu par Ray Kasper (1938-2017) |
| How Dame Margery Twist Saw More Than Was Good For Her | 17:29 | Lu par Maria Kasper |
| Song of Ye Gossips | 1:29 | Lu par Ray Kasper (1938-2017) |
| A Victim to Science | 2:37 | Lu par Ray Kasper (1938-2017) |
| Play and Earnest | 1:28 | Lu par Ray Kasper (1938-2017) |
| Clever Peter and the Two Bottles | 19:51 | Lu par Maria Kasper |
| Accident of Birth | 2:06 | Lu par Ray Kasper (1938-2017) |
| Romantic Adventures of Three Tailors | 2:39 | Lu par Ray Kasper (1938-2017) |
| Fancy and Fact | 1:17 | Lu par Ray Kasper (1938-2017) |
| Hans Hecklemann's Luck | 15:27 | Lu par Maria Kasper |
| Two Wishes | 2:24 | Lu par Ray Kasper (1938-2017) |
| Verse With a Moral But No Name | 2:04 | Lu par Ray Kasper (1938-2017) |
| Song of Ye Rajah and Ye Fly | 2:20 | Lu par Ray Kasper (1938-2017) |
| Farmer Griggs's Boggart | 14:38 | Lu par Maria Kasper |
| Pride in Distress | 1:41 | Lu par Ray Kasper (1938-2017) |
| Profession and Practice | 2:39 | Lu par Ray Kasper (1938-2017) |
| A Tale of a Tub | 1:45 | Lu par Ray Kasper (1938-2017) |
| The Bird in the Linden Tree | 17:31 | Lu par Maria Kasper |
| Story of a Blue China Plate | 2:12 | Lu par Ray Kasper (1938-2017) |
| Moral Blindness | 1:57 | Lu par Ray Kasper (1938-2017) |
| Overconfidence | 2:10 | Lu par Ray Kasper (1938-2017) |
| The Apple of Contentment | 18:29 | Lu par Maria Kasper |
| The Force of Need | 1:22 | Lu par Ray Kasper (1938-2017) |
| A Disappointment | 1:55 | Lu par Ray Kasper (1938-2017) |
| One Innocent Lamb and Four Wicked Wolves | 1:55 | Lu par Ray Kasper (1938-2017) |
Critiques
Not overly impressed with this collection
mikezane
This is a collection of short stories and poems that are very much like the Aesop fables. Some are interesting, some are boring, and some are blah. I lost interest at chapter 13 and moved onto another book. Regarding readers: Maria did a fine job, I was able to follow her without issue. Ray was more difficult. His cadence was blurry in some way that I had trouble following. I believe this story will appeal more to fans of the dramatic, which I am not.