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The Mary Frances Story Book by Jane Eayre Fryer (1876 - ?).

All audio files can be found on our catalog page:https://librivox.org/the-mary-frances-story-book-by-jane-eayre-fryer/
The Mary Frances Story Book is different from the other Mary Frances Books. They are part lessons and part story; they teach something about cooking and sewing, knitting and crocheting, housekeeping and gardening, and first-aid—and tell a story, too; but The Mary Frances Story Book is all story.
On a summer afternoon Mary Frances took a holiday and sailed away across the blue water to an island—an island formed by the top of a coral mountain resting in a sea of blue; oh, so blue—a brighter blue than the water in your mother’s bluing tub—not the blue that makes you feel sad and blue, but the blue that makes you laugh with happiness. The island itself and the roofs of the houses were coral white, and the green was the green of the palm and banana and mahogany tree. The breezes that blew over them were the warm, soft breezes of the southern sun. This island was the “enchanted island” of the good story-tellers which Mary Frances was allowed to visit. The story people who lived there believed in truth and beauty, and courage and kindness, and these were the theme of their stories. Like all good islands, this island had enemies, but they came to a bad end, as, in the long run, all evil persons will; and truth and beauty, and courage and kindness won the day, as they always must in every land where the searchlight of the sun flashes its beams.
As may be imagined, when Mary Frances came home she had not only one, but many stories to tell; and they are written in this book. ( From the Preface)
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    6. Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): (Jane Eayre Fryer) : n/a
    7. Link to title on Wikipedia (if available):
    8. Number of sections (files) this project will have: 37
    9. Does the project have an introduction or preface [y/n]: No
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    Genres for the project: Children's Fiction/Short works

    Keywords that describe the book: adventure

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    START of recording (Intro)
    • "Section [number] of The Mary Frances Story Book. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
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    maryfrancesstorybook_##_fryer_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. maryfrancesstorybook_01_fryer_128kb.mp3)

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Post by jenniferrd »

Can I please have chapter's 3 and 4?
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Post by Lynnet »

jenniferrd wrote: January 8th, 2018, 12:24 pm Can I please have chapter's 3 and 4?
All yours!
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Post by jenniferrd »

Thanks! Can you tell me how to pronounce: Eayre (for her middle name)?
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Post by Lynnet »

jenniferrd wrote: January 9th, 2018, 8:35 pm Thanks! Can you tell me how to pronounce: Eayre (for her middle name)?
I'm not sure... in my section, I read it like Jane Eyre
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Post by jenniferrd »

Oh good, that's what I did as well!

The Pirate’s Cat
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/maryfrancesstorybook_03_fryer_128kb.mp3
04:59

The Story of the Lost Story
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/maryfrancesstorybook_04_fryer_128kb.mp3
04:40

Can I go ahead and get Sections 1, 2, 5, 6, and 7 as well?
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Post by Lynnet »

jenniferrd wrote: January 10th, 2018, 5:48 am Oh good, that's what I did as well!

The Pirate’s Cat
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/maryfrancesstorybook_03_fryer_128kb.mp3
04:59

The Story of the Lost Story
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/maryfrancesstorybook_04_fryer_128kb.mp3
04:40

Can I go ahead and get Sections 1, 2, 5, 6, and 7 as well?
Thank you, and yes!
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Post by ysevechan »

Can I have Chapter 10 (The Bubble Story)? :)
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Post by Lynnet »

ysevechan wrote: January 10th, 2018, 12:22 pm Can I have Chapter 10 (The Bubble Story)? :)
I'll assign it to you.
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Post by jenniferrd »

I would like to add on The Terrible Punishment of the Pirate and the Old Witch (Section 9) and THE RETURN HOME: Good-by, Mary Frances. Come Again! (Section 39), if you would.
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Post by Lynnet »

jenniferrd wrote: January 11th, 2018, 12:41 pm I would like to add on The Terrible Punishment of the Pirate and the Old Witch (Section 9) and THE RETURN HOME: Good-by, Mary Frances. Come Again! (Section 39), if you would.
Absolutely!
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Post by smithch »

Hello! Could I do number 11!

Thanks
<3 Christina Smith
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Post by rensampang »

Hi,

Could I please take Section 12: Diamonds and Toads? Also, this would be my first recording, so could my pseudonym just be Ren Sampang?

Thanks,
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Post by HZFerr »

Hi Lynne,

If you don't already have one, I would like to claim DPL. :D
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Post by Lynnet »

smithch wrote: January 11th, 2018, 1:51 pm Hello! Could I do number 11!

Thanks
<3 Christina Smith
Hi and welcome to Librivox!
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