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The Christmas Hirelings by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835 - 1915) .

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It is the Christmas season once again and things are, well, boring for the adults at Penlyon Castle. "...if somehow or other I had a pack of children belonging to me, I would keep Christmas with the best — keep it as it ought to be kept." says Sir John. His good friend Mr. Danby has the perfect solution - to hire some children to spend Christmas! Thus, the arrival of Lassie, Laddie, and little Moppet - Christmas and Sir John may never be the same again. (Summary by ppcunningham)
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Last edited by ppcunningham on August 11th, 2013, 7:02 pm, edited 3 times in total.
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I can set this up for you Patti, back soon.
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Pretty much looks like the best book ever, would you like a DPL?
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Gee, that was fast!
Thanks, David.

I'd love a DPL, hallejk - thanks for offering.
I think it's the best book ever, too.
How can you go wrong with Christmas, a curmudgeon, a feisty best friend, and an adorable little girl?
Now if I can only get it done by the holidays....


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http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/dl/christmashirelings_03_braddon.mp3

28:20

chapter 3

I discovered this book when I signed up for the section on Mary Elizabeth Braddon in The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, vol 5. Along with an article on the author, the section included an excerpt of this book, which turned out to be most of chapter 3 - so I've started there, killing two birds with one stone, so to speak.

I will now go back to the beginning, and record the rest in chapter order. Feel free to delay PL until I catch up.

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I think I will wait to start at chapter one, if you really don't mind :)
P.S. The tilde(~) is still in the title :)
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Oh, I'd better move us over to Going Solo, see you there. :D
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Posted a section -
But never mind - decided to do it over....
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The preface/prologue is PL OK! It was magical! I love love loved the story and the voice in the reading and just everything about it!

If you want to redo it no problem, I love it so much I'd be happy to listen again!
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Well then, I guess I'll leave it the way it is.

It was a lot of work - and I wasn't sure if I could maintain it over an entire book (especially Sir John's voice). But I sat and read the rest of the book this morning, and it's mostly narrative, so I feel a little better about the whole thing.

Thanks for listening -

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Yeah! I've been waiting! PL tonight!
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i re-edited chapter 1 - it was too slow in bits.
It is uploaded now.
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Oh man! I am so sorry! Totally forgot about this little book. But now I remember how much I love it! Chapters 1-3 are PL OK.
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