English Literature for Boys and Girls

By Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall

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Has there ever been a time without stories? Or a people indifferent to their tales? I think not. Thus begins an enchanting exploration of English literature, spanning from the early Middle Ages to the Victorian era. Young listeners will meet some of literatures most cherished characters, from the brave Beowulf, who confronts a fearsome monster, to the virtuous Una from The Faerie Queene, steadfast in her loyalty. H. E. Marshall skillfully intertwines selections from classic tales with her own retelling, fostering a deep appreciation for the timeless works that form the bedrock of Western culture. - Summary by cadastra

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085 - Chapter LXXXV Tennyson - The Poet of Friendship
Apr 11, 2026
084 - Chapter LXXXIV Dickens - Smiles and Tears
Apr 10, 2026
083 - Chapter LXXXIII Thackeray - The Cynic
Apr 09, 2026
082 - Chapter LXXXII Carlyle - The Sage of Chelsea
Apr 08, 2026
081 - Chapter LXXXI Keats - The Poet of Beauty
Apr 07, 2026
080 - Chapter LXXX Shelley - The Poet of Love
Apr 06, 2026
079 - Chapter LXXIX Byron - Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
Apr 05, 2026
078 - Chapter LXXVIII Scott - The Wizard of the North
Apr 04, 2026
077 - Chapter LXXVII Scott - The Awakening of Romance
Apr 03, 2026
076 - Chapter LXXVI Coleridge and Southey - Sunshine and Shadow
Apr 02, 2026
075 - Chapter LXXV Wordsworth and Coleridge - the Lake Poets
Apr 01, 2026
074 - Chapter LXXIV Wordsworth - The Poet of Nature
Mar 31, 2026
073 - Chapter LXXIII Cowper - The Task
Mar 30, 2026
072 - Chapter LXXXII Burns - The Plowman Poet
Mar 29, 2026
071 - Chapter LXXI Goldsmith - The Vicar of Wakefield
Mar 28, 2026
070 - Chapter LXX Goldsmith - The Vagabond
Mar 27, 2026
069 - Chapter LXIX Johnson - The End of the Journey
Mar 26, 2026
068 - Chapter LXVIII Johnson - Days of Struggle
Mar 25, 2026
067 - Chapter LXVII Pope - The Rape of the Lock
Mar 24, 2026
066 - Chapter LXVI Steele - The Soldier Author
Mar 23, 2026
065 - Chapter LXV Addison - The Spectator
Mar 22, 2026
064 - Chapter LXIV Swift - Gulliver's Travels
Mar 21, 2026
063 - Chapter LXIII Swift - The Journal to Stella
Mar 20, 2026
062 - Chapter LXII Defoe - Robinson Crusoe
Mar 19, 2026
061 - Chapter LXI Defoe - The First Newspaers
Mar 18, 2026
060 - Chapter LX Dryden - The New Poetry
Mar 17, 2026
059 - Chapter LIX Bunyan - The Pilgrim's Progress
Mar 16, 2026
058 - Chapter LVIII Milton - Darkness and Death
Mar 15, 2026
057 - Chapter LVII Milton - Sight and Growth
Mar 14, 2026
056 - Chapter LVI Herrick and Marvell - Of Blossoms and Bowers
Mar 13, 2026
055 - Chapter LV Herbert - The Parson Poet
Mar 12, 2026
054 - Chapter LIV About Some Lyric Poets
Mar 11, 2026
053 - Chapter LIII Bacon - The Happy Island
Mar 10, 2026
052 - Chapter LII Bacon - New Ways of Wisdom
Mar 09, 2026
051 - Chapter LI Raleigh - The History of the World
Mar 08, 2026
050 - Chapter L Raleigh - The Revenge
Mar 07, 2026
049 - Chapter XLIX Jonson - The Sad Shepherd
Mar 06, 2026
048 - Chapter XLVIII Jonson - Every Man in His Humour
Mar 05, 2026
047 - Chapter LXVII Shakespeare - The Merchant of Venice
Mar 04, 2026
046 - Chapter XLVI Shakespeare - The Man
Mar 03, 2026
045 - Chapter XLV Shakespeare - The Boy
Mar 02, 2026
044 - Chapter XLIV About the First Theaters
Mar 01, 2026
043 - Chapter XLIII Spenser - His Last Days
Feb 28, 2026
042 - Chapter XLII Spenser - The Faery Queen
Feb 27, 2026
041 - Chapter XLI Spenser - The Shepherd's Calendar
Feb 26, 2026
040 - Chapter XL The Beginning of Blank Verse
Feb 25, 2026
039 - Chapter XXXIX How the Sonnet Came to England
Feb 24, 2026
038 - Chapter XXXVIII The Death of Sir Thomas More
Feb 23, 2026
037 - Chapter XXXVII The Land of Nowhere
Feb 22, 2026
036 - Chapter XXXVI The Renaissance
Feb 21, 2026
035 - Chapter XXXV How a Poet Comforted a Girl
Feb 20, 2026
034 - Chapter XXXIV The Story of Everyman
Feb 19, 2026
033 - Chapter XXXIII How the Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
Feb 18, 2026
032 - Chapter XXXII About the Beginning of the Theater
Feb 17, 2026
031 - Chapter XXXI At the Sign of the Red Pale
Feb 17, 2026
030 - Chapter XXX Dunbar - The Wedding of the Thistle and the Rose
Feb 17, 2026
029 - Chapter XXIX The Death of the Poet King
Feb 17, 2026
028 - Chapter XXVIII A Poet King
Feb 17, 2026
027 - Chapter XXVII Barbour - The End of the Struggle
Feb 17, 2026
026 - Chapter XXVI Barbour - The Bruce The Beginnings of a Struggle
Feb 17, 2026
025 - Chapter XXV The First English Guide-Book
Feb 17, 2026
024 - Chapter XXIV Chaucer - At the Tabard Inn
Feb 17, 2026
023 - Chapter XXIII Chaucer - The Canterbury Tales
Feb 17, 2026
022 - Chapter XXII Chaucer - Bread and Milk for Children
Feb 17, 2026
021 - Chapter XXI How the Bible Came to the People
Feb 17, 2026
020 - Chapter XX Piers the Ploughman - continued
Feb 17, 2026
019 - Chapter XIX Piers the Ploughman
Feb 17, 2026
018 - Chapter XVIII About Some Song Stories
Feb 17, 2026
017 - Chapter XVII The Story of Havelok the Dane
Feb 17, 2026
016 - Chapter XVI When English Slept
Feb 17, 2026
015 - Chapter XV How Alfred the Great Fought With His Pen
Feb 17, 2026
014 - Chapter XIV The Father of English History
Feb 17, 2026
013 - Chapter XIII How Caedmon Sang and How He Fell Once More on Silence
Feb 17, 2026
012 - Chapter XII The Father of English Song
Feb 17, 2026
011 - Chapter XI The Story of Beowulf
Feb 17, 2026
010 - Chapter X The Adventures of An Old English Book
Feb 17, 2026
009 - Chapter IX The Passing of Arthur
Feb 17, 2026
008 - Chapter VIII The Beginning of the Reading Time
Feb 17, 2026
007 - Chapter VII How the Story of Arthur was Written in English
Feb 17, 2026
006 - Chapter VI About Some Old Welsh Stories
Feb 17, 2026
005 - Chapter V The Story of Fingal
Feb 17, 2026
004 - Chapter IV The Story of a Literary Lie
Feb 17, 2026
003 - Chapter III One of the Sorrows of Story-telling
Feb 17, 2026
002 - Chapter II The Story of the Cattle Raid of Cooley
Feb 17, 2026
001 - Chapter I In the Listening Time
Feb 17, 2026