Christmas Stories from French and Spanish Writers

Pedro Antonio de Alarcón y Ariza, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, François Coppée, Alphonse Daudet, Antoine Gustave Droz, Maxime Du Camp, Antoinette Ogden, Benito Pérez Galdós, Marcel Prévost, Jules Simon, André Theuriet, Armando Palacio Valdés

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Length

5 h 36 min

Chapters

15

Language

English

Genre

Published 1800 -1900, Anthologies

First published

1892

Chapters

1. 1 A Bird in the Snow, From the Spanish of Armando Palacio ValdésRead by David Wales 30:19
2. 2 A Christmas in the Forest, From the French of André TheurietRead by David Wales 8:43
3. 3 The Louis d'or, From the French of François CoppéeRead by David Wales 11:37
4. 4 A Christmas Supper in the Marais, From the French of Alphonse DaudetRead by David Wales 11:22
5. 5 The Princess and the Ragamuffin, From the Spanish of Benito Pérez GaldósRead by David Wales 43:39
6. 6 A Tragedy, From the Spanish of Antonio MaréRead by David Wales 16:52
7. 7 The Three Low Masses, From the French of Alphonse DaudetRead by David Wales 18:39
8. 8 The Poet's Christmas Eve, From the Spanish of Pedro A. de AlarcónRead by David Wales 22:16
9. 9 I Take Supper with my Wife, From the French of Antoine Gustave DrozRead by David Wales 13:34
10. 10 The Yule Log, From the French of Jules SimonRead by David Wales 41:23
11. 11 The Mule and the Ox, From the Spanish of Benito Pérez GaldósRead by David Wales 32:29
12. 12 Solange, the Wolf Girl, From the French of Marcel PrévostRead by David Wales 14:53
13. 13 Salvette and Bernadou, From the French of Alphonse DaudetRead by David Wales 9:31
14. 14 Maese Pérez, the Organist, From the Spanish of Gustavo Adolfo BécquerRead by David Wales 33:30
15. 15 The Torn Cloak, From the French of Maxime du CampRead by David Wales 27:02

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