# Kisington Town

An audiobook by Abbie Farwell Brown, read by LibriVox volunteers (5 h 8 min, English).

"Once upon a time there was a peaceful Kingdom .… In one corner of the Kingdom …. was the pretty little Town of Kisington, where a great many strange things had happened in the past, the chronicles of which filled the town library …. On the High Street of Kisington lived a boy named Harold, …. the son of a poor widow… \[who\] was determined that her son should be a scholar, because he liked books …. though Harold liked to read to himself, he liked quite as well to read aloud …. his voice was agreeable and he read simply and naturally, without any gestures or tremulous tones, without pulling queer faces such as make listeners want to sink through the floor with embarrassment …. there was nobody in Kisington, not even the Librarian himself, who was so good a reader as Harold." One day, Kissington is invaded by Red Rex, the bloodthirsty king of a neighbouring kingdom. The citizens send for help from their own King, but that will take several days to reach them. To buy time, the Librarian and Mayor send their best reader to distract Red Rex, Scheherazade-like, with stories about Kissington. This is the story of how young Harold rescued his kingdom. (Summary by Abbie Farwell Brown and…

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## Chapters

0. Preface (1:12): https://archive.org/download/kisingtontown_2604_librivox/kisingtontown_00_brown_64kb.mp3
1. Harold (7:02): https://archive.org/download/kisingtontown_2604_librivox/kisingtontown_01_brown_64kb.mp3
2. The Siege Of Kisington (8:15): https://archive.org/download/kisingtontown_2604_librivox/kisingtontown_02_brown_64kb.mp3
3. Red Rex (5:36): https://archive.org/download/kisingtontown_2604_librivox/kisingtontown_03_brown_64kb.mp3
4. The Dragon Of Hushby, Part I (14:24): https://archive.org/download/kisingtontown_2604_librivox/kisingtontown_04_brown_64kb.mp3
5. The Dragon Of Hushby, Part II (13:51): https://archive.org/download/kisingtontown_2604_librivox/kisingtontown_05_brown_64kb.mp3
6. The Dragon Of Hushby, Part III (10:17): https://archive.org/download/kisingtontown_2604_librivox/kisingtontown_06_brown_64kb.mp3
7. The Bargain (10:16): https://archive.org/download/kisingtontown_2604_librivox/kisingtontown_07_brown_64kb.mp3
8. The Wonder-Garden (29:26): https://archive.org/download/kisingtontown_2604_librivox/kisingtontown_08_brown_64kb.mp3
9. The King's Coat Of Arms (6:19): https://archive.org/download/kisingtontown_2604_librivox/kisingtontown_09_brown_64kb.mp3
10. The Lion Passant (25:18): https://archive.org/download/kisingtontown_2604_librivox/kisingtontown_10_brown_64kb.mp3
11. Hope (8:20): https://archive.org/download/kisingtontown_2604_librivox/kisingtontown_11_brown_64kb.mp3
12. The Hermit Gnome (25:19): https://archive.org/download/kisingtontown_2604_librivox/kisingtontown_12_brown_64kb.mp3
13. Harold's Luncheon (5:44): https://archive.org/download/kisingtontown_2604_librivox/kisingtontown_13_brown_64kb.mp3
14. The Robber (8:12): https://archive.org/download/kisingtontown_2604_librivox/kisingtontown_14_brown_64kb.mp3
15. The Bandaged Hand (3:29): https://archive.org/download/kisingtontown_2604_librivox/kisingtontown_15_brown_64kb.mp3
16. The King's Pie (30:49): https://archive.org/download/kisingtontown_2604_librivox/kisingtontown_16_brown_64kb.mp3
17. The Mystery Of The Pie (19:22): https://archive.org/download/kisingtontown_2604_librivox/kisingtontown_17_brown_64kb.mp3
18. Little Bear: An Ojibway Legend (16:04): https://archive.org/download/kisingtontown_2604_librivox/kisingtontown_18_brown_64kb.mp3
19. The Red King's Visit (12:28): https://archive.org/download/kisingtontown_2604_librivox/kisingtontown_19_brown_64kb.mp3
20. The Bear's Daughter (15:01): https://archive.org/download/kisingtontown_2604_librivox/kisingtontown_20_brown_64kb.mp3
21. Red Rex And King Victor (11:34): https://archive.org/download/kisingtontown_2604_librivox/kisingtontown_21_brown_64kb.mp3
22. The Books Conquer (19:50): https://archive.org/download/kisingtontown_2604_librivox/kisingtontown_22_brown_64kb.mp3