Ken Reads The Classics

Scientists say trial judges should stop doing this immediately.  The unexpected benefits of growing at unusual rates. 

Most people do this one thing while playing croquet.  If you're a Mock Turtle in Wonderland, click on this link. 10 surprising benefits of the Lobster Quadrille.

What advice did the caterpillar give to Alice? Did you just call me a pig? Who wins the tea-cup shuffle? Learn all these answers and more in this episode of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. 

Why are they trying to ban Alice in Wonderland?  Top Five Reasons to Eat Cake. Doctors urge Alice in Wonderland readers to stop doing this one thing.  Is Alice growing or is the house shrinking? Listen to this episode and find out. 

Will more men die in the hunt for Captain Flint's buried treasure? Will Jim and the faithful crew return home to Bristol? What is Long John Silver's fate? Find out in the final chapters of Treasure Island. Chapters 33 & 34. 

Dr. Livesey comes to treat the sick, Jim, Silver, and the doctor make a pact, the treasure hunt begins, the pirates hear a voice in the woods. Chapters 30, 31, & 32. 

Jim sends Hands to the bottom of the sea, then returns to the house to recount his heroics. Silvers gains a hostage and Jim learns another hard lesson of life at sea.  Chapters 27, 28, & 29.

Jim risks all to cut the schooner loose; he cruises in Ben Gunn's coracle, boards the now loose Hispaniola, strikes the Jolly Roger, and engages Israel Hands in a test of wills and wit.  Chapters 23, 24. 25, &26. 

Young Jim Hawkins picks up the narrative once again; the mutineers attack the stockade; Jim goes truant once again.  Chapters 19, 20, 21, and 22.

How did the Union Jack end up flying over the stockade? Will Jim meet up with the doctor, the squire, and the captain? Who will be the next to die? Find out in this episode of Treasure Island.  Chapters 15, 16, 17, & 18. 

We learn what Jim heard in the barrel, the mutineers turn on their captain, the body count increases. Chapters 11 and 12 of Part Two and Chapter 13 of Part 3. 

The Squire buys the Hispaniola, finds a ship's cook who just so happens to know lots of sailors looking for work. Secrets do not remain secrets for very long.  Chapters 7 through 10

In this episode, the blind-man returns with his shipmates; Jim rides off  with revenue officers to see Dr. Livesey. Squire Trelawney, Dr.  Livesey, and Jim decide to go find buried treasure.

In this, the first episode of Ken Reads The Classics, we meet young Jim Hawkins, who along with his mother and father, runs the Admiral Benbow, an inn near Bristol, England. Soon, a cantankerous sea-captain comes to stay at the inn. His former mates come to call on the captain. 

 CHAPTER 134. The Chase—Second Day.   CHAPTER 135. The Chase.—Third Day.   Epilogue 

 CHAPTER 131. The Pequod Meets The Delight.   CHAPTER 132. The Symphony.   CHAPTER 133. The Chase—First Day. 

 CHAPTER 124. The Needle.   CHAPTER 125. The Log and Line.   CHAPTER 126. The Life-Buoy.   CHAPTER 127. The Deck.   CHAPTER 128. The Pequod Meets The Rachel.   CHAPTER 129. The Cabin.   CHAPTER 130. The Hat. 

 CHAPTER 114. The Gilder.   CHAPTER 115. The Pequod Meets The Bachelor.           CHAPTER 116. The Dying Whale.   CHAPTER 117. The Whale Watch.   CHAPTER 118. The Quadrant.   CHAPTER 119. The Candles.   CHAPTER 120. The Deck Towards the End of the First Night Watch.   CHAPTER 121. Midnight...

 CHAPTER 108. Ahab and the Carpenter.   CHAPTER 109. Ahab and Starbuck in the Cabin.           CHAPTER 110. Queequeg in His Coffin.   CHAPTER 111. The Pacific.   CHAPTER 112. The Blacksmith.   CHAPTER 113. The Forge. 

Enjoy this comical tale of Mr. McWilliams and his struggle with modern technology.

 CHAPTER 102. A Bower in the Arsacides.   CHAPTER 103. Measurement of The Whale’s Skeleton.   CHAPTER 104. The Fossil Whale.   CHAPTER 105. Does the Whale’s Magnitude Diminish?—Will He Perish?   CHAPTER 106. Ahab’s Leg.   CHAPTER 107. The Carpenter. 

 CHAPTER 93. The Castaway.   CHAPTER 94. A Squeeze of the Hand.   CHAPTER 95. The Cassock.   CHAPTER 96. The Try-Works.   CHAPTER 97. The Lamp.   CHAPTER 98. Stowing Down and Clearing Up. 

 CHAPTER 99. The Doubloon.   CHAPTER 100. Leg and Arm.   CHAPTER 101. The Decanter. 

 CHAPTER 88. Schools and Schoolmasters.   CHAPTER 89. Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish.   CHAPTER 90. Heads or Tails.   CHAPTER 91. The Pequod Meets The Rose-Bud.   CHAPTER 92. Ambergris.   CHAPTER 93. The Castaway. 

 CHAPTER 84. Pitchpoling.   CHAPTER 85. The Fountain.   CHAPTER 86. The Tail.   CHAPTER 87. The Grand Armada.