Raven's Readings

Previous episode Note - You can read this as well as other posts here . Welcome to Raven's Readings. This is the second half of Chapter 13 of The Inimitable Jeeves, a collection of short stories written by P.G. Wodehouse in 1923. Jeeves, a valet, and his employer Bertie Wooster, are all characters in dozens of these little vignettes. The stores are all told from the point of view of Bertie. When w...

Previous episode Note - You can read this as well as other posts here . Welcome to Raven's Readings. This is Chapter 13 of The Inimitable Jeeves, a collection of short stories written by P.G. Wodehouse in 1923. Jeeves, a valet, and his employer Bertie Wooster, are all characters in dozens of these little vignettes that poke fun at the upper classes. . The stores are all told from the point of view...

Previous episode Note - You can read this as well as other posts here . Welcome to Raven's Readings. I'm resuming a series I paused last year. This is Chapter 12 of The Inimitable Jeeves, a collection of short stories written by P.G. Wodehouse in 1923. Jeeves, a valet, and his employer Bertie Wooster, are all characters in dozens of these little vignettes that poke fun at the upper classes. . The...

Previous episode Welcome to Raven's Readings. I'll be reading from Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, by the Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. He wrote this in 1912 as an imaginative and ironic portrayal of Mariposa. It's a fictional small town in Canada, modelled after Orillia, Ontario, where he spent many summers. Last time, we learned the secret of winning an election. Now it's time to refle...

Previous episode Welcome to Raven's Readings. I'll be reading from Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, by the Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. He wrote this in 1912 as an imaginative and ironic portrayal of Mariposa. It's a fictional small town in Canada, modelled after Orillia, Ontario, where he spent many summers. Last time, we learned of an upcoming election in Mariposa. Bagshaw in the incum...

Previous episode Welcome to Raven's Readings. I'll be reading from Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, by the Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. He wrote this in 1912 as an imaginative and ironic portrayal of Mariposa. It's a fictional small town in Canada, modelled after Orillia, Ontario, where he spent many summers. Last time, Pupkin was a clear winner, of the role of hero and Zena Pepperleigh'...

Previous episode Welcome to Raven's Readings. I'll be reading from Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, by the Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. He wrote this in 1912 as an imaginative and ironic portrayal of Mariposa. It's a fictional small town in Canada, modelled after Orillia, Ontario, where he spent many summers. Last time, shots rang out and we left Pupkin lying motionless on the bank floor...

Previous episode Welcome to Raven's Readings. I'll be reading from Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, by the Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. He wrote this in 1912 as an imaginative and ironic portrayal of Mariposa. It's a fictional small town in Canada, modelled after Orillia, Ontario, where he spent many summers. Last time, the love of Pupkin seemed doomed. And it was implied there was more...

Previous episode Welcome to Raven's Readings. I'll be reading from Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, by the Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. He wrote this in 1912 as an imaginative and ironic portrayal of Mariposa. It's a fictional small town in Canada, modelled after Orillia, Ontario, where he spent many summers. Last time, we learned of the love of Pupkin, the banking clerk, for Zena, the j...

Previous episode Welcome to Raven's Readings. I'll be reading from Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, by the Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. He wrote this in 1912 as an imaginative and ironic portrayal of Mariposa. It's a fictional small town in Canada, modelled after Orillia, Ontario, where he spent many summers. Last time, the town tried another fundraising effort for the church - insurance...

Welcome to Raven's Readings. Since its Christmas Eve, I'll take a break from doing Sunshine Sketches and read a couple of Christmas stories to you. I do readings twice a week, Tuesdays and Fridays, so this story should take about six weeks. If you subscribe to my substack newsletter, you'll get notified of my updates as soon as they are ready. If you enjoy this reading, or have other classics you'...

Previous episode Welcome to Raven's Readings. I'll be reading from Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, by the Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. He wrote this in 1912 as an imaginative and ironic portrayal of Mariposa. It's a fictional small town in Canada, modelled after Orillia, Ontario, where he spent many summers. Last reading was all about the Whirlwind Campaign, which was a great success -...

Previous Episode Welcome to Raven's Readings. I'll be reading from Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, by the Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. He wrote this in 1912 as an imaginative and ironic portrayal of Mariposa. It's a fictional small town in Canada, modelled after Orillia, Ontario, where he spent many summers. Last reading we learned about the difficulties in raising funds for the local c...

Previous episode Welcome to Raven's Readings. I'll be reading from Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, by the Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. He wrote this in 1912 as an imaginative and ironic portrayal of Mariposa. It's a fictional small town in Canada, modelled after Orillia, Ontario, where he spent many summers. Last reading we learned of the amazing rescue of people from the sinking Maripo...

Previous episode Welcome to Raven's Readings. I'll be reading from Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, by the Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. He wrote this in 1912 as an imaginative and ironic portrayal of Mariposa. It's a fictional small town in Canada, modelled after Orillia, Ontario, where he spent many summers. We last left the Mariposa Belle, full of passengers, sinking. Let's resume. I d...

Previous episode Welcome to Raven's Readings. I'll be reading from Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, by the Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. He wrote this in 1912 as an imaginative and ironic portrayal of Mariposa. It's a fictional small town in Canada, modelled after Orillia, Ontario, where he spent many summers. Last time we saw how mining stock frenzy gripped the town. Next we will board t...

Previous episode Welcome to Raven's Readings. Over the next couple of months I'll be reading from Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, by the Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. He wrote this in 1912 as an imaginative and ironic portrayal of Mariposa. It's a fictional small town in Canada, modelled after Orillia, Ontario, where he spent many summers. I do readings twice a week, Tuesdays and Fridays...

Previous episode Welcome to Raven's Readings. Over the next couple of months I'll be reading from Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, by the Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. He wrote this in 1912 as an imaginative and ironic portrayal of Mariposa. It's a fictional small town in Canada, modelled after Orillia, Ontario, where he spent many summers. We'd paused last time, mid chapter, leaving Mr S...

Welcome to Raven's Readings. Over the next couple of months I'll be reading from Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, by the Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. He wrote this in 1912 as an imaginative and ironic portrayal of Mariposa. It's a fictional small town in Canada, modelled after Orillia, Ontario, where he spent many summers. I do readings twice a week, Tuesdays and Fridays, so this story s...

Welcome to Raven's Readings. I'll be reading from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, published in 1876 by Mark Twain. It's set in 1840 along the Mississippi River, near the town of Hannibal, where Twain grew up. In the last Chapters, Tom and Huck announced their new found riches. All that gold will change their lives, but how much? I do readings twice a week, Tuesdays and Fridays, today is the last cha...

Welcome to Raven's Readings. I'll be reading from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, published in 1876 by Mark Twain. It's set in 1840 along the Mississippi River, near the town of Hannibal, where Twain grew up. In the last Chapters, Tom was able to lead himself and Becky safely out of the cave. But apparently Injun Joe was still on there. Trapped? I do readings twice a week, Tuesdays and Fridays, toda...

Welcome to Raven's Readings. I'll be reading from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, published in 1876 by Mark Twain. It's set in 1840 along the Mississippi River, near the town of Hannibal, where Twain grew up. In the last Chapters, we followed some brave adventures by Huck. But will Tom and Becky get lost? I do readings twice a week, Tuesdays and Fridays, we've only got two readings of this story lef...

Welcome to Raven's Readings. I'll be reading from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, published in 1876 by Mark Twain. It's set in 1840 along the Mississippi River, near the town of Hannibal, where Twain grew up. In the last chapters, Tom and Huck discovered that Injun Joe had found a box full of gold. Their plan is to follow him and steal it. Somehow. I do readings twice a week, Tuesdays and Fridays, w...

Welcome to Raven's Readings. I'll be reading from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, published in 1876 by Mark Twain. It's set in 1840 along the Mississippi River, near the town of Hannibal, where Twain grew up. In the last Chapters, we discovered that Injun Joe was back, but that he also had a box full of gold. The boys are determined to find where he's moved it to. I do readings twice a week, Tuesday...

Welcome to Raven's Readings. I'll be reading from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, published in 1876 by Mark Twain. It's set in 1840 along the Mississippi River, near the town of Hannibal, where Twain grew up. In the last Chapters, Tom wrestled with his conscience, and finally testified against Injun Joe. Then the murderer escaped from court, and hopefully is gone for good. I do readings twice a week...