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The Peterkin Papers (version 2)

The Peterkin Papers (version 2)

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Number of Chapters: 23

Length: 4 hours and 28 minutes

Language: English

The Peterkin Papers is a book-length collection of humorous stories by Lucretia Peabody Hale, and is her best-known work. The Peterkins are a lovable but comically inept family with ingenuity, logic, resourcefulness, and energy—but not common sense. Many chapters show the family trying to solve some problem in a roundabout way, failing, and eventually being rescued by "the wise old lady from Philadelphia," who cuts the Gordian knot with an effective but prosaic solution. The charm of the story is not in the plot, but in the telling, building up layers of complication, and the affectionate fun poked at the not-quite-cartoonish characters. The "wise old lady's" solution is usually obvious to the reader, even the young listener, from the start. (summary from Wikipedia)

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Dedication & Preface (Laura Caldwell)
The Lady Who Put Salt In Her Coffee (LMTobias)
About Elizabeth Eliza's Piano (J. M. Smallheer)
The Peterkins Try To Become Wise (Katie Gibboney)
Mrs. Peterkin Wishes To Go To Drive (Mary Anderson)
The Peterkins At Home (Katie Gibboney)
Why The Peterkins Had A Late Dinner (Katie Gibboney)
The Peterkins' Summer Journey (LMTobias)
The Peterkins Snowed-Up (Katie Gibboney)
The Peterkins Decide To Keep A Cow (Xe Sands)
The Peterkins' Christmas-Tree (Melissa)
Mrs. Peterkins Tea-Party (Mary Anderson)
The Peterkins Too Late For The Exhibition (Katie Gibboney)
The Peterkins Celebrate The "Fourth" (Katie Gibboney)
The Peterkins' Picnic (Mary Anderson)
The Peterkins' Charades (Melissa)
The Peterkins Are Obliged To Move (Mary Anderson)
The Peterkins Decide To Learn The Languages (Melissa)
Modern Improvements At The Peterkins' (Kristin Hughes (1974-2021))
Agamemnon's Career (LMTobias)
The Educational Breakfast (Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023))
The Peterkins At The "Carnival of Authors" In Boston (Melissa)
The Peterkins At The Farm (Mary Anderson)
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