Cate Barratt has narrated 26 audiobooks on Listento.it by 20 authors, with an average listener rating of 3.5★ across 6 ratings. The most-rated is Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town.
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
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One of Canada's most cherished writers, British-born Stephen Leacock was probably best known and loved for his works of light humor. First published in 1912, Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town is one of his most popular and enduring pieces of fiction. This collection of short stories describes the people that comprise a typical but fictional small town in Ontario - Mariposa. The book's appeal lies in the universality of the characters Leacock describes so eloquently, as they live out their "large" lives in the little town.
Public Domain (P)2016 Cate Barratt
Howards End
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Howard's End By E. M. Forster Presented by The Online Stage "Only connect!" E. M. Forster's classic 1910 novel follows the lives and loves of the Schlegel sisters, Margaret and Helen, as they attempt to make connections with members of two very different families: the conservative, wealthy Wilcoxes, and the working-class Basts. Cast: Narrator - Elizabeth Klett Helen Schlegel - Amanda Friday Margaret Schlegel - Arielle Lipshaw Aunt Juley - Cate Barratt Charles Wilcox - David Prickett Mrs. Wilcox - Erin Louttit Paul Wilcox - Jeff Moon Tibby Schlegel - Russell Gold Leonard Bast - Craig Franklin Jacky Bast - Elizabeth Klett Dolly Wilcox - Elizabeth Chambers Evie Wilcox - PJ Morgan Henry Wilcox - Steve Gough Audio edited by Elizabeth Klett
Public Domain (P)2019 The Online Stage
The Kill (La Curee)
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Émile Zola's The Kill is one part of the French author's 20-volume series about the fictitious Rougon-Macquart family during the Second French Empire, and it is rich with symbolism. Paris is awakening to unprecedented expansion, the future intoxicating, and in keeping with its penchant for excess, the aristocracy is caught up in the mad dash to devour as much of it as it can.
Public Domain (P)2016 Cate Barratt
Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others
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New York-born John Kendrick Bangs was associate editor and then editor of Life and Harper magazines, eventually finding his way into the Humour department. Here, he began to write his own satire and humour. Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others is a delightful humorous collection of short tales relating encounters with ghosts. Narrated by Jennifer Fournier, P.J. Morgan, Ken Foster, Steve Rimpici, Andy Harrington, and Cate Barratt respectively. "Ghosts That Have Haunted Me" "The Mystery of My Grandmother's Hair Sofa" "The Mystery of Barney O'Rourke" "The Exorcism That Failed" "Thurlow's Christmas Story" "The Dampmere Mystery" "Carlton Barker, First and Second"
Public Domain (P)2019 Voices of Today
The Sign of the Four
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The second of four novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring famed detective Sherlock Holmes, The Sign of the Four is set in London but has its origins in colonial India. Four men in Agra make a pact to share the proceeds of a stolen treasure, but they are deceived by a fifth, who finds and takes the loot back to England and hides it. A decade on, young Mary Morstan receives the first of several lustrous pearls in the post - a mysterious gift delivered to her on the same date for several years. She finds her way to Holmes' apartment on Baker Street to seek his advice after receiving a letter from a stranger, instructing her to go to the Lyceum theatre to learn something to her benefit. Audio edited by Cate Barratt
Public Domain (P)2019 Voices of Today
Cleopatra & Julius Caesar: The Biographies
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The story of Cleopatra is a story of crime. It is a narrative of the course and the consequences of unlawful love. In her strange and romantic history, we see this passion portrayed with the most complete and graphic fidelity in all its influences and effects - its uncontrollable impulses, intoxicating joys, reckless and mad career, the dreadful remorse, and ultimate despair and ruin in which it always and inevitably ends. There were three great European nations in ancient days, each of which furnished history with a hero: the Greeks, the Carthaginians, and the Romans. The Roman hero was Caesar. He was born just 100 years before the Christian era. His renown does not depend, like that of Alexander, on foreign conquests, nor, like that of Hannibal, on the terrible energy of his aggression upon foreign foes, but upon his protracted and dreadful contests with, and ultimate triumphs over, his rivals and competitors at home. When he appeared upon the stage, the Roman empire already included nearly all of the world that was worth possessing. There were no more conquests to be made. Caesar did, indeed, enlarge, in some degree, the boundaries of the empire; but the main question in his day was, who should possess the power which preceding conquerors had acquired. Revised edition.
©2020 Rollo Bixio (P)2020 Rollo Bixio
The Phoenix and the Carpet
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The Phoenix and the Carpet by Edith Nesbit, presented by the Online Stage, narrated by Cate Barratt. In The Phoenix and the Carpet, five adventurous children are given a carpet that, unknown by their parents, contains a magic egg that hatches into a phoenix. A series of escapades ensues, some amusing, others dangerous, and all of which are entertaining. Cast Jane - Charlotte Duckett Anthea - Libby Stephenson Cyril - Amanda Friday Robert - Becca Maggie The Phoenix - Ben Lindsey-Clark Mother - Elizabeth Klett Father - Peter Tucker The Lamb and Henri - Ollie and Izzy Lindsey-Clark Cook, French Lady, and Crowd Voice - Jennifer Fournier Eliza, Miss Peasmarsh, and Crowd Voice - Leanne Yau Indian Queen and Miss Amelia - K. G. Cross Mrs Biddle - Linda Barrans Miss Selina - Carol Box Burglar and Porter - David Prickett Rev. Blenkinsop and Clerk - Alan Weyman Urb, Carpet Seller, Curate, and Theatre Attendant - Brett Downey Ike, Islander, Indian, Uncle Reginald, and Crowd Voice - John Burlinson This text was published in 1904 and is in the public domain.
Public Domain (P)2017 The Online Stage
Five Children and It
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While exploring the beach, four adventurous children make the acquaintance of a very odd creature: a sand fairy. When they have adapted to the brusque and forthright demeanor of the fairy, they discover that he has unusual powers, which he can be persuaded to demonstrate. As a result, the children enjoy many bizarre adventures, some of which are dangerous, but all of which are entertaining. Five Children and It is the first volume of a trilogy. The later escapades of the children are described in the succeeding volumes, The Phoenix and the Carpet and The Story of the Amulet. Narrated by Cate Barratt. Cast Jane - Charlotte Duckett Anthea - Libby Stephenson Cyril - Amanda Friday Robert - Becca Maggie Psammead - John Burlinson Martha - K. G.Cross The Lamb - Amanda Friday Cook - Jennifer Fournier Rebecca - Cate Barratt Mother - Elizabeth Klett Amelia - Maureen Boutillier Jessie - Leanne Yau Little Girl - Miranda Hodges Mr. Beale - Denis Daly Mr. Crispin - Tovarisch Mr. Peasmarsh - Alan Weyman Beale the Gamekeeper - David Prickett Pharaoh - Brett Downey Levi - Brian Mansi Audio edited by Michele Eaton.
Public Domain (P)2016 The Online Stage
Somewhere by the Sea
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Welcome to Somewhere, Oregon. Nestled in a cove on Oregon's coastline, the town of Somewhere is charming, picturesque, inhabited by townsfolk who love their community - and teeming with mystery. You are invited to join the heroes and heroines of Somewhere as they solve mysteries, discover romance, experience inexplicable phenomena, and fight injustice - just the usual stuff! Faith Bennison suffered a tragedy that changed her life in unimaginable ways. In an attempt to salvage her sanity, she leaves her home in the Midwest and travels to the small Oregon town of Somewhere. As she settles into the day-to-day life at Hope Bed & Breakfast, she makes friends and even meets a man who jump-starts her battered heart. Strange happenings, however, have her questioning her sanity as she tries to make sense of an unfathomable encounter.
©2016 Verna Clay (P)2017 Verna Clay
The Story of the Amulet
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The Story of the Amulet by Edith Nesbit Presented by the Online Stage Narrated by Cate Barratt This is final installment in Edith Nesbit's classic trilogy of time-traveling adventures by four enterprising children. The other volumes are Five Children and It and The Phoenix and the Carpet, both of which have also been recorded by The Online Stage. Cast: Jane - Charlotte Duckett., Anthea - Libby Stephenson, Cyril - Amanda Friday, Robert - Becca Maggie, The Psammead - John Burlinson. Additional roles performed by Jeff Moon, Carol Box, K.G.Cross, Leanne Yau, Elizabeth Chambers, Jennifer Fournier, Michele Eaton, Miranda Hodges. Ron Altman, Alan Weyman, tovarisch, David Prickett, Brett Downey, Chris Marcellus, Denis Daly and Peter Tucker.
Public Domain (P)2017 The Online Stage
Literary Lapses
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Born in England in 1869, Stephen Leacock would immigrate to Canada and become a teacher, political scientist, and writer. He would ultimately come to be best known and loved as a humourist. Literary Lapses was first published as a collection of sketches in 1910, although many of the individual stories were first printed in various newspapers and periodicals, such as Punch, New York Life, and the Detroit Free Press.
Public Domain (P)2017 Cate Barratt
The Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court, and of the Regency, Volume I
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Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency, Volume I By Louis de Rouvroy, Duke of Saint-Simon We have Louis de Rouvroy, Duke of Saint-Simon (1675-1755), to thank for unparalleled access to the rule of France's Sun King, Louis XIV, as well as the intrigues of the monarch's inner circle. Saint-Simon notes in his memoirs that it was his love of reading - and of history in particular - that sparked his interest in recording his own observations. The length and breadth of his notes were undoubtedly made the more possible because he kept his writings secret. Volume I introduces the French history enthusiast to the author's beginnings, the king's unrelenting desire to establish his illegitimate children, his meddling in the lives of his court, and his successes and reverses on the battlefield.
Public Domain (P)2020 Cate Barratt
Somewhere to Fall in Love
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Welcome to Somewhere, Oregon Nestled in a cove on Oregon's coastline, the town of Somewhere is charming, picturesque, inhabited by townsfolk who love their community - and teeming with mystery. You are invited to join the heroes and heroines of Somewhere as they solve mysteries, discover romance, experience inexplicable phenomena, and fight injustice - just the usual stuff! Somewhere to Fall in Love Is there somewhere the edges of reality and fantasy overlap? Saul Flanahan, a physically challenged young man, has lived an off-grid, solitary life with his parents, and for as long as he can remember he has enjoyed their tales about mermen and mermaids inhabiting the oceans. As a child he believed their stories, but now in his mid-twenties, he indulges their whimsical proclivities because of his love for them. However, when a beautiful young woman "supposedly" washes ashore and claims to be the Princess of the Pacific, he is sure that his parents have hired a consummate actress. As to their motive, he hasn't a clue. Raymond Johnson, III, decides to expand his non-profit veteran's organization headquartered in Portland, Oregon, to the charming and friendly coastal town of Somewhere, the birthplace of his deceased grandfather. While dining at Mama Pink's, the most popular eatery in town, he meets a cute, but clumsy waitress named Suzy, who trips and dumps his order in his lap. Rather than berate her, however, he hires her as his personal assistant. When Raymond meets Suzy's grandmother, he is confronted by a mystery involving his grandfather. Soon Raymond and Suzy are trying to piece together the senior Raymond's reason for leaving Somewhere in 1950.
©2018 Verna Clay (P)2021 Verna Clay
Macbeth
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At the center of each of the four great Shakespearean tragedies - Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, and Othello - is a powerful figure who is led to destruction by a fatal character flaw. In the case of Macbeth it is ambition. Initially a valiant warrior and staunch servant of his regal overlord Duncan, Macbeth succumbs to the lure of absolute political domination, which leads to murder, revolt, and comprehensive defeat. Many scholars agree that Macbeth, which was first published in the First Folio of 1623, was probably written about 1606. It was intended to be highly laudatory to the recently crowned King James I, whose accession united the crowns of England and Scotland and who was considered to be a distant descendent of Banquo. The play also relates a number of contemporary issues, including witch trials and demonology, a subject in which King James had a great interest, and the Gunpowder plot of 1605. Cast Duncan, The Porter, Second Murderer, and Doctor - Phil Benson Malcolm - Jeff Moon Donalbain and Servant - Maureen Boutilier Macbeth - Bob Neufeld Third Witch and Lady Macbeth - Linda Barrans Banquo and the Apparitions - Denis Daly Sergeant and MacDuff - Brett Downey First Witch and Lady MacDuff - Cate Barratt Second Witch, MacDuff's Son and Gentlewoman - Libby Stephenson Lennox - Alan Weyman Ross and Menteith - Marty Krzy Angus, Third Murderer, a Lord, and Seyton - Andrew Coleman First Murderer, Caithness, and Soldier - Victor Bazarov Old Man and Siward - John Burlinson Fleance and Young Siward - Becca Maggie Messenger - Michele Eaton Stage directions read by Denis Daly
Public Domain (P)2016 The Online Stage
Winsome Winnie
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Stephen Leacock was a prolific and brilliant writer, whose tongue-in-cheek writings have been amusing Canadian fans for decades. He first published Winsome Winnie in 1920 as part of a compendium of short stories entitled Winsome Winnie and Other New Nonsense Novels. It relates the trials and tribulations of the recently orphaned and penniless Winnifred Clair. Narration by Cate Barratt Additional voices provided by Peter Thomlinson, Denis Daly Terah Tucker, Linda Barrans and Steve Gough.
Public Domain (P)2017 Voices of Today
813
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Over a 25-year period, author Maurice Leblanc wrote of the exploits of gentleman thief and master of disguise Arsène Lupin, to the delight of readers on the continent and elsewhere. Often referred to as France's version of Sherlock Holmes, Lupin in this early appearance is wrongfully accused of the death of a prominent German millionaire with nefarious plans. The thief and the mysterious killer find themselves in a race to find an incriminating bundle of letters that, in the wrong hands, could change the political map of the world.
Public Domain (P)2016 Cate Barratt
Famous Modern Ghost Stories
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Ghosts have always haunted literature, and it seems that they always will. Spectres seem never to wear out or to die, but renew their tissue both of person and of raiment, in extravagant fashion, so that their number increases voluminously and continuously. Today we have ghosts that haunted our ancestors, as well as our own modern revenants, and there appears to be no earthly use trying to banish or exorcise them by such a simple strategy as refusing to believe in them. Since man knows that whether or not he has seen a ghost, presently he will become one, and thus he has become fascinated with the subject. Therefore he creates ghosts, not merely in his own image, but according to his dreams of power. Contents 1. Introduction - "The Imperishable Ghost" by Dorothy Scarborough 2. "The Willows" by Algernon Blackwood 3. "The Shadows on the Wall" by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman 4. "The Messenger" by Robert W. Chambers 5. "Lazarus" by Leonid Andreyev 6. "The Beast with Five Fingers" by W.F.Harvey 7. "The Mass of Shadows" by Anatole France 8. "What Was It?" By Fitz-James O'Brien 9. "The Middle Toe of the Right Foot" by Ambrose Bierce 10. "The Shell of Sense" by Olivia Howard Dunbar 11. "The Woman at Seven Brothers" by Wilbur Daniel Steele 12. "At the Gate" by Myla Jo Glosser 13. "Ligeia" by Edgar Allan Poe 14. "The Haunted Orchard" by Richard le Gallienne 15. "The Bowmen" by Arthur Machen 16. "A Ghost" by Guy de Maupassant
Public Domain (P)2020 Voices of Today
Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich
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Stephen Leacock (1869-1944) may be considered the Canadian counterpart to Mark Twain. For many years he was professor of economics at Magill University and published a number of well-regarded texts on economics and political science. However, he is best known today for his many volumes of humorous fiction. During the 1920s he was one of the most widely read authors in the English-speaking world and was considered by Jack Benny and Groucho Marx to be one of the greatest comic writers of all time. In Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich, Leacock applies a satirical scalpel to the foibles and pretensions of the wealthy and the powerful. He not only probes the quirks of traditional power structures like corporations (public and private), political parties, universities, and churches but also finds time to poke fun at one of his favorite targets - the world of psychic phenomena. A Little Dinner with Mr Lucullus Fyshe The Wizard of Finance The Arrested Philanthropy of Mr. Tomlinson The Yahi-Bahi Oriental Society of Mrs. Rasselyer-Brown The Love Story of Mr. Peter Spillikins The Rival Churches of St. Asaph and St. Osoph The Ministrations of the Rev. Uttermust Dumfarthing The Great Fight for Clean Government Narrated by Cate Barratt. Cast: Lucullus Fyshe - Jeff Moon; Dr Boomer - Ron Altman; Fareforth Furlong - Richard Andrews; Mrs. Rasselyer-Brown - Lee Ann Howlett. Additional voices supplied by Bob Neufeld, Ben Stevens, P. J. Morgan, Brett Downey, Denis Daly, Andy Harrington, David Prickett, John Burlinson, Alan Weyman, Joseph Tabler, Susan Iannucci, Becca Maggie, Jennifer Fournier, Ted Wenskus, Leanne Yau, Arielle Lipshaw, and Marty Kris. Audio edited by Denis Daly.
Public Domain (P)2017 The Online Stage
Julius Caesar - The Biography
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There were three great European nations in ancient days, each of which furnished history with a hero: the Greeks, the Carthaginians, and the Romans. The Roman hero was Caesar. He was born just one hundred years before the Christian era. His renown does not depend, like that of Alexander, on foreign conquests, nor, like that of Hannibal, on the terrible energy of his aggressions upon foreign foes, but upon his protracted and dreadful contests with, and ultimate triumphs over, his rivals and competitors at home. When he appeared upon the stage, the Roman empire already included nearly all of the world that was worth possessing. There were no more conquests to be made. Caesar did, indeed, enlarge, in some degree, the boundaries of the empire; but the main question in his day was: Who should possess the power which preceding conquerors had acquired....
©2020 La Gazza Edizioni (P)2020 La Gazza Edizioni
The Memoirs of Louis XIV and his Court, and of the Regency, Vol II
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Louis de Rouvroy, Duke of Saint-Simon (1675-1755) provides the world with unparalleled insight both into the rule of France's Sun King, Louis XIV, and the tantalizing intrigues of the monarch's inner circle. Saint-Simon notes in his Memoirs that it was his love of reading - and of history in particular - that sparked his interest in recording his own observations. The length and breadth of his notes were undoubtedly made the more possible because he kept his writings secret. Volume II relates the King's ongoing desire to raise the station of his illegitimate children, his determination to show the world the strength of France's army, and the usual Court intrigues.
Public Domain (P)2021 Cate Barratt