The City Curious

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The City Curious

by Jean de Boschère

EN·~2 hours·25 chapters

Chapters

25 total
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E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Josephine Paolucci, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana)

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THE CITY CURIOUS - BY - JEAN de BOSSCHÈRE

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS - IN COLOUR

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IN BLACK AND WHITE

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THE CITY CURIOUS

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CHAPTER I

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CHAPTER II

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DON'T LOOK AT ME.

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FOR YOU DON'T HEAR WITH YOUR EYES.

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CHAPTER III

3:23

Description

A pair of unlikely heroes, Smaly and his wife Redy, set out on a bewildering quest to find three little girls whose noses have turned into beaks. Their journey carries them through a topsy‑turvy land where sugar‑coated horses trot, fish dart through the sky, and a kangaroo‑like confectioner offers sweet riddles. Along the way they encounter Wigs who imagine Smaly is made of suet, a Mother of Crows who sees only one side of things, and a short‑legged man with a voice that sings like music.

The world they wander feels both familiar and fantastical, filled with walking sponges, ebony spectacles, and doors that swallow latch and hinge. Every encounter—whether with a desert‑like carpenter, a troupe of dancing rats, or a mysterious Historian—adds a layer of whimsical logic to their search. Listeners will be drawn into a vivid, dream‑like adventure where curiosity itself becomes the map.

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Language

en

Duration

~2 hours (145K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

2010-05-17

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Jean de Boschère

Jean de Boschère

1878–1953

A Belgian writer and artist with a vivid, Symbolist imagination, he moved easily between poetry, fiction, drawing, and painting. His books often feel dreamlike and eerie, blending visual richness with a deeply personal voice.

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