The Tale of Lal A Fantasy

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The Tale of Lal A Fantasy

by Raymond Paton

EN·~5 hours·14 chapters

Chapters

14 total
1

Produced by Al Haines

0:01
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AN EXPLANATION AND AN APOLOGY

0:57
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A PREFACE

4:20
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CHAP. - AN EXPLANATION AND AN APOLOGY A PREFACE - BOOK I - WHAT RIDGWELL AND CHRISTINE DECLARED - I THE PLEASANT-FACED LION II BY ORDER OF THE LION III THE GOLDEN PAVILION IV PREPARING FOR A VISITOR - BOOK II - WHAT THE WRITER AND THE LORD MAYOR DECLARED - V THE WRITER APPEARS ON THE SCENE VI TWO DICK WHITTINGTONS VII THE LION MAKES HIS SIGN VIII AN UPSETTING ARTICLE IN THE MORNING PAPER IX THE WRITER PLANS WICKED PLANS - BOOK III - WHAT THE PUBLIC HEARD ABOUT - X THE LION GOES TO COURT XI THE END OF THE MATTER - BOOK I - WHAT RIDGWELL AND CHRISTINE DECLARED - CHAPTER I - THE PLEASANT-FACED LION

19:36
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CHAPTER II - BY ORDER OF THE LION

24:43
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CHAPTER III - THE GOLDEN PAVILION

46:36
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CHAPTER IV - PREPARING FOR A VISITOR

23:47
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BOOK II - WHAT THE WRITER AND THE LORD MAYOR DECLARED - CHAPTER V - THE WRITER APPEARS UPON THE SCENE

56:16
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CHAPTER VI - TWO DICK WHITTINGTONS

33:01
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CHAPTER VII - THE LION MAKES HIS SIGN

37:45

Description

In a bustling London landmark, painters from across the world each render the same square in wildly different ways— a Japanese brush paints lantern‑lit bamboo, a French eye adds bustling flower stalls, a Spanish hand drapes vineyards of orange‑laden vines, and a cubist mind splashes ochre squares over imagined mud. Their canvases, all called Trafalgar Square, reveal more about the artists than the place itself, and the playful exaggerations hint that the city’s heart may hold a secret beyond ordinary sight.

A writer who watches the square from a nearby window perceives a subtle discrepancy: one of the four lions guarding Nelson’s column is not quite like the others. Quietly, he hints at a hidden patch of fairyland tucked into the very centre of the bustling hub, a place that only the keen‑eyed traveler might ever uncover. Listeners are invited to follow his gentle curiosity into a world where imagination reshapes familiar streets into a whimsical adventure.

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Full title

The Tale of Lal A Fantasy A Fantasy

Language

en

Duration

~5 hours (327K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

2008-10-10

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

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Raymond Paton

Best known for imaginative early-20th-century fiction, this little-known writer moved between fantasy, adventure, and melodrama. Surviving records point to a small body of novels that still circulate through public-domain and library archives.

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