On the Horizon

I lost my voice over the weekend and haven't been able to do any recording in a while. As soon as I feel better I have four pretty exciting projects lined up!

• Chapters 7 and 8 of "The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas. This book was my first venture into French romantic novels. It's the exciting adventure of a young man named Edmond Dantes, who is thrown in an infamous island prison for a crime he never committed by the contrivance of jealous friends. And it doesn't stop there! He meets a "learned Italian" who becomes his teacher and friend while they are confined together. Eventually, the old man tells Dantes about a secret treasure hidden on the isle of Monte Cristo. 

• A fairy tale from "Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales" by Joseph Jacobs. No idea what this one is about...but the "Celtic" part intrigued me. :)
• Two chapters from a collection of stories about historical girls by Elbridge Streeter Brooks. I'm doing one about Edith of Scotland and Catarina of Venice. Again, I have no idea who these people are, but I can't wait to find out and tell you about them!
• The fifth spirit in "Manfred" by Lord Byron. This is a dramatic poem with three acts by Lord Byron, an influential poet of the Romantic era, and a friend of both Percy Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Quite a character.