The Velveteen Rabbit, Margery Williams
The Velveteen Rabbit, Margery Williams
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The Velveteen Rabbit

Author: Margery Williams

Narrator: Tamaryn Payne

Unabridged: 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: One Audiobooks

Published: 03/02/2023


Synopsis

This classic and moving story shines light on the supernatural powers of genuine love.  Margery Williams beautifully portrays the desire to be fully known and fully loved as the thing that makes one feel most real.  The little toy rabbit, forgotten and aging, learns he can only truly experience life through the love of a child.  After finally feeling the joys of a child’s love, the poor rabbit once again faces a hopeless future as the fear of being forgotten seems a likely fate.  Fear, love, companionship, bravery, and the immortality of living in a loved one’s memories are delightfully and magically crafted into this timeless children’s tale.  

This series, published by ONE audiobooks, seeks to produce Classic titles read by well known and loved audiobook narrators.  ONE takes great care to cast these titles with readers who will provide an unmatched listening experience for these important works.

Tamaryn Payne brings her passion to every performance and is considered to be one of the top audiobook narrators in the industry.

About Margery Williams

Margery Williams, an English-American author who lived in Pennsylvania, achieved fame at age forty-one with the 1922 publication of The Velveteen Rabbit, an instant classic. She wrote a number of other books, including Winterbound, a runner-up for the 1937 Newbery Medal. Married with two children, she died in 1944 at the age of sixty-three.


Reviews

Perfection. One Christmas morning, little Boy receives many presents, and among them a Velveteen Rabbit. At first he isn’t noticed, but with time Rabbit finds a place in little Boy’s heart. Rabbit snuggles with him at night, and plays with him during the day. But Rabbit knows he is not Real, he's......more

Goodreads review by Bill

A terrific book, even as an adult, but it gave me quite a scare as a little kid. See, I actually managed to get scarlet fever in the first grade, and because of The Velveteen Rabbit, I was terrified that someone was going to come in and force me to burn all of my toys like the kid in the book had to......more

At what age does a child learn what is real? How long does the blurring between fantasy and reality persist, for a young child? And when harsh reality kicks in with a vengeance, isn’t a little bit of magic lost forever? The loss of childhood innocence is always poignant. Adults sometimes continue to......more