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White Nights & Other Stories - Fyodor Dostoyevsky


White Nights & Other Stories - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Genre: Short Stories
White Nights and Other Stories by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a compilation published in 1918 by The MacMillan Company, NY (USA) and Heinemann (UK). It contains these 7 works:- White Nights- Notes from the Underground- A Faint Heart- A Christmas Tree and...
Our Lady of the Pillar - José Maria de EÇA DE QUEIRÓS


Our Lady of the Pillar - José Maria de EÇA DE QUEIRÓS
- Author: José Maria de EÇA DE QUEIRÓS
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Gothic Fiction / Short Stories
A ghost story and love story all at once, set in medieval portugal. Don Ruy is in love with Dona Leonor, but her husband has guessed his feelings and hatches a plan. Don Ruy rides right into a trap, but on the way, a dead man joins him and saves his...
The Collected Public Domain Works of H. P. Lovecraft - H. P. LOVECRAFT


The Collected Public Domain Works of H. P. Lovecraft - H. P. LOVECRAFT
- Author: H. P. LOVECRAFT
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Short Stories
H. P. Lovecraft’s name is synonymous with horror fiction. His major inspiration and invention was cosmic horror: the idea that life is incomprehensible to human minds and that the universe is fundamentally alien. This collection contains 24...
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Raven Edition, Volume 1 - Edgar Allan Poe


The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Raven Edition, Volume 1 - Edgar Allan Poe
- Author: Edgar Allan Poe
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Short Stories
This, the first of 5 volumes containing Poe's works, contains 8 of his short stories as well as reflections, critiques, and eulogies by others....
Mark Twain’s Journal Writings, Volume 3 - Mark Twain


Mark Twain’s Journal Writings, Volume 3 - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Satire / Short Stories
This third volume of Mark Twain's journal writings continues on eclectic and varied path established by the first two volumes. Included in this collection are works that appeared by themselves in magazines during Twain's lifetime, as well as essays...
Coffee Break Collection 004 - Hodge Podge - Various


Coffee Break Collection 004 - Hodge Podge - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories / Essays & Short Works
This is a collection of short (15 minute or less readings) fiction or non-fiction works in English suitable for a coffee break at work or a short commuter ride. The theme for this collection is HodgePodge: humor, romance, science, long poems,...
The Indiscreet Letter - Eleanor Hallowell Abbott


The Indiscreet Letter - Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
- Author: Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
- Genre: Short Stories
Three fellow travelers on a train enter into a discussion concerning what they would call an 'indiscreet letter.' The discussion, albeit short, produces some rather interesting revelations during the journey and at journey's end. (Summary by Kehinde)...
Short Stories (Household Words 1850-58) - Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell


Short Stories (Household Words 1850-58) - Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- Author: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- Genre: General Fiction / Short Stories
Elizabeth Gaskell was a regular contributor to Charles Dickens's weekly magazine, Household Words, from 1850 through to 1858. In addition to three serialized novels, Cranford, North and South, and My Lady Ludlow, Dickens published 18 shorter works...
Rain - W. Somerset Maugham


Rain - W. Somerset Maugham
- Author: W. Somerset Maugham
- Genre: Short Stories
One of Maugham's most famous short stories, Rain unfolds in a soggy tropical paradise marred by self-righteous hypocrites trying to force their moral beliefs on a girl who basically just wants to have fun. At a running time of approximately 2 1/2...
Our Old Home - Nathaniel Hawthorne


Our Old Home - Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Genre: Short Stories
These essays, based on Hawthorne’s stay in England from 1853 to 1857 as American Consul in Liverpool, were first published in the form of a series of travel articles for The Atlantic Monthly.In these writings, he displays his humor, his empathetic...
American Women's Literature, 1847 to 1922 - Various


American Women's Literature, 1847 to 1922 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: General Fiction / Short Stories
This is a collection of 20 short stories and long-form poetry by American women writers. (Summary by BellonaTimes)...
The Ten-foot Chain - Undefined


The Ten-foot Chain - Undefined
- Author: Undefined
- Genre: Short Stories
True love can survive anything. Or can it? Four popular authors were lunching with an editor and the question came up: "What mental and emotional reaction would a man and a woman undergo, linked together by a ten-foot chain, for three days and...
The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles - Pádraic Colum


The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles - Pádraic Colum
- Author: Pádraic Colum
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Short Stories
This is Irish folklorist Padraic Colum's masterful retelling of many Greek myths, focusing on Jason and the Argonauts' quest to find the Golden Fleece. He also includes the stories of Atalanta, Heracles, Perseus, Theseus, and others. (Summary by...
Actions And Reactions - Rudyard Kipling


Actions And Reactions - Rudyard Kipling
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- Genre: Short Stories
A collection of short stories by the author of the Jungle book, Kim and Just So Stories. Each story is followed by a poem, so if you like If, this may also be a book for you. - Summary by Stav Nisser....
Paulownia: Seven Stories from Contemporary Japanese Writers - Ōgai MORI


Paulownia: Seven Stories from Contemporary Japanese Writers - Ōgai MORI
- Author: Ōgai MORI
- Genre: Short Stories
Paulownia is a collection of seven stories by three Japanese authors from the late 19th and early 20th century. Mori Ōgai was an army surgeon who was sent to study in Germany, where he developed an interest in Western literature. His most famous...
Reginald - Saki


Reginald - Saki
- Author: Saki
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Short Stories
Saki (December 18, 1870 - November 14, 1916) was the pen name of the British author Hector Hugh Munro. His witty, biting and occasionally odd short stories satirised Edwardian culture. Saki is considered a master of the short story and has been...
Short Story Collection Vol. 043 - Various


Short Story Collection Vol. 043 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Short Stories
LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 043: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members....
Korean Folk Tales - Im BANG


Korean Folk Tales - Im BANG
- Author: Im BANG
- Genre: Short Stories
"To any one who would like to look somewhat into the inner soul of the Oriental, and see the peculiar spiritual existences among which he lives, the following stories will serve as true interpreters, born as they are of the three great religions of...
Short Story Collection Vol. 012 - Various


Short Story Collection Vol. 012 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories
Librivox’s Short Story Collection 012: a collection of 11 short essays and fiction in the public domain read by a variety of LibriVox members....
Satires and Profanities - George William FOOTE


Satires and Profanities - George William FOOTE
- Author: George William FOOTE
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Satire / Short Stories
"Believing as I do that James Thomson is, since Shelley, the most brilliant genius who has wielded a pen in the service of Freethought, I take a natural pride and pleasure in rescuing the following articles from burial in the great mausoleum of the...