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Children's Short Works, Vol. 007 - Various
Children's Short Works, Vol. 007 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Short Stories
Librivox’s Children’s Short Works Collection 007: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members....
Mudfog and Other Sketches - Charles Dickens
Mudfog and Other Sketches - Charles Dickens
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Genre: General Fiction / Short Stories
The Mudfog Papers was written by Victorian era novelist Charles Dickens and published from 1837–38 in the monthly literary serial Bentley's Miscellany, which he then edited. They were first published as a book as 'The Mudfog Papers and Other...
A Tangled Tale - Lewis Carroll
A Tangled Tale - Lewis Carroll
- Author: Lewis Carroll
- Genre: Short Stories / Humor / Mathematics
Lewis Carroll (1832 - 1896) is best known for 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'. It is less widely known that he worked as a lecturer for mathematics at Christ Church college, Oxford for 27 years. 'A tangled tale' merges his two talents as...
The May Flower and Miscellaneous Writings - Harriet Beecher Stowe
The May Flower and Miscellaneous Writings - Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Genre: Poetry / Short Stories
Included herein are 35 charming short stories or humorous sketches, some written as exercises for the literary Semi-Colon Club of Cincinnati which Stowe belonged to for years, others published in magazines of the time, and 7 religious poems. Stowe...
Bartleby, the Scrivener (version 2) - Herman Melville
Bartleby, the Scrivener (version 2) - Herman Melville
- Author: Herman Melville
- Genre: General Fiction / Short Stories
Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street is a novella by the American novelist Herman Melville (1819–1891). It first appeared anonymously in two parts in the November and December 1853 editions of Putnam's Magazine, and was reprinted with...
Short Story Collection Vol. 060 - Various
Short Story Collection Vol. 060 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories
LibriVox readers bring you 20 short stories in various genres by authors including Edna Ferber, Charlotte Brontë, Stephan Crane, W. Somerset Maugham, Lord Dunsany, Saki and Honoré de Balzac....
The Singing Mouse Stories - Emerson Hough
The Singing Mouse Stories - Emerson Hough
- Author: Emerson Hough
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Short Stories
The singing mouse tells tales of nature in songs. This book is for those who want to know how the mountains ate up the plains, what the waters said or where the city went. (summary by Nadine)...
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 13, Jan. 27, 1880 - Various
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 13, Jan. 27, 1880 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Children's Non-fiction / Short Stories
Harper's Young People was an illustrated weekly publication for children containing delightful serialized stories, short stories, fiction and nonfiction, poetry, craft projects and more. This 13th issue of the serial, published on January 27, 1880,...
The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories - Charles Weathers Bump
The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories - Charles Weathers Bump
- Author: Charles Weathers Bump
- Genre: Literary Fiction / Short Stories / Published 1900 onward
A collection of offbeat stories. Some are a bit out of the ordinary as suggested by the title story about a freshwater mermaid; some are not. - Summary by Amy Gramour...
Just So Stories - Rudyard Kipling
Just So Stories - Rudyard Kipling
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Short Stories
The Just So Stories for Little Children, first published in 1902, were written by British author Rudyard Kipling. They are a collection of fantastic stories, typically about how various animals came to be the way they are today. (Summary by Reynard...
The Machine Stops (version 2) - E. M. Forster
The Machine Stops (version 2) - E. M. Forster
- Author: E. M. Forster
- Genre: Science Fiction / Short Stories
Published in 1909, this science fiction short story takes place in a future where mankind, seemingly no longer able to survive on earth's surface, exists in a vast underground civilization known as "The Machine". Each individual lives in an...
Five Sci-Fi Short Stories by H. Beam Piper - H. Beam Piper
Five Sci-Fi Short Stories by H. Beam Piper - H. Beam Piper
- Author: H. Beam Piper
- Genre: Science Fiction / Short Stories
Five short stories by classic science fiction writer H. Beam Piper....
The Decameron - Giovanni Boccaccio
The Decameron - Giovanni Boccaccio
- Author: Giovanni Boccaccio
- Genre: General Fiction / Short Stories
The Decameron (subtitle: Prencipe Galeotto) is a collection of 100 novellas by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, probably begun in 1350 and finished in 1353. It is a medieval allegorical work best known for its bawdy tales of love, appearing in all...
Uncle Joe's Stories - Edward Knatchbull-Hugesson
Uncle Joe's Stories - Edward Knatchbull-Hugesson
- Author: Edward Knatchbull-Hugesson
- Genre: Short Stories
This is an entertaining collection of varying stories recounted as only a master storyteller could deliver them. (Summary by Allyson Hester)...
Police Operation - H. Beam Piper
Police Operation - H. Beam Piper
- Author: H. Beam Piper
- Genre: Science Fiction / Short Stories
H. Beam Piper (1904–1964) was an American science fiction author. He wrote many short stories and several novels. He is best known for his extensive Terro-Human Future History series of stories and a shorter series of "Paratime" alternate history...
Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Vol 2 - Various
Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Vol 2 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Short Stories
Volume 2 of a ten volume collection of amusing tales, observations and anecdotes by America's greatest wordsmiths. This work includes selections by such household favorites as Ambrose Bierce, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mark Twain and Bret Harte. -...
Selected Short Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Selected Short Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald - F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Genre: Short Stories
Ranging in tone from humor to sentimentality, these stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald are set against a backdrop of jazz, flappers, and the changing mores of American society. In "Bernice Bobs Her Hair," wallflower Bernice is taken in hand by her more...
Shakespeare Monologues Collection vol. 06 - William Shakespeare
Shakespeare Monologues Collection vol. 06 - William Shakespeare
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Genre: Plays / Short Stories
LibriVox readers present the sixth collection of monologues from Shakespeare’s plays. Containing 20 parts. William Shakespeare (April 26, 1564 – April 23, 1616) remains widely to be considered the single greatest playwright of all time. He wrote in...
More Newspaper Articles by Mark Twain - Mark Twain
More Newspaper Articles by Mark Twain - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Short Stories
"More Newspaper Articles by Mark Twain" fills in the gaps left by the first collection of newspaper articles: "Newspaper Articles by Mark Twain" . The missing articles, collected by twainquotes.com, consist of works printed in the Muscatine Journal,...
Eve’s Diary - Mark Twain
Eve’s Diary - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Short Stories
Eve’s Diary is a humorous monologue about Eve’s experiences at the dawn of creation. She is fascinated by every aspect of the new world around her and… Adam! The following is an extract from Adam: “She is all interest, eagerness, vivacity, the world...
The Little Gray Lady - Francis Hopkinson Smith
The Little Gray Lady - Francis Hopkinson Smith
- Author: Francis Hopkinson Smith
- Genre: Romance / Short Stories
As every Christmas for the last 20 years, the Little Gray Lady lights a candle in her room and spends the evening alone, thinking of a great mistake she has made so long ago. This year, however, things are to play out differently.. (Summary by...
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 07, Dec. 16, 1879 - Various
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 07, Dec. 16, 1879 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories / General
Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, short stories, fiction and nonfiction, anecdotes, jokes, artwork, craft projects, and more for children. This...
Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 3 - Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 3 - Charles Dickens
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Genre: Poetry / Short Stories / Short non-fiction
2012 is the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the third volume of this collection, which aimed to catalogue as many as possible of Dickens' short works which had not previously been recorded for LibriVox. (Summary by Ruth Golding)...
The Best American Humorous Short Stories - Various
The Best American Humorous Short Stories - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories
Eighteen short stories by famous and little known authors compassing the period 1839 - 1914. The editor's very extensive introduction is omitted from this Librivox audio book. (Summary by David Wales)...
Short Story Collection Vol. 001 - Various
Short Story Collection Vol. 001 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories
Librivox’s Short Story Collection 001: a collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members....
Extracts from Adam's Diary - Mark Twain
Extracts from Adam's Diary - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Short Stories
Get the true story of Adam and Eve, straight from the source. This humorous text is a day-to-day account of Adam’s life from happiness in the “GARDEN-OF-EDEN” to their fall from grace and the events thereafter. Learn how Eve caught the infant Cain,...
Neighbors - Life Stories of the Other Half - Jacob A. Riis
Neighbors - Life Stories of the Other Half - Jacob A. Riis
- Author: Jacob A. Riis
- Genre: General Fiction / Short Stories / *Non-fiction
These stories have come to me from many sources—some from my own experience, others from settlement workers, still others from the records of organized charity, that are never dry, as some think, but alive with vital human interest and with the...
Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy - Stephen Leacock
Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy - Stephen Leacock
- Author: Stephen Leacock
- Genre: Short Stories / Essays & Short Works / Humor
Humorous, ironic, and sometimes cynical observations of life in 1915 from Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by TriciaG)...
The Lieutenant and Others - Sapper
The Lieutenant and Others - Sapper
- Author: Sapper
- Genre: Short Stories
This is a volume of short stories by Herman Cyril McNeile, better known by his pseudonym "Sapper", who is well-known until today for his haunting short stories and novels, set at the front in World War I, and based on his first-hand experiences....
Short stories (Early works 1837-1852) - Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Short stories (Early works 1837-1852) - Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- Author: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- Genre: Short Stories
A collection of Elizabeth Gaskell's early short stories. Following the publication of Mary Barton in 1848, Gaskell published many of her short works for Charles Dickens's Household Words magazine between 1850 and 1858. Her earlier works were...
The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales - John Charles Dent
The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales - John Charles Dent
- Author: John Charles Dent
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Detective Fiction / Short Stories
John Charles Dent, the author of the following remarkable stories, was born in Kendal, Westmorland, England, in 1841. His parents emigrated to Canada shortly after that event, bringing with them, of course, the youth who was afterwards to become the...
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 006 - Various
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 006 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Short Stories
A collection of fifteen stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your spine, the stench of human flesh, and the occasional touch of wonder....
The Hungry Stones And Other Stories - Rabindranath Tagore
The Hungry Stones And Other Stories - Rabindranath Tagore
- Author: Rabindranath Tagore
- Genre: Short Stories
This is a collection of short stories written by the nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. The stories contained in this volume were translated by several hands. The version of The Victory is the author's own work. The seven stories which follow were...
Short Story Collection Vol. 063 - Various
Short Story Collection Vol. 063 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories
This collection comprises 20 short stories of various genres, chosen by the readers. Authors include Saki, Lord Dunsany, Rudyard Kipling, Rex Beach, Banjo Paterson, Chekhov and Montesquieu....
Threads of Grey and Gold - Myrtle Reed
Threads of Grey and Gold - Myrtle Reed
- Author: Myrtle Reed
- Genre: Short Stories
This is a collection of short stories and poems by Myrtle Reed. Many of the stories are short romances, and they share the unique, nostalgic, sometimes melancholy atmosphere so characteristic of Myrtle Reed's stories. - Summary by Carolin...
Hagar of the Pawn-Shop - Fergus Hume
Hagar of the Pawn-Shop - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Culture & Heritage Fiction / Short Stories
Hagar Stanley, a beautiful young Gypsy, is driven by sexual harassment to leave her tribe and seek refuge with her uncle Jacob, a miserly London pawnbroker. He dies after teaching Hagar the business, and she takes over running the popshop till the...
Invisible Links - Selma Lagerlöf
Invisible Links - Selma Lagerlöf
- Author: Selma Lagerlöf
- Genre: Short Stories
Selma Lagerlöf was born in Vaermland, Sweden, in 1858 and enjoyed a long and very successful career as a writer, receiving the Nobel-Price in Literature in 1909. She died in Vaermland in 1940. Invisible Links (Osynliga länkar) is a collection of...
Short Story Collection Vol. 079 - Various
Short Story Collection Vol. 079 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories
A diverse collection of short stories selected and read in English by Librivox readers. The ever-popular detective stories of Arthur Conan Doyle, dark stories from Algernon Blackwood and the quirky from Bill Nye, Ambrose Bierce and O. Henry will...
The Lane that had no Turning, and Other Tales concerning the People of Pontiac - Gilbert Parker
The Lane that had no Turning, and Other Tales concerning the People of Pontiac - Gilbert Parker
- Author: Gilbert Parker
- Genre: Short Stories
This is a collection of short stories by Gilbert Parker. Parker was a Canadian writer who wrote a number of bestsellers that had a lasting influence on Canadian literature, but whose importance for his time is now largely overlooked. One of the...
The Jumble Book - David Cory
The Jumble Book - David Cory
- Author: David Cory
- Genre: Short Stories
This is a lovely collection of short stories and poems some well known others not so well known. Something to appeal to everyone. (Summary by Michele Eaton )...