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Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Raven Edition, Volume 1

Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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Edgar Allan Poe - Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Raven Edition, Volume 1

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.

Bob Neufeld and 10 more 10 hours

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Neighbors - Life Stories of the Other Half

General Fiction

451

Jacob A. Riis - Neighbors - Life Stories of the Other Half

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...

Diana Majlinger and 7 more 2 hours 58 minutes

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Short Stories

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Short Story Collection Vol. 049

LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 049: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members. 'How the Hodja Saved Allah' by Cyrus Adler and Allan Ramsay

Leonard Wilson and 12 more 8 hours 53 minutes Short Story Collections

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Short Stories

487

D. H. Lawrence - Prussian Officer

The collection of short stories — of which The Prussian Officer is one — was Lawrence’s first such book. A German officer and his orderly are the focus of the piece and, while socially the superior of his orderly, the...

Cate Barratt 7 hours 31 minutes

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Detective Fiction

485

Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, Vol. 1

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes was a British TV series from the early 70s that dramatized stories written contemporaneously with the Sherlock Holmes stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This anthology contains twelve of...

Beth Thomas and 12 more 11 hours 3 minutes

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Curious Republic of Gondour and Other Whimsical Sketches

General Fiction

441

Mark Twain - Curious Republic of Gondour and Other Whimsical Sketches

As the title reveals, these stories are a collection of some of Mark Twain's more fanciful and eccentric works. They run the gamut from political commentary to our species' need to «be remembered» somehow. Taken as a...

John Greenman 1 hour 53 minutes

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General Fiction

464

Stephen Crane - Selected Short Stories

At the time of his death at the age of 28, Stephen Crane had become an important figure in American literature. He was nearly forgotten, however, until two decades later when critics revived interest in his life and...

Greg W. 7 hours 7 minutes

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Short Stories

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Virginia Woolf - Monday or Tuesday

Adeline Virginia Woolf was an English author, essayist, publisher, and writer of short stories, regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century. During the interwar period, Woolf...

LizMourant 2 hours 1 minute

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Short Stories

489

Nathaniel Hawthorne - Our Old Home

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...

Margaret Espaillat 13 hours 10 minutes

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Fantastic Fiction

553

Frank R. Stockton - Bee-Man of Orn and Other Fanciful Tales

A collection of nine enchanting short stories filled with curious beasts and unexpected endings. Included are The Bee-Man of Orn; The Griffin and the Minor Canon; Old Pipes and the Dryad; The Queen's Museum; Christmas...

Gryphon Perkins 5 hours 5 minutes

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General Fiction

540

Edith Wharton - Crucial Instances

This is Edith Wharton's second published collection of short stories (1901). One of these seven stories, «Copy: A Dialogue,» is written as a short play. The role of Hilda is read by Arielle Lipshaw, and the role of...

Elizabeth Klett 5 hours 6 minutes

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General Fiction

516

Edith Wharton - Greater Inclination

This is Edith Wharton's earliest published collection of short stories (1899). Like much of her later work, they touch on themes of marriage, male/female relationships, New York society, and the nature and purpose of...

Elizabeth Klett 5 hours 7 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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