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Personal Collection of Short Tales compiled by Carmie

Children's Fiction

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Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm - Personal Collection of Short Tales compiled by Carmie

This is a selection of the fairy tales (in English) written by Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm and Wilhelm Karl Grimm in the early 19th Century. These stories are fantastical and although aimed squarely at the flexible mind...

Carmie 33 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

547

Mark Twain - Extracts from Adam's Diary

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...

Mr. Baby Man 24 minutes

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Short Stories

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Katherine Mansfield - At the Bay

Katherine Mansfield was prominent Modernist writer of short fiction. This a ninety minute story from her collection of The Garden Party.

Lucy Burgoyne 1 hour 29 minutes

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Short Stories

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Robert W. Chambers - King in Yellow (part 2)

Robert W. Chambers (1865-1933) studied art in Paris in the late 80’s and early 90’s. Shortly after returning to America, he became popular as the writer of a number of romantic novels; he is now best known as the...

Maria Celano and 2 more 3 hours 49 minutes

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Short Stories

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Katherine Mansfield - Garden Party

A collection of short stories on a variety of subjects, by one of New Zealand's premiere female writers.

Lucy Burgoyne 6 hours 46 minutes

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Children's Fiction

626

Rudyard Kipling - Just So 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...

Reynard T. Fox 3 hours 33 minutes

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Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things

Short Stories

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Lafcadio Hearn - Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things

Most of the following Kwaidan, or Weird Tales, have been taken from old Japanese books,— such as the Yaso-Kidan, Bukkyo-Hyakkwa-Zensho, Kokon-Chomonshu, Tama-Sudare, and Hyaku-Monogatari. Some of the stories may have...

Vilayvanh and 4 more 3 hours 51 minutes

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Short Stories

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Leo Tolstoy - What Men Live By and Other Tales

Although Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was a wealthy landowner, in his later life he had what was considered a “religious awakening.” This experience went on to inform his writing and his lifestyle in profound ways. His...

David Barnes and 1 more 2 hours 10 minutes

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Detective Fiction

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Ernest Bramah - Four Max Carrados Detective Stories

Ernest Bramah is mainly known for his 'Kai Lung' books — Dorothy L Sayers often used quotes from them for her chapter headings. In his lifetime however he was equally well known for his detective stories. Since...

Andy Minter 3 hours 38 minutes

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Fantastic Fiction

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Lord Dunsany - Time and the Gods

Lord Dunsany (24 July 1878 – 25 October 1957) was a London-born Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist notable for his work in fantasy. He was influenced by Algernon Swinburne, who wrote the line «Time and the Gods are at...

KentF and 7 more 4 hours 12 minutes

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Gustave Flaubert - Three Short Works

Here is a collection of strikingly different pieces by Flaubert: a prose poem in the voices of Death, Satan and Nero; the trials and apotheosis of a medieval saint; and the life of a selfless maid in 19th century...

David Barnes 3 hours 5 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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Robert W. Chambers - King in Yellow (part 1)

Robert W. Chambers (1865-1933) studied art in Paris in the late 80's and early 90's, where his work was displayed at the Salon. However, shortly after returning to America, he decided to spend his time in writing. He...

Peter Yearsley 4 hours 38 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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