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In the Midst of Life; Tales of Soldiers and Civilians

Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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Ambrose Bierce - In the Midst of Life; Tales of Soldiers and Civilians

These stories detail the lives of soldiers and civilians during the American Civil War. This is the 1909 edition. The 1909 edition omits six stories from the original 1891 edition; these six stories are added to this...

David Wales 11 hours 11 minutes

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Westerns

439

Stewart Edward White - Arizona Nights

Arizona Nights is a collection of tales from the American West as told by those who took part in them. (Summary by Adam E. Maroney)

A. E. Maroney 5 hours 40 minutes

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Sir Charles G. D. Roberts - Hoof and Claw

These 14 short stories about animals are superb examples of Roberts smooth storytelling style. Knows as the Father of Canadian Poetry, he loved to also write in prose about the wilderness and the personalities of the...

Mike Pelton and 8 more 6 hours 1 minute

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Edna Ferber - One Basket

This sparkling collection of 7 short stories by Ferber includes some that are considered her all time best like The Woman Who Tried To be Good and The Maternal Feminine. Writing for and about women, Edna Ferber...

Phil Chenevert 5 hours 7 minutes

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Historical Fiction

464

J. M. Barrie - Echoes of the War

Short stories with dramatic parts about civilian life in London during the First World War. Some humorous moments. By the author of «Peter Pan». ( Summary by JCarson )

James E. Carson 3 hours

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Tar Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus

Humorous Fiction

476

Joel Chandler Harris - Tar Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus

26 of Uncle Remus's stories put into verse and song. With the exception of the Tar Baby story, they were all new to this publication of 1904 and cover a variety of humorous subjects from Adan and Eve (De Appile Tree)...

Phil Chenevert 1 hour 36 minutes

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Nathaniel Hawthorne - Mosses From An Old Manse

«Mosses from an Old Manse» is a short story collection by Nathaniel Hawthorne, first published in 1846. The collection includes several previously-published short stories and is named in honor of The Old Manse where...

Bob Neufeld 18 hours 59 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

532

Cal Stewart - Uncle Josh's Punkin Centre Stories

A collection of comedic short stories from the perspective of an old country man. (Summary by Philip Martin)

Philip Martin 2 hours 29 minutes

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M. E. Francis - In a North Country Village

M. E. Francis was born Mary E. Sweetman in Dublin and moved to Lancashire on her marriage to Francis Nicholas Blundell, of the Blundell family, who remain squires of Little Crosby, the last Catholic recusant...

Phil Benson 5 hours

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Published 1900 onward

477

John Galsworthy - Five Tales

This 1918 book consists of five short stories or novelettes by Galsworthy. They are The First and Last (1914), A Stoic , The Apple Tree (1916), The Juryman , Indian Summer of a Forsyte (1918) This last...

David Wales 11 hours 41 minutes

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Heywood Broun - Seeing Things at Night

This Book is a collection of humorous short stories which describe the comedy in everyday things and situations. (Summary by Carolin)

Barry Eads and 6 more 6 hours 55 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

585

Baroness Emma Orczy - League of the Scarlet Pimpernel

Written by Baroness Orczy and first published in 1919, The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel is a sequel book to the classic adventure tale, The Scarlet Pimpernel. The book consists of eleven short stories about Sir...

Edward W. LaBonte and 7 more 8 hours 34 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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