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Susan Coolidge - Just Sixteen

A collection of short stories from the author of the What Katy Did series, for an audience ranging from younger to older children — and enjoyable for adults too! They vary in style — fairy tales, humorous sketches,...

Jennifer Dorr and 11 more 6 hours 6 minutes

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Short Stories

656

Short Story Collection Vol. 078

A diverse collection of short stories selected and read in English by Librivox readers. The ever-popular detective stories of Arthur Conan Doyle, including the demise of Sherlock Holmes, the quirky Ambrose Bierce and...

Peter Thomlinson and 9 more 6 hours 4 minutes Short Story Collections

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*Non-fiction

485

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 053

Twenty short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include History--Jocelyn de Brakelond's 13th century chronicle of the Bury St. Edmund monastery, Lorenzo de Medici's...

Melvin Lee and 9 more 6 hours 4 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

526

Ambrose Bierce - Cobwebs from an Empty Skull

Ambrose Bierce's collection of short parables, published under the pen name of Dod Grile, is similar to Aesop's Fables. This compilation is comprised of «Fables of Zambri, the Parsee,» «Brief Seasons of Intellectual...

Larry Wilson and 10 more 6 hours 3 minutes

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Christianity - Commentary

406

Thomas De Witt Talmage - Abominations of Modern Society

The title gives an accurate description of the book! It is full of old and forgotten words and phrases, Amusing at times, but addressing the problems mentioned in the chapter titles in detail. The troubles of his...

Christopher Smith and 9 more 6 hours 3 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

497

Christopher Morley - Mince Pie

Mince Pie is a compilation of humorous sketches, poetry, and essays written by Christopher Morley. Morley sets the tone in the preface: «If one asks what excuse there can be for prolonging the existence of these...

Lucretia B. and 9 more 6 hours

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Anthologies

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Short Story Collection Vol. 080

A diverse collection of short stories selected and read in English by Librivox readers. This time, we delve into the works of H.G. Wells, Oscar Wilde, Lord Dunsany, Poe and others to bring you tales of mystery,...

johnnyenglish and 7 more 5 hours 54 minutes Short Story Collections

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

513

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Hound of the Baskervilles (version 3)

The desolate, treacherous Devon moors. A bloodcurdling legend of a ghastly hound from hell, haunting the Baskerville family for generations. Such is the setting for the most horrific Sherlock Holmes story ever...

Lady Maria and 7 more 5 hours 54 minutes

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General

494

L. Frank Baum - Aunt Jane's Nieces Out West

After visiting Louise, Arthur and Toodlums at their ranch in Southern California, Beth and Patsy, together with Uncle John, decide to spend the winter at an hotel in the little village of Hollywood, where they get...

Lynne T 5 hours 50 minutes Aunt Jane's Nieces series

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General Fiction

434

Richard Doddridge Blackmore - Clara Vaughan, Vol I.

CLARA VAUGHAN, the young heroine, narrator, and namesake for R. D. Blackmore’s early detective novel, is determined to solve the mystery of her father’s murder—a crime that occurred when she was only 10 years of age....

Lynne T and 7 more 5 hours 50 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

419

Mary Roberts Rinehart - More Tish

Mary Roberts Rinehart wrote 6 books about the elderly Letitia (Tish) Carberry and the escapades she gets her elderly lady cronies into. The series led to a 1942 movie with Marjorie Main. This particular book, the...

Jennifer Dorr and 5 more 5 hours 45 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

504

Peter Hempson Ditchfield - Books Fatal to Their Authors

This is a collection of stories of authors who have lost their fortunes and sometimes their lives after writing a book. The liberty of a person's conscience was unknown in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; Why...

Anna Simon and 6 more 5 hours 44 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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