Short Stories

Fábulas, volume 2

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Aesop



Esopo é um lendário autor grego, que teria vivido na Antigüidade, ao qual se atribui a paternidade da fábula como …

Time and the Gods

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Lord Dunsany



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 inf…

The Gods of Pegāna

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Lord Dunsany



"The Gods of Pegāna" is the first book by Anglo-Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, published on a commission basis in 1905... The …

The Conjure Woman

Read by James K. White


Charles Waddell Chesnutt



Published in 1899 by Houghton Mifflin, Chesnutt's first book, The Conjure Woman, was a collection of seven short stories, all set in "P…

Winesburg, Ohio

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Sherwood Anderson



Published in 1919, and listed on the Modern Library roster of the 20th century's 100 greatest novels in English, Winesburg, Ohio presents a …

Les Mille et une Nuits (Tome 02)

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Anonyme



Nous étions restés à la fin du Tome 1 des Mille et une Nuits chez Zobéïde et ses sœurs en présence d…

The Descent of Man and Other Stories

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


Edith Wharton



This collection of ten stories, first published in 1904, shows Edith Wharton dissecting some of the customs, habits and vagaries of courtshi…

Short Story Collection Vol. 001

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Various



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.

Hagar of the Pawn-Shop

Read by Grant Hurlock


Fergus Hume



Hagar Stanley, a beautiful young Gypsy, is driven by sexual harassment to leave her tribe and seek refuge with her uncle Jacob, a miserly Lo…

Histoire d’Aladdin ou la Lampe merveilleuse

Read by Jean-Luc Fischer


Contes des 1001 nuits and Contes Des 1001 Nuits



Le Sultan Schariar, déçu par l’infidélité de sa femme, ne se contente pas de la tuer : il décide de faire…

Cape Cod Stories

Read by David Wales


Joseph Crosby Lincoln



This book (eleven short stories) was also published under the title of “The Old Home House”. Joseph Crosby Lincoln (1870 – 1944) was an Amer…

Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion

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Mark Twain



Written for the Atlantic magazine in 1877, this is a collection of stories about a trip Mark Twain made with some friends to Bermuda. (Summa…

The Stolen White Elephant (Version 2)

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Mark Twain



"The Stolen White Elephant" was written by Mark Twain and published in 1882. In it, an Indian elephant, en route from India to Bri…

The Flood

Read by R. S. Steinberg


Émile Zola



A well-to-do French farm family is destroyed by a flood. The story, thrilling to the very end, is told from the point of view of the family…

Noites de insomnia, offerecidas a quem não póde dormir, volume 1

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Camilo Castelo Branco



Camilo Castelo Branco foi o primeiro escritor português a conseguir viver dos seus trabalhos literários. Apesar desta situa&cce…

The Dead

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James Joyce



A group of Dubliners gather together for a Christmas celebration in James Joyce's transcendent tale of the mundanity and magic in life and d…

Short Story Collection Vol. 052

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Various



LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 052: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.

Short Ghost and Horror Collection 003

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Various



A collection of fifteen stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up…

Hänsel et Gretel

Read by Carole


Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm



Les contes, même s’ils nous apparaissent décousus et abracadabrants ne sont pas des histoires sans importance : ils véhi…

Eve’s Diary (version 2)

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Mark Twain



Eve's Diary is a comic short story by Mark Twain. It was first published in the 1905 Christmas issue of the magazine Harper's Bazaar, and in…

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