Short Stories
Unvarnished Tales
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William Mackay
This book is a short selection of varied fictional tales. They must have been what the author wished for them to be and certainly perfect fo…
Local Color Collection Vol. 001
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Various
In this celebration of diversity, learn about the myriad histories and cultures behind our volunteers. (summary by Eric Ray)
Coffee Break Collection 026 - It's a Small World
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Various
This is the 26th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read poems, fiction and non-fiction pieces of fifteen minutes…
Ghosts I Have Seen, and other Psychic Experiences
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Violet Tweedale
In 1919, just after the devastation of WWI, Tweedale published these 34 fact-based testimonials, just a sampling of her psychic experiences …
The Lost Valley
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Algernon Blackwood
A set of twin brothers have spent every waking moment of their lives together and are terrified of separating. However, when both men set th…
The Little Angel and Other Stories
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Leonid Nikolayevich Andreyev
This is a volume of short works by Leonid Andreyev. - Summary by Carolin
The Black Cat Vol. 01 No. 04 January 1896
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Various
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Man…
Captures
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John Galsworthy
Brief plot lines of these 16 stories by Nobel Prize winning author John Galsworthy: 01, 02, 03 "A Feud" The breaking of an engagem…
Children of the Tenements
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Jacob A. Riis
This is a collection of vignettes about poverty in New York City in the early 1900s. Jacob Riis was a police reporter and a sociologist. He …
A Long Way from Disney - Part I
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Seth Harwood
It's the 1980s in Boston: the Celtics are rolling, the Patriots got crushed by the Bears, and the Sox are the Sox. Adam Berkman is learning …
Coffee Break Collection 033 - Gardening
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Various
This is the 33rd Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read Public Domain stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction p…
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 08, Dec. 23, 1879
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Various
Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, sho…
The Black Cat Vol. 01 No. 09 June 1896
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Various
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Man…
The Black Cat Vol. 01 No. 08 May 1896
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Various
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Man…
Arcadia in Avernus
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Will Lillibridge
Unhappy wife leaves marriage of convenience for another man, the couple running away to the Dakota prairie to set up housekeeping. All seems…
The Good Dog Book
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John Hay Beith, John Brown, Barry Cornwall, Sir Wilfred Grenfell, Henry Herbert Knibbs, John Muir, Ouida, William Robert Spencer, Eva March Tappan and J. T. Trowbridge
A collection of adult stories and poems - sad, humorous, and adventurous - about Man's Best Friend. NOTE: Most of these selections contain v…
The Black Cat Vol. 01 No. 10 July 1896
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Various
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Man…
Mr. Punch's Model Music-hall Songs & Dramas
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F. Anstey
F. Anstey was the nom de plume of Thomas Anstey Guthrie, a Londoner who was trained for the bar but found success as a writer of humorous pi…
Coffee Break Collection 028 - Hobbies
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Various
This is the 28th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifte…