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Gideon
In The Best American Humorous Short Stories
The Best American Humorous Short Stories is a delightful collection that brings together eighteen short stories from a diverse array of auth…
Selected excerpts by the Gouncourt Brothers
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 16
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
Benediction
In Flappers and Philosophers
Flappers and Philosophers marks F. Scott Fitzgerald's debut collection of short stories, capturing the spirit of the Roaring Twenties. This …
The Sorcery of Aphlar (with Duane W. Rimel)
In The Weird Fiction of Fantasy Fan Magazine
The Fantasy Fan was a fanzine edited by Charles D. Hornig that featured exclusive works by many seminal figures from the golden period of we…
Prelude
In Told in the gardens of Araby
A collection of Persian stories - Summary by Doug Wade
Preface to The Hunting of the Snark
In Rhyme? And Reason? (Version 2)
An 1883 selection of Lewis Carroll's satirical and comic verse. The collection ranges from the well-known and well-loved The Hunting Of The …
III: The Burial of Sophocles
In A Spring Harvest
G.B. Smith is best known for his close friendship with J.R.R. Tolkien, who would go on to write the fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings. He w…
The Perfect Priest
In Korean Folk Tales
"To any one who would like to look somewhat into the inner soul of the Oriental, and see the peculiar spiritual existences among which …
Lines on a Re-reading of Parts of the Old Testament
In Sagas of Vaster Britain
A collection of poems by the Canadian poet William Wilfred Campbell addressing themes of National Identity, Imperialism and the Divinity of …
There Are Fairies
In The Poems of Madison Cawein Vol. 4
This is Volume 4: Poems of Mystery and of Myth and Romance of the collected works of Madison Julius Cawein, an American poet from Kentucky. …
Excerpts from Beowulf
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 02
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
The Reader
In Fables
Master storyteller Robert Louis Stevenson (Treasure Island, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Kidnapped) brings us an entrancing and at times quite…
The Loafer and the Squire
In The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 04
The Wit and Humor of America invites listeners to explore a rich tapestry of American wit through a curated collection of short stories and …
The Divinity of Christ - Athanasius
In The World's Best Orations, Volume 1
Who does not delight in oratory? How we gather to hear even an ordinary speaker! How often is a jury swayed and controlled by the appeals of…
TOINETTE AND THE ELVES
In The Children's Book of Christmas Stories (Version 2)
This books is a select collection of Christmas Stories in one volume. It is just that and nothing more.Each of the stories has already won …
Selected excerpts by Edwad Fitzgerald
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 14
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
The Damned Thing
In Short Ghost and Horror Collection 076
A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, four-legged beasts and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your…
Chapter I - Ourselves
In The Queen of Hearts
The elderly Brothers Owen, Morgan and Griffith live a quiet, retired life in the countryside, which is turned upside-down by Griffith's ward…
Revelation
In Selected Poems
These are poems selected by the publisher, Henry Holt & Company reprinted from "Mountain Interval" "North of Boston"…
Conscience
In Coffee Break Collection 002 - Faith
This is a collection of short (15 minute or less readings) works in English suitable for a coffee break at work or a short commuter ride. Th…