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Kashtanka

Read by Grant Hurlock


Anton Chekhov


"Kashtanka," a shaggy-dog story penned by Anton Chekhov in seven parts and first published in 1887, relates the experiences of its…

Flood Tide

Read by Roger Melin


Sara Ware Bassett


Willie Spence may have been a bit eccentric by most standards, but he had a knack for creating gadgets in his small workshop at his home on …

A Long November: A Tale of Christmas Come Too Early

Read by Blake M. Petit


Blake M. Petit


Duncan Marks is just like you -- sick and tired of Christmask before the Thanksgiving turkey even comes out of the oven. But this year, a Sp…

The Feast of St. Friend

Read by Ruth Golding


Arnold Bennett


In The Feast of St. Friend, a Christmas book, Arnold Bennett shares his views on Christmas as the season of goodwill. As always, Bennett's w…

Siedem wybranych opowiadań

Read by Nina Brown


Władysław Orkan


"Ukochałem lud biedny ponad miarę,Bom się jego pieśnią wykołysał.Ukochałem zwyczaje i gwarę,którem jako dziecko z piersi matki w…

Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven

Read by Kevin LaVergne


Mark Twain


"Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven" is a short-story written by American writer Mark Twain and published in 1909. The story fol…

Brewster's Millions

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)


George Barr Mccutcheon


The story revolves around Montgomery Brewster, a poor man who inherits a large sum of money. However, there is a catch — he has to spend eve…

Food-Free at Last: How I Learned to Eat Air

Read by Dr. Robert Jones MD PhD DDS ODD


Dr. Robert Jones MD PhD DDS ODD


Food is a drug. Break the shackles of addiction and learn to eat air! In this detailed guide, Dr. Robert Jones, MD, PhD, DDS, ODD gives you …

Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven (version 3)

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain


This was the last story published by Twain, a few months before he died. The story follows Captain Elias Stormfield on his extremely long co…

Fables in Slang

Read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012)


George Ade


While a columnist for The Chicago Record humorist George Ade penned numerous “fables” which were subsequently collected into books. Fables i…

Mark Twain: The Complete Interviews

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain


This collection of the 258 known, publicly-printed interviews of Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) was compiled by Gary Scharnhorst and …

Perfect Behavior

Read by Samanem


Donald Ogden Stewart


A humorous guide to manners and etiquette for ladies and gentlemen in a social "crises," published in 1922. (Introduction by Saman…

Fables de Florian

Read by Ezwa


Jean-Pierre Claris De Florian


« Je tâche d'y tourner le vice en ridicule Ne pouvant l'attaquer avec les bras d'Hercule. » La Fontaine, Livre V, I Apr&e…

An Amiable Charlatan

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E. Phillips Oppenheim


An Englishman is enjoying his dinner at Stephano's, at which he is a regular diner. A man enters quickly, sits at his table, starts eating h…

Göteborgsflickor

Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016)


Sigge Strömberg


Sigge Strömberg, född som Sigfrid Strömberg 22 december 1885 i Göteborg, död 3 mars 1920, svensk författare oc…

Is He Popenjoy ?

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Anthony Trollope


Trollope returns in Is He Popenjoy to two of his favorite subjects: property and inheritance. As in "Doctor Thorne," the issues ar…

Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914 Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who…

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Irwin Leslie Gordon


A short, humorous biography of famous people from 5000 BC to 1914. -- S. McGaughey From the Introduction, "The editor begs leave to in…

Winter (Shakespeare)

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William Shakespeare


LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of Winter by William Shakespeare. This poem is from "Love's Labour's Lost". This was t…

Kathleen

Read by KirksVoice


Christopher Morley


A group called the Scorpions, eight Oxford undergraduates, find a letter Kathleen wrote a letter to Joe at Oxford. They build up an image of…

The Westminster Alice

Read by Ruth Golding


Saki


Published five years before John Kendrick Bangs had the same idea with Alice in Blunderland, Saki, in his 1902 series of satirical articles,…

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