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How to Tell a Story, and Other Essays

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Mark Twain


In his inimitable way, Mark Twain gives sound advice about how to tell a story, then lets us in on some curious incidents he experienced, an…

The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories (Version 2)

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Mark Twain


The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories is a 1906 collection of 30 comic short stories by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. Published j…

The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain


"The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg" is a piece of short fiction by Mark Twain. It first appeared in Harper's Monthly in December 1…

The Luck Of Roaring Camp And Other Sketches

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Bret Harte


Bret Harte (1836 – 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in California.... He moved to …

The Door in the Wall, and Other Stories

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H. G. Wells


A collection of short stories by H. G. Wells, author of "The Time Machine" and "War of the Worlds". The science fiction …

The Happy Prince and Other Tales (version 3)

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Oscar Wilde


A collection of five stories by Oscar Wilde, all incorporating his inimitable style and wit. Sometimes sweet and uplifting, sometimes caust…

The Two Bears, and Other Sermons for Children

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J. C. Ryle


”Let no one make you think that you are too young to serve God. That is not true. As soon as you know right from wrong, you are old enough t…

Soaked In Seaweed and 7 other nonsense novels

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Stephen Leacock


8 great spoofs of 'types' of fiction by the premier Canadian humorist Leacock, taken from his book Nonsense Novels. The title of each parody…

The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales

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John Charles Dent


John Charles Dent, the author of the following remarkable stories, was born in Kendal, Westmorland, England, in 1841. His parents emigrated …

The Happy Prince and Other Tales (version 2)

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Oscar Wilde


The Happy Prince and Other Tales (also sometimes called The Happy Prince and Other Stories) is an 1888 collection of stories for children by…

The Frog Prince and Other Stories (version 2)

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Walter Crane


These three stories,The Frog Prince, Princess Belle-Etoile and Alladin, beloved by generations of children, are here retold in a format and …

The Tenth Clew and Other Continental Op Stories

Read by Winston Tharp


Dashiell Hammett


Biographer Nathan Ward has called “The Tenth Clew” Dashiell Hammett’s “first real jewel of a story.” In it, Hammett’s nameless Continental D…

The House With The Mezzanine And Other Stories

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Anton Chekhov


Six short stories and a novella by the Russian master. (david wales)

The Maker of Moons, and Other Short Stories

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Robert W. Chambers


An eclectic collection of 8 stories by one of the early masters of the weird tale, Robert W. Chambers. The stories include a range of topics…

The Happy Prince and Other Tales (version 5)

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Oscar Wilde


Oscar Wilde said of his story The Happy Prince that it was "an attempt to treat a tragic modern problem in a form that aims at delicacy…

The Boy Scout And Other Stories For Boys

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Richard Harding Davis


RICHARD HARDING DAVIS, as a friend and fellow author has written of him, was “youth incarnate,” and there is probably nothing that he wrote …

The Ballad of St. Barbara and Other Verses

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G. K. Chesterton


This book of poetry by G. K. Chesterton, originally published in 1922, contain 35 poems on a variety of subjects. (Summary by Maria Theres…

The Man Without A Country And Other Tales

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Edward Everett Hale


Edward Everett Hale was an American author, historian and Unitarian clergyman. Hale first came to notice as a writer in 1859, when he contri…

The Man who Understood Women, and Other Stories

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Leonard Merrick


This is a collection of 20 short stories by English novelist and playwright Leonard Merrick. The stories concern varied topics, and succeed …

Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes, and Other Papers

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John Burroughs


Probably no other American writer has a greater sympathy with, and a keener enjoyment of, country life in all its phases—farming, camping, f…

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