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The Pendulum

In The Trimmed Lamp: and other Stories of the Four Million

Read by Marian Brown

O. Henry

Born in 1862 and died in 1910, O. Henry’s birth name is William Sydney Porter; however, he adopted the pen name O. Henry while in prison. He…

The Messenger by Robert W. Chambers

In Famous Modern Ghost Stories

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Dorothy Scarborough, compiler, Robert W. Chambers and Variousanddorothy Scarborough

An entertaining selection of "modern" ghost stories selected "to include specimens of a few of the distinctive types of moder…

Little Boy Lost, The (Innocence)

In Songs of Innocence and Experience

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William Blake

William Blake’s volume of poetry entitled Songs of Innocence and Experience is the embodiment of his belief that innocence and experience we…

The Pack Ass and The Wild Ass

In Aesop's Fables, Volume 08 (Fables 176-200)

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Aesop

Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…

08 - How Bartholemy rested Himself

In Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts (version 2)

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Frank R. Stockton

Buccaneers and Pirates of our Coasts is a non-fiction, rollicking story of the origins of piracy and of the famous pirates of the coasts of …

III.I: In Secret

In A Tale of Two Cities

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Charles Dickens

A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a historical novel by Charles Dickens; it is moreover a moral novel strongly concerned with themes of guilt, …

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