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The Key of the Piano, part 2, by T. Archer

by Tom Hood, Variousandtom Hood and Various And Tom Hood • Read by Wayne Cooke • 4.3★

In A bunch of keys, where they were found and what they might have unlocked - A Christmas book

This is a little collection of short stories, written by different authors and published in 1865. It is a Christmas book, and the stories wi…

Big Steamers

by Rudyard Kipling • Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) • 4★

In Princess Mary's Gift Book

In 1914, Princess Mary, then 17 years of age, gave her name to this collection of short stories and essays from the most prominent authors o…

Chapter X

by Henry James • Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) • 4★

In The Figure in the Carpet

The story ostensibly concerns a young literary critics who greatly admires the writer Hugh Vereker. A meeting with Vereker, however, shows h…

Sir Humphrey Gilbert

by James Baldwin • Read by Janna • 3.6★

In Fifty Famous Stories Retold (version 2)

Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin is a captivating collection that brings together a variety of tales from history, folklore, and…

John Gutenberg, inventor of printing (middle of the sixteenth century), by Eva March Tappan

by Eva March Tappan • Read by Jim Locke • 2.2★

In The World’s Story Volume VII: Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland

This is the seventh volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March …