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The Lancer's Wife
Read by James K. White
Guy de Maupassant
In The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 3: The Viaticum and Other Stories
This is volume is a collection of 50 of de Maupassant's short stories. Summary by James K. White.
Chapter XIX
Read by Tadhg
Thomas Hardy
In A Pair of Blue Eyes
The book describes the love triangle between a young woman, Elfride Swancourt, and her two suitors from very different backgrounds. Stephen …
Sir Philip Sidney
Read by Laura Caldwell
James Baldwin
In Fifty Famous Stories Retold
Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin is a collection of short stories that give a snapshot into the life of a legendary hero or an e…
Chapter X - The Unheeded Warning
Read by Anna Simon
R. Austin Freeman
In A Silent Witness
In this detective novel, the young doctor Humphrey Jardine stumbles upon a corpse during a walk near Hampstead Heath in the middle of the ni…
2 - Part 2
Read by Phil Chenevert
Washington Irving
In The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (version 3)
Everyone knows the story of the Headless Horseman but perhaps you, like me, did not remember what a marvelous story teller Washington Irving…
Viewpoint
Read by Ray Smith
Randall Garrett
In Short Science Fiction Collection 015
Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological an…
Julian and Leonor, by R. S. Mackenzie, L. L. D.
Read by Kate Follis
Lawrence Labree and Seba Smith
In The Rover Vol. 01 No. 07
"The Rover: A weekly magazine of tales, poetry and engravings, original and selected" was a magazine started in 1843 by Seba Smith…
Aladdin
Read by Rosalind Walsh
Various
In The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book
A fourth grade English textbook published by the Minister of Education for Ontario in 1909. This reader features various pieces of Poetry a…
Example
Read by Anusha Iyer
Edgar A. Guest
In All That Matters
A collection of poems about life. Written in an easy and interesting style this book includes poems about many parts of family life, motherh…
The Prince Alexis
Read by Anna Simon
Jacob Abbott
In Peter the Great
There are very few persons who have not heard of the fame of Peter the Great, the founder, as he is generally regarded by mankind, of Russia…
Gift of the Magi, The
Read by Phil Chenevert
O. Henry
In Five Beloved Stories by O. Henry
O. Henry wrote over 600 short stories. Naturally I have my personal top 20 stories that just seem to stand out because of their form, writin…
Selected excerpts
Read by Zarlino
Charles Dudely Warner, ed. and Hector Berlioz
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 04
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…
Part Second - Chapter 1
Read by Simon Evers
Thomas Hardy
In The Well-Beloved
'The Well-Beloved' tells the story of Jocelyn Pierston and his love for three generations of women - the grandmother, her daughter and grand…
Teaser
Read by Alan Winterrowd
various and Ray Cummings
In Astounding Stories 03, March 1930
This is the third issue of the classic science fiction Astounding Magazine. It contains the opening chapters of a 4 part serialized novel by…
Questions
Read by Paul Harvey
Various
In A Christmas Hamper: Full of Pictures and Tales
This book contains stories, tales, and pictures from Christmas for little folks! - Summary by Shriya (spatel2)
Chapter I
Read by Victoria Alice Bell
Oliver Optic
In Dolly and I: Story for Little Folks
Katherine Green an envious girl is given a pretty doll by her Aunt Jane. Christmastime is approaching... Nellie Green her sister who is quit…
Pattern
Read by Ricardo Flores
Dorothy Parker
In Enough Rope
A collection of poems by Dorothy Parker that previously appeared in Life, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and The New York World. Included here…
A Straggler of '15
Read by Anna Simon
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
In Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life
This is a collection of short stories focusing on the problems that present themselves to physicians and surgeons in the course of their wor…
D. Alfonso IX - de León
Read by mpinedag
Ricardo Velasco Ayllónandeduardo Fuentes and Ricardo Velasco Ayllón And Eduardo Fuentes
In El Romancero de los Once Alfonsos
Los autores rinden tributo a los logros de los once Alfonsos, reyes de Asturias, Castilla, y León. Y lo hacen de forma poética…
XXIX. NEWSPAPER PRESS FUND. LONDON, MAY 20, 1865.
Read by Bryn Roberts
Charles Dickens
In Speeches: Literary and Social
Speeches: Literary and Social is a collection of speeches given by Charles Dickens in various settings, including banquets, public gathering…