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21 Miss McMillan
In In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories
In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories presents a collection of thirteen engaging short stories by Robert Barr, a notable figure in late 19th-…
The Tail of a Mouse
In Short Stories for Short People
This is a collection of short stories by Alicia Aspinwall. - Summary by Carolin
Cheating the Gallows
In Grotesques and Fantasies
A set of often funny, sometimes tragic stories by Israel Zangwill. Most famous for his scathingly accurate portrayals of the Jewish ghetto, …
A Toast
In Star Dust
This is a companion volume to Henshall's book "Rain and Roses." These are short poems of sentiment, romance and spirituality. - S…
Liverpool
In Travels in Lancashire
A collection of fiction, non-fiction and poetry on travels in Lancashire, England, with occasional sorties into adjacent counties. - Summary…
04 Chapter 3 In The Back
In Members of the Family
Members of the Family invites listeners into the rugged landscapes of the Wyoming Territory during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. T…
11 Baard
In Falklandjes
Herman Heijermans publiceerde onder het pseudoniem Samuel Falkland columns vanaf 1894 in De Telegraaf en later vanaf 1896 in het Algemeen Ha…
From Letters
In A Cabinet of Gems
A Cabinet of Gems, cut and polished by Sir Philip Sidney; now, for the more radiance, presented without their setting by George MacDonald.&q…
Rue Barree
In The King in Yellow (part 2)
Robert W. Chambers (1865-1933) studied art in Paris in the late 80’s and early 90’s. Shortly after returning to America, he became popular a…
01 - The Hostelry of Mr. Smith
In Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (version 2)
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town is a sequence of stories by Stephen Leacock, first published in 1912. It is generally considered to be on…
Holding the Pipe by Albert W. Tolman
In The Junior Classics Volume 9: Stories of To-day
The first part of this volume consists of stories by modern writers dealing mainly with life in our own day. They are, of course, meant for…
The Woodcutter
In The Wild Knight and Other Poems
The Wild Knight and Other Poems invites listeners into the imaginative world of G. K. Chesterton, where the ordinary transforms into the ext…
Chapter 2: The Other Side of the Hedge
In The Celestial Omnibus, and Other Stories
With twenty Nobel Prize nominations to his credit, E. M. Forster may reasonably be considered one of the best writers of the 20th century – …
Pensées détachées, par Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly
In La Lecture, tome 4
La Lecture était une revue littéraire bi-mensuelle française de la fin du 19e siècle, publiant surtout des nouve…
The Wooden Tablet
In A Chinese Wonder Book
The Chinese Wonder Book is a compilation of Chinese folk tales for children full of moral values and insightful stories of China's culture a…
"Hamish," a Scotch Terrier by C. Hilton Brown
In To Your Dog and To My Dog
A collection of verse dedicated to dogs. (Summary by mleigh)
Gaspard Spots his Man
In The Crime of the French Cafe and Other Stories
Nick Carter is a fictional detective who first appeared in 1886 in dime store novels. Over the years, different authors, all taking the nom …
Crowded
In Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Vol 1
Volume 1 of a ten volume collection of amusing tales, observations and anecdotes by America's greatest wordsmiths. This work includes select…
Tim Flannigan's Mistake
In The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 09
The Wit and Humor of America is a delightful collection that showcases the rich tapestry of American humor through a variety of short storie…
The Wind and the Fisherman
In The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children
A collection of poems, many well-known or by famous writers for children, celebrating the joys of life for children and avoiding the all-too…