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In In the Village of Viger
These ten superb short stories of Duncan Campbell Scott, published in 1896, portray humorous, farcical, and tragic aspects of life in the fi…
12 - As a Candidate
In A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories
Bill Nye was a respected journalist who also became known as a humorist. His short pieces range from a description of a visit to a friend re…
XII. My Rococo Watch
In Silver Pitchers: and Independence, A Centennial Love Story
Here are 9 engaging short stories from Louisa May Alcott (of Little Women fame), all period pieces, some of them somewhat autobiographical, …
13 - The Gylston Slander
In Malcolm Sage, Detective
Step into the intriguing world of Malcolm Sage, a detective whose sharp mind and keen instincts unravel the most perplexing mysteries. This …
Long Odds
In Short Story Collection Vol. 010
LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 010: a collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a variety of LibriVox members.
Chapter 50 "After" Jenkins
In Sketches New and Old
This collection of 63 writings by Mark Twain was published in 1882. Among other sketches, it contains "The Jumping Frog" in the or…
The Love Meter
In The Treasure-Train
There have been many novels written by Arthur B. Reeve that feature the character of Craig Kennedy.Kennedy is a detective that employs his k…
The Boulevard of Rogues
In Atlantic Narratives: Modern Short Stories; Second Series
Atlantic Narratives is a rich anthology featuring 24 short stories that capture the essence of early 20th-century American literature. Compi…
The Ideal Suburb
In Short Science Fiction Collection 105
Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…
Jack Balcomb's Pleasant Ways
In The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 07
The Wit and Humor of America is a delightful anthology that captures the essence of American humor through a diverse collection of short sto…
Colonel Wheeler
In Just Sixteen
A collection of short stories from the author of the What Katy Did series, for an audience ranging from younger to older children - and enjo…
Part 2, Chapter 8 - On the Staff
In Men, Women and Guns
World War I stories, as told through the eyes of someone who was there, but leavened with humour and an eye for the ridiculous side of human…
Author's Note
In Tales of Unrest (version 2)
A brave Malay chieftain suffers from a surprising vulnerability. After giving birth to a series of unfortunate children, a farmer's wife is …
Negro Soldiers
In The Upward Path: A Reader For Colored Children
From the preface of the book: "To the present time, there has been no collection of stories and poems by Negro writers, which colored c…
Soldier, Rest
In The Ontario Readers: Third Book
The Ontario Readers is a school book first published in 1919, by the Ontario Ministry of Education, containing short excerpts of literary wo…
Aunt Louisa's London Alphabet
In Soup of Alphabets, Volume 002
A second helping of Alphabet Books! This collection has a wide-ranging variety of short books, and not only for younger readers, but also fo…
The 'Gloria Scott'
In The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Version 3)
This is the second book of short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle concerning the adventures of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his…
Author's Note
In A Set of Six
Each of the stories in this collection is spun from a simple, if typically wry and bleak, idea. In "Gaspar Ruiz", a South American…
Selected scenes by John Ford
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 15
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…
Off Course
In 20 Short Science Fiction Stories
Compilation of 20 Science Fiction Short Stories - Summary by Kirk Ziegler