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Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 6

Various

In the six volumes of the Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Julian Hawthorne presents us thrilling and mysterious short stories from all corners of the world. Some of the stories appeared in this collection for the first time translated into English, and many of them come from unexpected sources, such as the letters of Pliny the Younger, or a Tibetan manuscript. In the sixth and last volume, we find stories of Oriental origin. (Summary by Leni)

Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction, Detective Fiction, Suspense, Espionage, Political & Thrillers

Language: English

Group: Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories

Section	Chapter	Author	Source	Reader	Time	Language
Play 00	Introduction: A World-Old Web of Oriental Tales	Charles Johnston	Etext	Leni	00:11:28	en
Play 01	The Power of Eloquence (Japanese)		Etext	Martin Gradwell	00:22:26
Play 02	The Dishonest Goldsmith and the Ingenious Painter (Turkish)		Etext	Martin Gradwell	00:09:55
Play 03	The Craft of the Three Sharpers, from the Thousand and One Nights		Etext	Katie Riley	00:23:32
Play 04	The Cheerful Workman, from the Thousand and One Nights		Etext	Katie Riley	00:04:37
Play 05	The Robber and the Woman, from the Thousand and One Nights		Etext	Katie Riley	00:07:10
Play 06	The Wonderful Stone (Chinese)		Etext	Phil Chenevert	00:11:31
Play 07	The Weaver Who Became a Leach, from the Thousand and One Nights		Etext	Malane	00:09:47
Play 08	Visakha (Tibetan)		Etext	Mary Schneider	00:16:03
Play 09	Told by the Constable, from the Thousand and One Nights		Etext	John O	00:19:20
Play 10	The Unjust Sentence (Chinese)		Etext	Max Körlinge	00:07:54
Play 11	The Scar on the Throat, from the Thousand and One Nights		Etext	Malane	00:41:56
Play 12	Devasmitá (Sanskrit)		Etext	excessory	00:19:05
Play 13	The Sharpers and the Moneylender, from the Thousand and One Nights		Etext	Elanor	00:05:15
Play 14	The Withered Hand (Turkish)		Etext	Crln Yldz Ksr	00:06:32
Play 15	The Melancholist and the Sharper, from the Thousand and One Nights		Etext	Elanor	00:04:05
Play 16	Lakshadatta and Labdhadatta (Sanskrit)		Etext	Max Körlinge	00:10:08
Play 17	The Cunning Crone, from the Thousand and One Nights		Etext	Jason Bennett	00:06:34
Play 18	Judgement of a Solomon (Chinese)		Etext	Michael Reuss	00:08:05
Play 19	The Sultan and his Three Sons, from the Thousand and One Nights		Etext	Michael Reuss	00:13:15
Play 20	A Tale of a Demon (Sanskrit)		Etext	Michael Reuss	00:28:11
Play 21	The Jar of Olives and the Boy Kazir, from the Thousand and One Nights		Etext	Michael Reuss	00:23:45
Play 22	Another Solomon (Chinese)		Etext	Ana	00:03:35
Play 23	Calamity Ahmad and Habzalam Bazazah, from the Thousand and One Nights		Etext	Easton	00:55:31
Play 24	A Man-hating Maiden (Sanskrit)		Etext	Jason Bennett	00:15:05
Play 25	Told by the Constable, from the Thousand and One Nights		Etext	Easton	00:18:35
Play 26	The Clever Thief (Tibetan)		Etext	Mary Schneider	00:08:45
Play 27	The King Who Made Mats (Persian)		Etext	Malane	00:13:00
Play 28	The Brahman Who Lost His Treasure (Sanskrit)		Etext	Malane	00:04:42
Play 29	The Duel of the Two Sharpers, from the Thousand and One Nights		Etext	Lars Rolander (1942-2016)	00:20:22
Play 30	The Lady and the Kazi (Persian)		Etext	Lars Rolander (1942-2016)	00:19:06
Play 31	Mahaushadha (Tibetan)		Etext	Mary Schneider	00:05:54
Play 32	Avicenna and the Observant Young Man (Turkish)		Etext	Crln Yldz Ksr	00:06:38
Play 33	A Conjurer's Confession, part I	Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin	Etext	Lars Rolander (1942-2016)	00:10:56	en
Play 34	A Conjurer's Confession, part II		Etext	Lars Rolander (1942-2016)	00:36:10
Play 35	A Conjurer's Confession, part III		Etext	Lars Rolander (1942-2016)	00:23:25
Play 36	A Conjurer's Confession, part IV		Etext	Lars Rolander (1942-2016)	00:14:42
Play 37	Fraudulent Spiritualism Unveiled, part 1	David P. Abbott	Etext	Phil Chenevert	00:22:24	en
Play 38	Fraudulent Spiritualism Unveiled, part 2		Etext	Phil Chenevert	00:22:35
Play 39	Fraudulent Spiritualism Unveiled, part 3		Etext	Phil Chenevert	00:33:31
Play 40	Fraudulent Spiritualism Unveiled, part 4		Etext	Phil Chenevert	00:08:08
Play 41	More Tricks of Spiritualists	Hereward Carrington	Etext	Phil Chenevert	00:24:47	en
Play 42	How Spirits Materialize	Anonymous	Etext	Phil Chenevert	00:31:34	en

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