Coffee Break Collection 021 - Fairy Tales, Tall Stories and Scams

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This is the twenty-first Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select English language public domain works of about 15 minutes or less in duration -- perfect to listen to during commutes, workouts or coffee breaks. The topic for this collection is fairy tales... traditional children's tales, tall stories and notorious scams and the authors of thm may be uncovered! Fiction, non-fiction, poetry, prose, essays... all are welcome here.

Genre(s): Short Stories, Essays & Short Works

Language: English

Group: Coffee Break Collections

Section Chapter Author Source Reader Time Language
Play 01 Capture of a Clever Swindler by Thomas Furlong Thomas Furlong Etext Colleen McMahon
00:11:50
Play 02 The Daisy By Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen Etext ChadH94
00:08:10
Play 03 Dear Old Grandmother by Lucy A. Yendes Lucy Ann Yendes Etext ChadH94
00:01:57 en
Play 04 The Fair Princess by Alfred M. Williams Alfred M. Williams Etext ChadH94
00:02:40 en
Play 05 Fraudulent Cosmetics and 'Anti-Aging' Products by the FBI United States Federal Bureau of Investigation Etext Craig Campbell
00:03:02 en
Play 06 The Gardener by Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson Etext ChadH94
00:01:21
Play 07 A Good Boy by Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson Etext ChadH94
00:01:05
Play 08 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Chapter 1 by Mark Twain Mark Twain Etext Michele Fry
00:08:41
Play 09 Identity Theft by the FBI United States Federal Bureau of Investigation Etext Craig Campbell
00:02:44
Play 10 The Startling Adventures of Baron von Munchausen: An Adventure with a Lion and a Crocodile by R.E Raspe Rudolf Erich Raspe Etext William Allan Jones
00:05:56
Play 11 The Matrimonial Swindle by W.H. Cove W. H. Cove Etext KevinS
00:05:00 en
Play 12 My Mother by Carr Carr Etext ChadH94
00:01:59 en
Play 13 My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson Etext ChadH94
00:01:47
Play 14 Nigerian Letter or “419” Fraud by the FBI United States Federal Bureau of Investigation Etext Craig Campbell
00:04:19 en
Play 15 Stiffner and Jim (Thirdly, Bill) by Henry Lawson Henry Lawson Etext Son of the Exiles
00:17:01 en