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2019-04-10
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Short Story Collection Vol. 079

Various

A diverse collection of short stories selected and read in English by Librivox readers. The ever-popular detective stories of Arthur Conan Doyle, dark stories from Algernon Blackwood and the quirky from Bill Nye, Ambrose Bierce and O. Henry will keep you entertained and amused in this, the 79th Librivox Short Story Collection brought to you by some of your favorite readers.

Genre(s): Short Stories

Language: English

Group: Short Story Collections

Section Chapter Author Source Reader Time Language
Play 01 The Adventure of the Abbey Grange by Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Etext Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022)
 01:00:54
Play 02 The Adventure of Black Peter by Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Etext Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022)
 00:53:07
Play 03 The Bet by Anton Chekhov Anton Chekhov Etext Josh Kibbey
 00:14:36
Play 04 The Cow Industry by Bill Nye Bill Nye Etext Dale Grothmann
 00:07:25
Play 05 Detected by the Camera by Lucy Maud Montgomery Lucy Maud Montgomery Etext Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022)
 00:17:24
Play 06 A Fatal Thirst by Bill Nye Bill Nye Etext Dale Grothmann
 00:04:43
Play 07 Indenture from Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels by Johann Goethe translated by Thomas Carlyle Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Etext Craig Campbell
 00:16:33
Play 08 My Friend, the Murderer by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Etext Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022)
 00:44:38
Play 09 The New Melusina (excerpt) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe translated by Thomas Carlyle Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Etext Craig Campbell
 00:39:44
Play 10 The Pied Piper by James Howell James Howell Etext Craig Campbell
 00:03:34
Play 11 A Redeeming Sacrifice by L.M. Montgomery Lucy Maud Montgomery Etext Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022)
 00:14:52
Play 12 Smith : An Episode in a Lodging House by Algernon Blackwood Algernon Blackwood Etext Lynne T
 00:40:38
Play 13 Snaking by Ambrose Bierce Ambrose Bierce Etext Dale Grothmann
 00:07:48
Play 14 The Sun and Moon by Johann Gottfried Herder Johann Gottfried Herder Etext Craig Campbell
 00:03:57 en
Play 15 The Strange-Looking Man by Fanny Kemble Johnson Fanny Kemble Johnson Etext Dale Grothmann
 00:09:24
Play 16 Taking the Veil by Katherine Mansfield Katherine Mansfield Etext Rob Marland
 00:14:06
Play 17 Transition by Algernon Blackwood Algernon Blackwood Etext Dale Grothmann
 00:15:44
Play 18 Two Brothers by Carolyn Wells Carolyn Wells Etext Dale Grothmann
 00:01:29
Play 19 Two Cases for the Doctor by Steele Rudd Steele Rudd Etext Son of the Exiles
 00:10:28
Play 20 Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen by O. Henry O. Henry Etext Cy Young
 00:13:11