Donate to LibriVox Thank a reader

LibriVox recordings are Public Domain in the USA. If you are not in the USA, please verify the copyright status of these works in your own country before downloading, otherwise you may be violating copyright laws.

Download cover art Download CD case insert

Short Story Collection Vol. 084

Various

And so we present the 84th Librivox Short Story Collection! Each tale is selected and read by a Librivox volunteer. Once again, we have a wide variety of stories, from the amusing to the perplexing. Zane Grey, Maxim Gorky and H.G. Wells are among the authors selected this time round.

Genre(s): Short Stories

Language: English

Group: Short Story Collections

Section	Chapter	Author	Source	Reader	Time	Language
Play 01	The Apparition of Mrs. Veal by Daniel Defoe	Daniel Defoe	Etext	Lynne T	00:22:51
Play 02	The Artful Touch by Charles Dickens	Charles Dickens	Etext	Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022)	00:05:39
Play 03	The Beggars by Lord Dunsany	Lord Dunsany	Etext	Dale Grothmann	00:08:23
Play 04	Christmas Night with Satan by John Fox, Jr.	John Fox, Jr.	Etext	April6090	00:24:42
Play 05	The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving	Washington Irving	Etext	Tomewing	00:32:06
Play 06	Experiments with Old Cheese by Bill Nye	Bill Nye	Etext	Dale Grothmann	00:01:15
Play 07	The Great Slave by Zane Grey	Zane Grey	Etext	KevinS	00:40:30
Play 08	The Great Stone Face by Nathaniel Hawthorne	Nathaniel Hawthorne	Etext	Grace Buchanan	00:58:40
Play 09	Heap Gone by Bill Nye	Bill Nye	Etext	Dale Grothmann	00:03:21
Play 10	He Was Not a Burglar by Bill Nye	Bill Nye	Etext	Dale Grothmann	00:01:02
Play 11	How Pearl Button was Kidnapped by Katherine Mansfield	Katherine Mansfield	Etext	Dale Grothmann	00:11:32
Play 12	The Ingenious Patriot By Ambrose Bierce	Ambrose Bierce	Etext	Dale Grothmann	00:02:55
Play 13	An Old Maid by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie	Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie	Etext	Kelly S. Taylor	00:12:29	en
Play 14	The Oval Portait by Edgar Allan Poe	Edgar Allan Poe	Etext	Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022)	00:09:39
Play 15	The Pair of Gloves by Charles Dickens	Charles Dickens	Etext	Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022)	00:12:32
Play 16	The Sofa by Charles Dickens	Charles Dickens	Etext	Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022)	00:07:01
Play 17	Thomas the Rhymer by Mary MacGregor	Mary Esther Miller MacGregor	Etext	Scott Danneker	00:33:56
Play 18	Three Questions by Leo Tolstoy	Leo Tolstoy	Etext	ChadH94	00:08:36
Play 19	Under the Knife by H.G. Wells	H. G. Wells	Etext	Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022)	00:38:43
Play 20	The Writer by Maxim Gorky	Maxim Gorky	Etext	Neslihan Stamboli	00:08:33

LibriVox

Acoustical liberation of books in the public domain

Browse the catalog

Listen/Download (help?)

Production details

Links

Short Story Collection Vol. 084