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The Best American Humorous Short Stories

Various and Alexander Jessup (1871 - )

Eighteen short stories by famous and little known authors compassing the period 1839 - 1914. The editor's very extensive introduction is omitted from this LibriVox audio book. (Summary by David Wales)

Genre(s): Short Stories

Language: English

Keyword(s): short stories (686), humor (634), short story (111), 19th century (59), humorous (12)

Section	Chapter	Author	Source	Reader	Time	Language
Play 01	The Little Frenchman And His Water Lots	George Pope Morris	Etext	David Wales	00:14:38	en
Play 02	The Angel Of The Odd	Edgar Allan Poe	Etext	David Wales	00:27:19	en
Play 03	The Schoolmaster's Progress	Caroline Mathilda Stansbury Kirkland	Etext	David Wales	00:40:35	en
Play 04	The Watkinson Evening	Eliza Leslie	Etext	David Wales	00:43:22	en
Play 05	Titbottom's Spectacles	George William Curtis	Etext	David Wales	01:02:35	en
Play 06	My Double; And How He Undid Me	Edward Everett Hale	Etext	David Wales	00:48:48	en
Play 07	A Visit To The Asylum For Aged And Decayed Punsters	Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.	Etext	David Wales	00:17:22	en
Play 08	The Celebrated Jumping Frog Of Calaveras County	Mark Twain	Etext	David Wales	00:16:10	en
Play 09	Elder Brown's Backslide	Harry Stillwell Edwards	Etext	David Wales	00:45:02	en
Play 10	The Hotel Experience Of Mr. Pink Fluker	Richard Malcolm Johnston	Etext	David Wales	00:30:19	en
Play 11	The Nice People	Henry Cuyler Bunner	Etext	David Wales	00:22:25	en
Play 12	The Buller-Podington Compact	Frank R. Stockton	Etext	David Wales	00:43:33	en
Play 13	Colonel Starbottle For The Plaintiff - Part 1	Bret Harte	Etext	David Wales	00:37:33	en
Play 14	Colonel Starbottle For The Plaintiff - Part 2	Bret Harte	Etext	David Wales	00:37:42	en
Play 15	The Duplicity Of Hargraves	O. Henry	Etext	David Wales	00:34:25	en
Play 16	Bargain Day At Tutt House	George Randolph Chester	Etext	David Wales	00:54:46	en
Play 17	A Call	Grace MacGowan Cooke	Etext	David Wales	00:34:09	en
Play 18	How The Widow Won The Deacon	William J. Lampton	Etext	David Wales	00:17:59	en
Play 19	Gideon	Wells Hastings	Etext	David Wales	00:44:49	en

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