Short Stories
The Great Small Cat and Others
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May E. Southworth
A collection of seven tales about cats. Caution: Some of these tales have very sad endings. (Summary by MaryAnn)
Sketches by Boz
Read by Hamlet
Charles Dickens
A collection of early writings of Charles Dickens under his early pseudonym, "Boz." They first appeared in various publications f…
Short Story Collection
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Various
We present the 103rd edition of the Librivox Short Story Collection. All stories are selected by the reader. This collection includes works …
The Rose-colored World
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Ethel Mary Brodie
Love stories make perfect short stories. This collection contains 16 different short stories on the different ways a love affair can play ou…
Schopenhauer in the Air
Read by Nemo
Sadakichi Hartmann
Sadakichi Hartmann was an art and literary critic who wrote plays, short stories and several volumes of poetry. Hauntingly beautiful, these …
The Black Cat
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Various
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Man…
Comedies of Courtship
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Anthony Hope
A series of short stories about love and the process of courtship. - Summary by Michele Eaton
Bush Studies
Read by Kirsty Leishman
Barbara Baynton
Bush Studies is a short story collection published in London in 1902. Baynton presents a grimly realist view of bush life in Australia for w…
Short Story Collection
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Various
This is the 85th Librivox short story collection. Once again, readers selected stories covering a wide variety of subjects. Several stories …
Ghetto Comedies
Read by Anthony Ogus
Israel Zangwill
A series of tales, poignant as well as comic, set in the Jewish East End of London by the writer known as the "Dickens of the ghetto&qu…
Our Lady of the Pillar
Read by Leni
José Maria De Eça De Queirós and José Maria de Eça de Queirós
A ghost story and love story all at once, set in medieval Portugal. Don Ruy is in love with Dona Leonor, but her husband has guessed his fee…
Miss Mink's Soldier
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Alice Hegan Rice
This is a volume of very cute short stories. Miss Mink for instance invites a lonely soldier to her place for dinner and realises that with …
The Black Cat
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Various
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Man…
Water
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Various
This is the twenty-fifth Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select English language public domain works of about 15 minutes …
The Black Cat
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Various
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Man…
Voces Populi
Read by Don W. Jenkins
F. Anstey
F. Anstey was the nom de plume of Thomas Anstey Guthrie, a Londoner who was trained for the bar but found success as a writer of humorous pi…
Mythical Creatures
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Various
This is the 30th Coffee Break Collection, in which LibriVox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifte…
BLAST
Read by Phil Benson
Various
BLAST, edited by Wyndham Lewis and subtitled 'Review of the Great British Vortex', was the magazine of the short-lived Vorticist movement in…
Uncle Joe's Stories
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Edward Knatchbull-Hugesson
This is an entertaining collection of varying stories recounted as only a master storyteller could deliver them. (Summary by Allyson Hester)
Love Stories
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Various
Here are 20 more love stories under an hour each, offered by LibriVox volunteers, covering all kinds of experiences involving romance or oth…