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Europe and Elsewhere
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
This collection of articles came from Mark Twain's travels and experiences abroad. While many had been previously published, there also were…
David Ransom's Watch
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Pansy
A tale of human choices and lost opportunities, and how one's choices affect so many other lives, for good or ill.A borrowed watch. A selfis…
Die Nase
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Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
Dies ist die Geschichte eines Petersburger Beamten, dessen Nase davonläuft und ihr eigenes Leben entwickelt.
Ingersoll on THOMAS PAINE, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 1, Lec…
Read by William Allan Jones
Robert G. Ingersoll
Col. Ingersoll begins his lectures on famous people as follows: [i]"It is hard to overstate the debt we owe to the men and women of ge…
The Return of the Native (version 2 dramatic reading)
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Thomas Hardy
Clym Yeobright returns home to Egdon Heath, a scattered collection of houses on the isolated Wessex moors, and is caught up in a "love …
More Selected Classics of Washington Irving
Read by Greg Giordano
Washington Irving
Washington Irving is, arguably, one of America's greatest writers. He spent many years in Europe and kept records of his observations, which…
The Peterkin Papers
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Lucretia P. Hale
The Peterkins were a lovable but comically inept family that possess ingenuity, logic, resourcefulness, and energy--but not common sense. Th…
Gullible's Travels, Etc.
Read by Winston Tharp
Ring Lardner
Humorous stories of social climbing in America's "classless" society. - Summary by Winston Tharp
Gawayne and the Green Knight (Lewis Translation)
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The Gawain Poet, Charlton Miner Lewis and The Gawain Poettranslated Bycharlton Miner Lewis
Charlton Miner Lewis' version of Gawayne and the Green Knight, a late 14th century alliterative romance, is written in modern language telli…
Plum Pudding: Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned
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Christopher Morley
Chrisopher Morley was an American literary luminary whose prolific writings included novels, essays, poetry, plays and great journalistic ou…
Die toten Seelen
Read by Eva K.
Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
Pawel Tschitschikow entwirft eine groteske Idee, die ihn zu Geld bringen soll. Er macht Geschäfte mit Leibeigenen, und zwar mit toten! …
Chris Denys Personal Luggage
SANWAL
Saturday-Night Theatre Sat 14th Oct 1989, 19:45 on BBC Radio 4 FM Personal Luggage by Chris Denys A family gather in the…
The Compleat Bachelor
Read by David Wales
Oliver Onions
George Oliver Onions was a British writer of story collections and over 40 novels…. Onions wrote detective fiction, social comedy, historica…
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (version 3)
Read by Phil Chenevert
Washington Irving
Everyone knows the story of the Headless Horseman but perhaps you, like me, did not remember what a marvelous story teller Washington Irving…
Oude sprookjes
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J. J. A. Goeverneur
Assepoester, Sneeuwwitje, Roodkapje en nog vijf bekende en onbekende sprookjes, opnieuw verteld door J.J.A. Goeverneur.
The Circular Study
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Anna Katharine Green
In this well-plotted, character-driven mystery, Detective Gryce receives a cryptic message calling him to the scene of a “strange” crime. He…
How To Tell A Story, and Other Essays (Version 2)
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
The complete collection of works using this title. Other versions, including the Project Gutenberg version, have been radically shortened. M…
The Author's Farce
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Henry Fielding
Henry Fielding could not write plays that he could get published. So he decided to write a play - a farce - about that, and success was his …
The Gentle Grafter
Read by Leslie Walden
O. Henry
If Jefferson "Parleyvoo" Pickens had appeared in print just a few years later, he might have been the "Gentle Grifter" i…