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Short Story Collection Vol. 084

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

(4,056 Sterne; 9 Bewertungen)

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. (5 hr 44 min)

Chapters

The Apparition of Mrs. Veal by Daniel Defoe

22:51

Read by Lynne T

The Artful Touch by Charles Dickens

5:39

Read by Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022)

The Beggars by Lord Dunsany

8:23

Read by Dale Grothmann

Christmas Night with Satan by John Fox, Jr.

24:42

Read by April6090

The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving

32:06

Read by Tomewing

Experiments with Old Cheese by Bill Nye

1:15

Read by Dale Grothmann

The Great Slave by Zane Grey

40:30

Read by KevinS

The Great Stone Face by Nathaniel Hawthorne

58:40

Read by Grace Buchanan

Heap Gone by Bill Nye

3:21

Read by Dale Grothmann

He Was Not a Burglar by Bill Nye

1:02

Read by Dale Grothmann

How Pearl Button was Kidnapped by Katherine Mansfield

11:32

Read by Dale Grothmann

The Ingenious Patriot By Ambrose Bierce

2:55

Read by Dale Grothmann

An Old Maid by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie

12:29

Read by Kelly S. Taylor

The Oval Portait by Edgar Allan Poe

9:39

Read by Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022)

The Pair of Gloves by Charles Dickens

12:32

Read by Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022)

The Sofa by Charles Dickens

7:01

Read by Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022)

Thomas the Rhymer by Mary MacGregor

33:56

Read by Scott Danneker

Three Questions by Leo Tolstoy

8:36

Read by ChadH94

Under the Knife by H.G. Wells

38:43

Read by Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022)

The Writer by Maxim Gorky

8:33

Read by Neslihan Stamboli

Bewertungen

good readings spoiled by uneven volume

(3 Sterne)

I found this set of stories less engaging than average but a good job by all the readers, especially in light of that. However the volume between readers/stories was very uneven which detracted from the overall experience.