Short Stories
The Stolen White Elephant (Version 2)
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
"The Stolen White Elephant" was written by Mark Twain and published in 1882. In it, an Indian elephant, en route from India to Bri…
The Flood
Read by R. S. Steinberg
Émile Zola
A well-to-do French farm family is destroyed by a flood. The story, thrilling to the very end, is told from the point of view of the family…
The Dead
Read by iremonger
James Joyce
A group of Dubliners gather together for a Christmas celebration in James Joyce's transcendent tale of the mundanity and magic in life and d…
Short Story Collection Vol. 052
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various
LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 052: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 003
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Various
A collection of fifteen stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up…
Eve’s Diary (version 2)
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Eve's Diary is a comic short story by Mark Twain. It was first published in the 1905 Christmas issue of the magazine Harper's Bazaar, and in…
Short Humor Collection 001
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P. G. Wodehouse
This is a collection of short humorous works first published before 1923. (Summary by BellonaTimes)
Rain
Read by Bellona Times
W. Somerset Maugham
One of Maugham's most famous short stories, Rain unfolds in a soggy tropical paradise marred by self-righteous hypocrites trying to force th…
Selected Short Stories
Read by Greg W.
Stephen Crane
At the time of his death at the age of 28, Stephen Crane had become an important figure in American literature. He was nearly forgotten, how…
Stories for God's Little Ones
Read by Maria Therese
Father John Koenig
A charming collection of nine short stories for children with a moral woven in each. These were originally published as separate booklets, u…
The Mystery of the 'Ocean Star' - A Collection of Maritime Sketches
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William Clark Russell
This is a collection of short stories of mystery and romance, set at sea, in the times of the great sea voyages.
Short Story Collection Vol. 005
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Various
LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 005: a collection of 20 works of fiction in the public domain read by a variety of LibriVox members.
The Garden Party
Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
Katherine Mansfield
A collection of short stories on a variety of subjects, by one of New Zealand's premiere female writers.
International Short Stories Volume 3: French Stories
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Variousandfrancis J. Reynolds and Various And Francis J. Reynolds
The third book of a three volume anthology of international short stories, we now turn to French stories. Authors include Honoré de B…
The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories
Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)
Arnold Bennett
Twenty-two short stories by Arnold Bennett, mainly set in the 'Five Towns', Bennett's name for the pottery manufacturing towns of the Englis…
Short Science Fiction Collection 053
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Various
Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…
Three Short Works
Read by David Barnes
Gustave Flaubert
Here is a collection of strikingly different pieces by Flaubert: a prose poem in the voices of Death, Satan and Nero; the trials and apotheo…
in our time
Read by KevinS
Ernest Hemingway
This is the first edition of Hemingway's in our time, published in a very small run in France in 1924. And American edition was released the…
Jewish Children (Yudishe Kinder)
Read by Adrian Praetzellis
שלום עליכם Sholem Aleichem
Although written from a child's perspective, this is not a kids book but a series of funny, poignant, and sometimes disturbing stories about…
The Cruel Painter
Read by Ned Troxel
George MacDonald
This is the story of a daring college student's quest to win the icy heart of a beautiful girl. Unfortunately, the girl is the daughter of a…