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In Tales of Unrest (version 2)
A brave Malay chieftain suffers from a surprising vulnerability. After giving birth to a series of unfortunate children, a farmer's wife is …
Judge Krink
In Pieces of Hate and other Enthusiasms
This book is a collection of humorous short stories about ordinary instances in daily life. We learn many interesting things about life, suc…
Iago
In An Alphabet of History (Version 2)
These witty, engaging and amusing poetic descriptions of the lives of prominent people are not only a joy to read, but are a quick and easy …
08 - The Fore-ordained Attachment of Zena Pepperleigh and Peter Pupkin
In Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (version 2)
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town is a sequence of stories by Stephen Leacock, first published in 1912. It is generally considered to be on…
How the Alphabet was Made
In Just So Stories (version 2)
The stories, first published in 1902, are fantastic accounts of how various natural phenomena came about. The original editions of Just So S…
To the Companions (Horace, ode 17, Bk. v.)
In Debits and Credits
This is a collection of short stories, poems, and play fragments published in 1926. Many of them are set during World War I. Many have stron…
16 - TOBY
In The Sunny Side
The Sunny Side is a collection of short stories and essays by A. A. Milne. Though Milne is best known for his classic children's books, espe…
THE IKON
In Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches
In this urbane collection of short stories by Maurice Baring, characters ranging from legendary figures to schoolboys find themselves in ste…
Our Town
In Short Science Fiction Collection 092
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…
Petoobok
In Poems
Poet Duncan M. Matheson lived in troubled times. These were times of World War I and its accompanying carnage, privation and pervasive adver…
Father Damien. An Open Letter to the Reverend Doctor Hyde of Honolulu
In Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 013
Explore a diverse array of ideas and insights in this collection of sixteen short nonfiction works, each chosen for its significance and imp…
18 - Lunch
In Not That It Matters
More of the witty, wry, and deliciously wicked essays and articles written by Milne. Most people know him as the creator of Winnie The Pooh,…
098 - Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater
In The Jumble Book
The Jumble Book by David Cory is a delightful anthology that brings together a variety of short stories and poems, each crafted to spark the…
Frau Fischer
In In a German Pension, Version 2
Katherine Mansfield was only 22 years old when these stories were first published in book form. Mansfield was later reluctant to see them re…
Preface
In Lillian Morris, and Other Stories
The nights were real Californian: calm, warm, starry; the fire burned cheerily, and in its gleam I saw the gigantic, but shapely and noble f…
Noon
In English Poems
Occasionally a compilation of poetry is conceived in which each poem, as a tribute to its theme or subject or elegant prosody, is one to be …
The Man on the Kerb
In Five Little Plays
In this engaging collection, British playwright Alfred Sutro presents five distinct one-act plays that explore the complexities of human rel…
Chapter 14 Wak-Jon-KA-Gah
In Winnebago Stories
Winnebago Stories is a collection of traditional tales from the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) tribe, offering insight into the rich oral traditions o…
Krinken; Stevenson's Birthday
In Poems Every Child Should Know
This anthology of poetry, published in 1904, contains such favorites as The Raven, My Shadow, and The Village Blacksmith, as well as many lo…
The Patron
In Short Story Collection Vol. 096
We are back with the 96th LibriVox Short Story Collection. All stories were selected and read by LibriVox volunteers. One of Sir Arthur Cona…