Short Stories

Washington Irving's Visit to England

Read by Greg Giordano


Washington Irving



Famed American humorist Washington Irving published a series of short stories telling of his adventures traveling from America to England. T…

The Autobiography of a Slander

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Edna Lyall



The Autobiography of a Slander exposes the consequences of reckless words or, even worse, intentionally disparaging words. In this moral tal…

The May Flower and Miscellaneous Writings

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Harriet Beecher Stowe



Included herein are 35 charming short stories or humorous sketches, some written as exercises for the literary Semi-Colon Club of Cincinnati…

The Lieutenant and Others

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Sapper



This is a volume of short stories by Herman Cyril McNeile, better known by his pseudonym "Sapper", who is well-known until today f…

The Human Boy Again

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Eden Phillpotts



Published in 1908, this is a further collection of twelve humorous short stories about English school boys. The author wrote two other book…

Workhouse Characters

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Margaret Nevinson and Margaret Nevinson



In 1904, Margaret Nevinson, a respectable lady and active suffragette, joined the board of guardians in Hampstead Heath. The guardians had r…

Warriors of Old Japan

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Yei Theodora Ozaki



This is a collection of stories featuring members of the Samurai - the warrior class of old Japan, rendered into English by Yei Theodora Oza…

Every Photo Tells...

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Katharina Bordet



A psychic takes on a job that is more complicated than it first appears. Obsession and love make an art thief's last great heist one to reme…

Stories without Tears

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Barry Pain



This is a collection of short stories by Barry Pain, first published in 1914. While generally best-known for his horror and supernatural fic…

The Day Before Yesterday

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Richard Middleton



This is a volume of short stories and essays by Richard Middleton. The British poet and author wrote a large number of short pieces during h…

Testimonies from Asia Harvest

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Paul Hattaway



Special thanks to Paul Hattaway of AsiaHarvest.org for permission to share these special stories which indicate the power and authority of o…

Pirates

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Various



This is the eighteenth Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select English language public domain works of about 15 minutes or…

Days Gone By

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Various



This is the twenty-second Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select English language public domain works of about 15 minutes…

Threads of Grey and Gold

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Myrtle Reed



This is a collection of short stories and poems by Myrtle Reed. Many of the stories are short romances, and they share the unique, nostalgic…

Tales of the Samurai

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Asataro Miyamori



The following tales of the samurai, the knights of old Japan, are based largely on real facts. They have been adapted from among traditional…

Short Stories

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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell



Elizabeth Gaskell published 18 short works in Charles Dickens' Household Words between 1850 and 1858. This collection follows the Librivox c…

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

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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…

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