Coffee Break Collection 001: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Coffee Break Collection 001, credited to Various, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

This is a Librivox collection of short (15 minute or less readings) stories suitable for a coffee break at work or a short commuter ride. Emphasis for this collection is Humor in various genres -- fiction and non-fiction. (Summary by BellonaTimes) This collection comprises: Aspects of Game Captaincy, from A Wodehouse Miscellany, by P.G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) Beyond Pandora, by Robert J. Martin Boar-Pig, The, by Saki (Hector Hugh Munro) (1870–1916) Closing Number, by Will M. Cressy (1863-1930) Cosmopolite In A Café, A, by O. Henry (1862-1910) English As She Is Wrote, Chapter 2, Advertisers and on Sign Boards, 1883, Anonymous English As She Is Wrote, Chapter 3, Epitaphs, 1883, Anonymous Greedy Dog, The, by Lida Brown McMurry (1853-1942) Hard Guy, by H. B. Carleton (1908-1999) Journalism in Tennessee, by Mark Twain (1835-1910) Life's Eternal Query, by Thomas L. Masson (1866-1934) Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor ("Mrs. Partington" selections), by B.P. Shillaber (1814-1890) Mr Punch Awheel (Selections), edited by Sir John Alexander Hammerton (1871-1949) My Watch, by Mark Twain (1835–1910) New Advertising, The, from A Wodehouse Miscellany, by P.G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) Noting an Increase in Bigamy, by Robert Benchley (1889-1945) Ode to my Clothes by Sir W.S. Gilbert (1836–1911) On University Snobs, by William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863) Poppa Needs Shorts, by Walt Richmond (1922-1977) and Leigh Richmond (1911-1996) Rash Assumption, A (author unknown) from Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 9, 1914 Reginald In Russia, by Saki (Hector Hugh Munro) (1870–1916) Steam-Roller Man's Story, The (1914) by Harry J. Rowland and George Hay Two Doves, The, by Lida B McMurry (1853-1942) Vaudeville Vs The Legitimate, by Will M. Cressy (1863-1930) When Papa Swore in Hindustani, from A Wodehouse Miscellany, by P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Coffee Break Collection 001
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 25
• Listed recording duration: 2:51:14

Catalogue topics

• short stories
• humor

Opening tracks: first 24 of 25

1. Aspects of Game Captaincy — 4:19
2. Beyond Pandora — 5:16
3. The Boar-Pig — 10:53
4. Closing Number — 2:41
5. A Cosmopolite In A Cafe — 14:52
6. English as She is Wrote - Chapter 2 By Advertisers and on Sign Boards — 6:45
7. English as She is Wrote - Chapter 3 For Epitaphs — 10:28
8. The Greedy Dog — 1:23
9. Hard Guy — 6:46
10. Journalism in Tennessee — 13:55
11. Life's Eternal Query — 2:01
12. Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor — 6:37
13. Selections from Mr. Punch Awheel — 6:59
14. My Watch — 7:23
15. The New Advertising — 3:01
16. Noting an Increase in Bigamy from Love Conquers All — 4:43
17. Ode to my Clothes — 3:00
18. On University Snobs — 7:53
19. Poppa Needs Shorts — 12:57
20. A Rash Assumption from Punch 9 Dec 1914 — 4:54
21. Reginald In Russia — 6:42
22. The Steam-Roller Man's Story — 4:36
23. The Two Doves — 5:07
24. Vaudeville Vs The Legitimate — 4:36

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