Coffee Break Collection 21 -- Fairy Tales, Tall Stories and Scams: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Coffee Break Collection 21 -- Fairy Tales, Tall Stories and Scams, 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

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LibriVox recording of Coffee Break Collection 21 -- Fairy Tales, Tall Stories and Scams by Various. Read in English by Colleen McMahon; ChadH94; Craig Campbell; Michele Fry; William Allan Jones; KevinS; Son of the Exiles This is the twenty-first Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select English language public domain works of about 15 minutes or less in duration -- perfect to listen to during commutes, workouts or coffee breaks. The topic for this collection is fairy tales... traditional children's tales, tall stories and notorious scams and the authors of thm may be uncovered! Fiction, non-fiction, poetry, prose, essays... all are welcome here.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Coffee Break Collection 21 -- Fairy Tales, Tall Stories and Scams
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 15
• Listed recording duration: 1:17:32

Track guide

1. 01 - Capture of a Clever Swindler by Thomas Furlong — 11:50
2. 02 - The Daisy By Hans Christian Andersen — 8:10
3. 03 - Dear Old Grandmother by Lucy A. Yendes — 1:57
4. 04 - The Fair Princess by Alfred M. Williams — 2:40
5. 05 - Fraudulent Cosmetics and 'Anti-Aging' Products by the FBI — 3:02
6. 06 - The Gardener by Robert Louis Stevenson — 1:21
7. 07 - A Good Boy by Robert Louis Stevenson — 1:05
8. 08 - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Chapter 1 by Mark Twain — 8:41
9. 09 - Identity Theft by the FBI — 2:44
10. 10 - The Startling Adventures of Baron von Munchausen: An Adventure with a Lion and a Crocodile by R.E Raspe — 5:56
11. 11 - The Matrimonial Swindle by W.H. Cove — 5:00
12. 12 - My Mother by Carr — 1:59
13. 13 - My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson — 1:47
14. 14 - Nigerian Letter or “419” Fraud by the FBI — 4:18
15. 15 - Stiffner and Jim (Thirdly, Bill) by Henry Lawson — 17:01

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