Selected Short Stories: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Selected Short Stories, credited to Stephen Crane, 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:

LibriVox recording of Selected Short Stories, by Stephen Crane. Read by Greg W. 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, however, until two decades later when critics revived interest in his life and work. Stylistically, Crane's writing is characterized by vivid intensity, distinctive dialects, and irony. Common themes involve fear, spiritual crises and social isolation. Although recognized primarily for The Red Badge of Courage, which has become an American classic, Crane is also known for short stories such as "The Open Boat", "The Blue Hotel", "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky", and The Monster. His writing made a deep impression on 20th century writers, most prominent among them Ernest Hemingway, and is thought to have inspired the Modernists and the Imagists. (Introduction Wikipedia.)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Selected Short Stories
• Author credits: Stephen Crane
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 10
• Listed recording duration: 7:07:15

Catalogue topics

• English
• Short Stories
• American
• Crane

Track guide

1. 01 - The Pace of Youth — 25:18
2. 02 - Sketches — 28:47
3. 03 - An Experiment in Misery — 26:52
4. 04 - The Open Boat — 1:00:17
5. 05 - The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky — 28:03
6. 06 - The Blue Hotel — 1:08:09
7. 07 - The Monster, Part 1 — 44:28
8. 08 - The Monster, Part 2 — 46:55
9. 09 - The Monster, Part 3 — 44:51
10. 10 - Death and the Child — 53:38

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