Short Story Collection Vol. 051: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Short Story Collection Vol. 051, 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:

LibriVox's Short Story Collection 051: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members. Brooksmith by Henry James (1843-1916) Champagne by Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) A Comedy in Rubber O. Henry (1862-1910) Daniel O'Rourke's Wonderful Voyage to the Moon by Thomas Crofton Croker (1798-1854) Dream Life and Real Life; A Little African Story by Olive Schreiner (1855 –1920) The Drink of the Dead: A Legend of Bushmanland by Frederick Cornell (1867-1921) The Fan-Letter Bride by Adela Rogers St. Johns (1894-1988) Fog Patterns from 1001 Afternoons in Chicago (1921) by Ben Hecht (1894-1964) The Garden Lodge Willa Cather (1873-1947) Hearts and Hands by O. Henry (1862 – 1910) The Hollow of the Three Hills by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) The Masque Of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) Mother by Owen Wister (1860-1938) Poems in Prose by Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) The Sword of Welleran by Lord Dunsany (Edward J. M. D. Plunkett) The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) To Build a Fire (1908 version) by Jack London (1876-1916) The Urge by Maryland Allen (?-1927), from O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 Walter Schnaffs' Adventure by Guy de Maupassant (1850–1893) Where Love is there God is also by Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), translated by Nathan Haskell Dole (1852-1935)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Short Story Collection Vol. 051
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 20
• Listed recording duration: 9:52:46

Catalogue topics

• short stories
• fiction

Track guide

1. 01 - Brooksmith — 52:41
2. 02 - Champagne — 16:25
3. 03 - A Comedy in Rubber — 12:16
4. 04 - Daniel O'Rourke's Wonderful Voyage to the Moon — 21:24
5. 05 - Dream Life and Real Life; A Little African Story — 24:24
6. 06 - The Drink of the Dead; A Legend of Bushmanland — 26:49
7. 07 - The Fan-Letter Bride — 55:13
8. 08 - Fog Patterns — 7:17
9. 09 - The Garden Lodge — 29:02
10. 10 - Hearts and Hands — 6:04
11. 11 - The Hollow of the Three Hills — 12:34
12. 12 - The Masque Of The Red Death — 17:06
13. 13 - Mother — 1:05:28
14. 14 - Poems in Prose — 22:11
15. 15 - The Sword of Welleran — 42:18
16. 16 - The Tell-Tale Heart — 15:17
17. 17 - To Build A Fire — 46:39
18. 18 - The Urge — 1:01:36
19. 19 - Walter Schnaffs' Adventure — 20:42
20. 20 - Where Love is there God is also — 37:27

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