Short Story Collection Vol. 053: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Short Story Collection Vol. 053, 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 Short Story Collection Vol. 053, read by LibriVox volunteers. A collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members, including short stories by Melville, Blackwood, Hawthorne, Dostoyevsky, Wilde and Thomas Hood. This collection comprises: 01 - The Piazza by Herman Melville (1819-1891) 02 - The Lightning-Rod Man by Herman Melville (1819-1891) 03 - The Bell-Tower by Herman Melville (1819-1891) 04 - Titbottom's Spectacles by George William Curtis (1824-1892) 05 - On the Gulls’ Road by Willa Cather (1873-1947) 06 - The Olive by Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) 07 - The Haunted Mind by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) 08 - Romance in Encyclopaedialand by Robert C Benchley (1889-1943) 09 - The Trousseau by Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) 10 - The Star-Child by Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) 11 - The Squire by Elsie Singmaster (1878–1958) 12 - The Peasant Marey by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) 13 - Autumn Holiday by Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) 14 - Rappacinni's Daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) 15 - The Golden Cup And The Dish Of Silver by Thomas Hood (1799–1845) 16 - The Widow of Galicia by Thomas Hood (1799–1845) 17 - A Wireless Message by Ambrose Bierce (1842-1913?) 18 - The Hydrophobic Skunk by Irvin S. Cobb (1876-1944) 19 - The Ole Virginia by Stewart Edward White (1873-1946) 20 - The Million Dollar Freight Train by Frank Spearman (1859-1937)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Short Story Collection Vol. 053
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 20
• Listed recording duration: 8:34:56

Catalogue topics

• short stories
• adventure
• short fiction

Track guide

1. 01 - The Piazza — 40:13
2. 02 - The Lightning-Rod Man — 19:34
3. 03 - The Bell-Tower — 40:21
4. 04 - Titbottom's Spectacles — 49:57
5. 05 - On the Gulls' Road — 45:38
6. 06 - The Olive — 30:41
7. 07 - The Haunted Mind — 12:01
8. 08 - Romance in Encyclopaedialand — 9:54
9. 09 - The Trousseau — 12:54
10. 10 - The Star-Child — 39:15
11. 11 - The Squire — 23:10
12. 12 - The Peasant Marey — 13:48
13. 13 - Autumn Holiday — 33:12
14. 14 - Rappacinni's Daughter — 1:09:36
15. 15 - The Golden Cup And The Dish Of Silver — 10:55
16. 16 - The Widow of Galicia — 9:09
17. 17 - A Wireless Message — 5:59
18. 18 - The Hydrophobic Skunk — 14:00
19. 19 - The Ole Virginia — 11:16
20. 20 - The Million Dollar Freight Train — 23:31

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