The Trimmed Lamp : and other Stories of the Four Million: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Trimmed Lamp : and other Stories of the Four Million, credited to O. Henry, 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 The Trimmed Lamp by O. Henry and read by Marian Brown. Born in 1862 and died in 1910, O. Henry’s birth name is William Sydney Porter; however, he adopted the pen name O. Henry while in prison. He published 10 collections and over 600 short stories during his lifetime. The Trimmed Lamp follows The Four Million and provides another series of short stories that take place in New York City in the early years of the 20th century and are representative of the surprise endings that popularized O. Henry’s work. They also capture his use of coincidence or chance to create humor in the story. O Henry wrote about ordinary people in everyday circumstances. He is quoted as once saying, “There are stories in everything. I’ve got some of my best yarns from park benches, lampposts and newspaper stands.” (Summary by Marian Brown) M4B format available For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org.

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Trimmed Lamp : and other Stories of the Four Million
• Author credits: O. Henry
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 25
• Listed recording duration: 5:54:51

Catalogue topics

• short story
• humor

Opening tracks: first 24 of 25

1. 01 - The Trimmed Lamp — 27:07
2. 02 - A Madison Square Arabian Night — 15:59
3. 03 - The Rubaiyat of a Scotch Highball — 14:20
4. 04 - The Pendulum — 11:58
5. 05 - Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen — 12:51
6. 06 - The Assessor of Success — 14:42
7. 07 - The Buyer from Cactus City — 14:05
8. 08 - The Badge of Policeman O'Roon — 12:02
9. 09 - Brickdust Row — 18:10
10. 10 - The Making of a New Yorker — 12:52
11. 11 - Vanity and Some Sables — 13:38
12. 12 - The Social Triangle — 12:28
13. 13 - The Purple Dress — 11:55
14. 14 - The Foreign Policy of Company 99 — 14:00
15. 15 - The Lost Blend — 12:07
16. 16 - A Harlem Tragedy — 13:15
17. 17 - The Guilty Party -- An East Side Tragedy — 14:29
18. 18 - According to Their Lights — 13:10
19. 19 - A Midsummer Knight's Dream — 10:57
20. 20 - The Last Leaf — 14:00
21. 21 - The Count and the Wedding Guest — 13:47
22. 22 - The County of Elusion — 19:11
23. 23 - The Ferry of Unfulfilment — 9:16
24. 24 - The Tale of a Tainted Tenner — 12:42

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